Connect with the Specialists

Connect with the Specialists

Term 2, Week 2, 22nd April.

Performing Arts News:

I hope your children have rushed home excitedly to tell you about our production theme as each grade has now heard the storyline of our Production and they know what scene their grade is representing.

Prep: Bank Robbers

Grade One: Dinosaurs

Grade Two: Poppies (Magical Poppies, not 'just flowers')

Grade Three: Pirates

Grade Four: Oompa Loompas

Grade Five and Six: A mixture of Main Characters, City folk and Policemen.

All grade 5/6 students will have the ability to audition to be one of our main characters. Mrs Lough, Mrs Samperi and myself will be auditioning the students sometime during Week 4.  All 5/6 students will be learning the audition dance sequence and have been given a small sample script to practise with. Those students who would like to sing can sing a song of their choice for a maximum of 1 minute.

The staff and I have been diligently sorting through our old costumes in hope of reusing as many costumes and props as possible. Please do not worry about any costume requirements yet - we are still in the planning stages so nothing is set in concrete.

There will be lots of information to come, but if you have any questions please come and see me in the Music Room, phone the school, send a note with your child or contact me through Tiqbiz.

Have a wonderful long weekend - Mrs Amy Cheers. 

Visual Art News:

Observational Art- Museum Artefacts and Specimens

With our units of Science well underway this term, the Art department has hired some wonderful kits from The Melbourne Museum. These unique specimens and artefacts, are being used during art class to inspire our observational drawings. Students from all year levels, will be given plenty of opportunities to examine with magnifying glasses, touch and smell the forms. It was lovely to see the students so involved in the first few classes this term, as many worked out they could triple layer magnifying glasses to create a microscope magnification over the resin set bones. There was plenty of excitement in the room, as they held skeletons, touched snake skins, examined the life cycles of frogs, bees and butterflies, looked closely at creatures from under the sea and found inspiration from all sorts of mini beasts.

With students beginning to make their first observational sketches, I look forward to developing their skills over the next few weeks to create beautifully detailed scientific art works, which can be incorporated into other aspects of their painting and printmaking tasks.

Regards, Danielle Searles - Art Teacher. 

Physical Education News:

Our Grade 3-6 students competed in their Annual X Country trials, with many students achieving their goals, beating P.Bs and getting into the District X Country. Congratulations to the following students:

Our Prep to Grade 2 students continued the exploration of movement and have been focusing on their eye-hand coordination during our Basketball lessons. Some very impressive moves and skills have been shown by our Junior students! Well done J

Grade 5 & 6 students have completed their Interschool Summer sports matches and are now beginning to practise their Winter sports this week, with their first match against Parkdale B next Friday 29^th April at Parkdale.

Congratulations to our Grade 5/6 Girls Kanga Cricket team who qualified for the FINALS round against Parkdale today. Well done to Camryn, Artemis, Natalia, Mia J, Willow, Shaedyn, Leah A, Hayley S AND a big thank you to Ella Mah, Ella Mig & Amy B for stepping up and playing in our team today. Fantastic effort to be the 2016 runners up!!!!

A HUGE THANK YOU also goes to Shane Price and Bruce Allen who have begun their Running Group on Thursday mornings. These two parents continue to offer extra sessions and from the turn out this week, it is a huge success!

Just a reminder about the Sporting Schools Programs. With most beginning next week. Please check below for the sports details:

SPORTS:	GRADES:	STUDENTS #:	DAYS:	DATES:
AFL	P-2	15 (min)	Monday	May 16/5, 23/5, 30/5 & June 6/6
	G3-6			WEEK 6 BEGIN*
Basketball	P-2	20 (min)	Wednesdays	April 27th, May 4th, 11th & 18th
	G3-6			WEEK 3 BEGIN*
Soccer	P-2	15(max)	Thursdays	April 28th, May 5th, 12th & 19th
	G3-6	15(max)		WEEK 3 BEGIN*
Netball	P-2	15-30(max)	FRIDAYS	29 April, 6, 12, 20 May
Golf	G3-6	15 (max)	TUESDAYS	April 26th, May 3rd, 10th & 17th
				WEEK 3 BEGIN*
Table Tennis	G2-6	15-20 (max)	FRIDAYS	April 29th, May 6th, 13th & 20th
				WEEK 3 BEGIN*

SPOTS ARE STILL AVAILABLE FOR ALL SPORTS – ****GOLF may not run if we cannot get at least 10 students**

Thank you to Holly Fuda from the Storm NRL for coming to our school and running a Wellbeing Presentation to our Grade 3-6 students. All the students thoroughly enjoyed it and it was fantastic to see everyone engaged and actively participating in the trivia questions!


HAVE A GREAT WEEK SUPER STARS!!!                                     

MISS. L J