Kindergarten
This week, the Kindergarten children got a taste of what it is like to be a Pre-Primary student during our inaugural Junior School orientation session. Miss Pritchard organised a range of challenging and exciting activities for the boys and girls where they also got to meet some new smiling faces.
Finishing off this week with the letter “Y”, we created our own yellow paint by mixing some shaving cream, yellow dye and water together. We had so much fun squishing, mixing and squelching the foam in our hands. We used the mixture to paint yellow objects on our easel. It was then discovered that we could make white paper change colour by soaking it in the “paint”, however we needed to dry the paper first before we could write on it.
We have been working very hard on our writing skills and looking at how there are lots of different sounds we can hear in words. Our recent Police visit recounts are on display in the DaVinci space, if you would like to see how clever the children are becoming at writing. These amazing boys and girls are certainly ready for lots of fun and learning in Pre-Primary next year!
Mrs Tucker
Class Teacher
Year One
It’s all about groovy dance moves, brushing our teeth, creative writing and captivating reading this fortnight.
During dance this fortnight we have completed our routine and have been busily practising and polishing our moves. Each week we have become stronger dances. We begin each class with a warm up where skills include jumping, hopping, skipping and running. We then move into some cardio to build our heart rate and get our muscles warm. A short dance move is then taught to introduce some new moves. We complete the warm up with some stretching. Once our body is warmed up we are ready to boogie! Our dance is to the song ‘Everything is Awesome’ from the recent LEGO movie. We hope to perform the dance at an upcoming event. A big THANK YOU needs to be given to Mrs Davini for giving up her time to teach the students this brilliant dance!
During English this week, students have been writing creatively. Poems were the focus and students wrote a repetitive poem about all the things they liked. Ideas ranged from liking watermelon, the beach, swimming, family, friends, chocolate and animals. Miss Behiels was blown away by how much effort the students put into their piece and how neat their handwriting was. 
Our book focus this fortnight was the Very Itchy Bear by Nick Bland and A Bus Called Heaven by Bob Graham. Adjectives were our grammar focus and students recreated people they knew and described them using adjectives. The Year Ones also chose another noun to describe and they presented their adjectives around a flower. We are busily working on trying to apply our adjectives to our writing to make our pieces more detailed. A Bus Called Heaven lead the students to wonder what their community would do if an abandoned bus was on their street. Students hoped it could be turned into play equipment in their local park. The story also discussed the importance of community and being friendly and caring to people around them.
This week the students had the opportunity to spend time with their Year Two teacher Mrs Ryan. Although initially there were nerves the students came back bouncing and very excited for what 2015 holds!
Miss Behiels
Class Teacher
Other News
Thank you to the families who joined us for the 2015 Orientation Day on Thursday, 27 November. The children all had a marvellous time getting to know their class mates and teacher for next year. The Year Three class were treated to a video message from their teacher who is currently in the Northern Territory.
Parents are reminder of the next Junior School Assembly is on Monday, 1 December at 2.15pm in the Early Learning Centre. The Pre-Primary class will be our hosts.
The College Gratitude Mass will be held on Wednesday, 3 December in the St Helena of the Holy Cross Church. Fr Bona will be leading our liturgical celebration where the students will have the opportunity to express their gratitude for things close to them, within the College and Community, as well as internationally. The Christmas hampers will be presented to the St Vincent de Paul Society for families in the local area to assist with the Christmas time demands.
Staff will be involved in professional learning on Friday, 5 December. Families are reminded to keep their children home from school on this day.
Melissa Croswell
Head of Junior School
30 November 2014
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