Mac St News - Friday 15 November 2024
Principals Report
Dear Parents, Carers and Community Members,
We have now arrived at the midpoint of Term 4; the year and term has well and truly flown by.
The last fortnight has been extremely busy, all classrooms and students have been completing assessment and it has been wonderful to see such amazing growth from students in all aspects of the curriculum.
The last two weeks have been absolutely wonderful in the Foundation classroom with assessment taking place. The data that I am seeing is very pleasing and makes me so proud of our lovely little cherubs.
In Core Knowledge, we have been learning about the sun as a planet in our solar system. The discussions and questions that students are having and asking about the learning shows just how much knowledge they know and want to know about the world that we live in. Students practiced using a graphic organizer to write down all the facts they know about the sun.
Space Flip Book Project
Grade 1/2's have had a busy last 2 weeks with assessment. As the testing period draws to an end students should be celebrating all the progress they have made across the year, not only in academic achievements, but in their social and emotional awareness as well.
In class, students have also been working independently on creating their Outer Space Flip Books. In them, students have included some facts about the sun, moon and planets that they've learnt about so far this term. It's great to see what information they have retained in such a short amount of time.
Over the past couple of weeks, the 3/4 class has engaged in a couple rich learning experiences based around the topic of Space.
The first was on Monday night of last week when we paid a visit to the Ballarat Observatory. Whilst there, we had a look at a couple of telescopes, learnt about planets and other objects in our solar system, and then used a telescope to look at the moon (fortunately the clouds had cleared by the time it was dark).
Furthermore, people from the VSSEC came to our school to teach us more about space. In the first session, we built a rocket which we later filled with water and air and released into the sky (some went further and higher than others). After this, we learnt about the distance between the planets and their distance from the Sun.
Both of these experiences were engaging and informative.
Selected Grade 6 students did a wonderful job at the Remembrance Day Ceremony, last Monday at the Gallipoli Oak Tree, here at school. It was great to hear them present their readings in such a respectful and responsible manner. Remembrance Day is an important occasion to honour the sacrifices made by soldiers, and it’s inspiring to see young students engaging in this tradition with such care.
Well done Grade 6’s! You should be all very proud of yourselves.
We are edging closer to the end of Term 4, however Auslan is showing no signs of slowing. The last fortnight has seen us exploring the names for different family members. Everyone had the opportunity to draw a picture of their own family and glue on the matching Auslan signs.
This week we explored the sign names for Australian animals, some of the signs are just as cute as the animals themselves. We then used some of our artistic skills to draw our favourite Australian animals and then match these with the Auslan sign.
Students birthday
Happy Birthday to the students who have celebrated their birthdays recently or will be celebrating in the days ahead.
- Hugo
