YEAR 1

English: We have been learning some new sounds and tricky words that have been added to our tricky word tree. Persuasive writing is still a focus at this point with all students coming up with some interesting ideas on why kids should be able to pick their bedtime for their warm write.

Maths: The students have a great understanding of 2D shapes so far. To continue to build on that, we have been exploring different features and attributes of 2D shapes by looking at how shapes can be made by joining and breaking apart, manipulating objects to halve them in different ways, creating new shapes by adding or removing sides and creating linear patterns, using slide and reflections. We love seeing our student’s creative ideas and listening to their explanations.

PBL is all about how people can change over time and how we categorise people from being babies, to children, to teens, to adults and then to the elderly. It then got a bit scary when we asked the students which category they would put the year 1 teachers in.

We are so proud of all the year 1 students and how well they went at the athletics carnival! It is such a big day and they all did so well.

YEAR 3/4 PV

The class collected data from their Camp Evaluation surveys to create column graphs during maths. In writing, students wrote a newsletter report based on their camp experiences. Once completed, they read to a partner to begin their editing process. In I.T., students had to create a photo book using photos from camp. There was a lot of learning from inserting photos correctly to adding captions.

YEAR 5/6 FS

Recount- Bonegilla

My highlight of the past week was Wednesday. It started when I got out of bed, then I played for a tiny bit before I had to get ready for a church breakfast thig that me and my Dad do every Wednesday. After I had gotten ready we left and headed to Café Borella which is where the breakfast was held. I had what I usually had which was an egg and bacon roll with tomato sauce.

After the breakfast we headed to my bus stop. On the bus I sat next to my friend Finn, and we chatted about what we would do if there was a zombie apocalypse. Once we arrived at school we marked the roll then headed onto the bus which was transporting us to Bonegilla which was the biggest functioning migrant camp in Australia. On the trip there I sat next to my friend James.

Once we arrived, we put our bags in the recreation hut. After that we were split into three groups. Then we commenced with the tour. During the tour we looked at some of the huts that people stayed in, the toilets, the old army hut and the cafeteria. Then we learnt how to make our own butter! The butter making was really fun, we had to mix the butter with rubber bouncy balls. After we all successfully made the butter, we got to try it. One of the butters had salt and the other one didn’t. I liked the one with salt better. After the butter making, we had lunch.

After lunch, we made our own pinch pots using 2 day drying clay. First, we had to make I into a spherical shape. Then, we had to make a hole using our fingers or thumbs before we enlarged the hole making it a pot shape. Then once we had the correct shape, we drew something on the pot using special clay tools. I drew a smiley face on my pinch pot. Then we left it to dry a little bit while we played and had recess.

After recess we gathered our pinch pots and lined up to board the bus. On the bus trip back, I sat next to James again. During the bus trip I was reading the first book of the Wings of Fire Graphic Novel series and James got a head ache as well. I enjoyed Wednesday and getting to see Bonegilla for my first time.

By Ben C.

Circle Time

The students have been enjoying circle time. One of the topics that we shared was what was a highlight for you over the last couple of weeks. Here are two examples shared by our students.

ATHLETICS CARNIVAL!

The Athletics Carnival was colossally fun. I don’t think I could have a better day then that. There was so much teamwork and a lot of supporting in one another. It was a fun day out of school and the weather was colossally terrific. We all had such a fun day, and no one had a frown on the face. We all had a fantastic time and teachers done such an amazing job with running the events and building everyone’s excitement up. Also, a big thanks to Mrs Bothe and Mrs Jafari for giving everyone a heads up for our next events and hyping us up for our relays thanks to everyone who participated and to the teachers and helpers from St Pauls for helping us for our Athletics Carnival. By Eve Barclay

My highlight of the past 2 weeks was the athletics carnival in the 800 meters when I was running, and my lungs felt like they were on fire and my throat felt like there was a massive lump of something was shoved down there

The starter person was telling us to step back from the line and then a gunshot sound filled the air. 2 people were in front of me, but I quickly pasted them as I ran I passed the pole vault mat. Wow! how old is that I thought, it was pretty battered and looked as if it was 100 years old. I glanced behind me someone was right behind me. I ran past the discus net as people from the side cheered happily. The last lap bell sounded as I passed the time gates. Once again I passed the old mat and cheering people and finally 100 meters was in front of me. I looked behind me to see another dight behind me. With my final burst of speed I sprinted to the end of the line. I had finished but there was no relief. My throat was burning and my mouth tasted the sour flavour of blood I had finished 1st place. probably the only time I thought… I was wrong.

By Maddison Baker

GRIP Student Leadership Conference

On Tuesday the 2nd of May our Year 6’s went to the Albury Entertainment Centre to attend a conference about Leadership. This year’s focus was ‘How to be an ‘Others First’ Leader.” It is natural to think of self-first but leaders need to shift their thinking to others first. When putting other’s first Leaders need to remember the four H’s: HELP- with the little things, HEAR-other’s opinions, show HAPPINESS and HUMILITY.

The conference was practical, hands on and allowed for our year students to interact with leaders from other regional schools. All students were treated as leaders and given fresh ideas of how they could impact their schools. Watch this space as we know our year 6’s are excited about what new initiatives they will embark for our students at St John’s throughout this year.

Paul Kelly Cup

On Wednesday 3rd May our year 4/5/6 boys and girls went to Culcairn to participate in Paul Kelly Cup. Despite the gloomy weather, students were eager and excited for the day. The boys were challenged in their first two games, however, never gave up and displayed grit and perseverance. They came away with a win in their final game. The girls had a terrific day, making it the semi-finals. Only missing the final on percentage. A highlight of the day was seeing multiple students across both team playing AFL for their first time, pushing themselves out of their comfort zone and trying something new. I commend the students on representing St John’s displaying teamwork and sportsmanship. Thank you to John Ginnivan and Chris Whelan for volunteering your time to coach the students. As well as, Mrs Nic and the parents for their support on the sideline.

Spelling

This week in spelling our focus is the digraph ‘ti’ making the ‘sh’ sound as in station.We challenged the students to brainstorm as many words that they could working individually or in pairs to write as many words as they could. One student got over 70 words. WOW!

MERIT AWARDS

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