Exciting Times in the Junior School

Year Two

In Year Two we are developing digital stories. We have had to brainstorm in groups of three, then we each developed a storyboard to create our ideas for an Aboriginal Dreaming story. Our groups cut out each slide and worked out what was the most interesting story. We are writing a draft of our story so that we can create a story using the digital technologies in our classroom. We have learnt that the planning of our ideas is the most important process in our writing so that our story makes sense and flows.

In mathematics we have started investigating multiplication and division concepts. We are learning the vocabulary involved and the strategies that we can use to work out a multiplication sum. We have used arrays, groups of items and how to use repeated addition. This is challenging but we can do it! 

Over the last couple of weeks we have been working with our buddies to prepare for our Masterchef challenge. The challenge will take place on Wednesday 10 September during recess. We will be cooing a meal and then asking other students in the school to vote for their favourite! 

Mrs Ryan

Class Teacher

Pre Primary: We are happy and we know it!

The Pre-Primary students exuded happiness during the Curriculum Enrichment Week and since finishing they have rejoined class activities with ease.

Collectively the students have made an iBook retelling the Dreaming story "Warnayarra the Rainbow Snake", orignally compiled by Pamela Lofts, by painting pictures to represent the parts of the story and using their voices to narrate it. The students are looking forward to presenting their work to you during the end of term assembly.  

The Pre-Primary's demonstrated team work and a sense of belonging by contributing to the making of our school garden with the Year Eight students during Big Ideas. A range of herbs and vegetables were planted and will be maintained by the Holy Cross students.

Recently the students learnt about Fossilisation; the Dinosaur dies, over time the sediment covers the body, and Palaeontologists then discover the fossils and carefully remove them from the ground. Once all the fossils are collected they are displayed in museums. Take a look at Sienna making a dinosaur Skeleton.

The Pre-Primary's will be hosting the Junior School assembly on Monday 22 September. Please mark it in your diaries as the students cannot wait to show you their learning from term.

Miss Pritchard

Class Teacher

Kindergarten Father’s Day Fun 

Last Thursday we celebrated our wonderful dads, granddads and all the special father figures in our lives. We excitedly returned back to school in the evening with our dads and quickly showed off our amazing new playground. After working up an appetite from all the climbing and balancing, we enjoyed a tasty sausage sizzle cooked by the amazing Master Chefs, Mrs Matthews and Miss Croswell. With the sun starting to set, we went indoors to perform a special song and dance about how much we love our dads. The children had also been interviewed during the week to share some inside information about what they believed their dad did all day and why they think their dad is so special. Their responses were shared in a video which proved to be a bit too insightful, but also very entertaining!

The children then led their dads around the classroom to participate in an assortment of activities. The children cut out and decorated ties for their dad to wear, and matching crowns were also made for the dads to be “king for the day”. Biscuits were decorated with tasty treats and seedlings were planted in small pots to take home. Some dads also enjoyed the opportunity to participate in regular classroom activities such as sharing a storybook, box construction or building in the block corner.

It was a delightful evening enjoyed by all. A special thank you to the dads and granddads for coming and sharing our special celebration.

Mrs Tucker

Class Teacher

8 September 2014