Learning & Teaching News
MS Readathon
The MS Readathon challenges kids to read as much as they can in August and raises money for vital support services to families with multiple sclerosis.
The stats so far are:
- 15 students registered!
- $673 out of the $1000 goal raised
- 24 Books read so far (what a great head start for reading in August!)
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER YOUR CHILD OR CHILDREN TO READ and then join our school!
Storytelling competition: To kick things off, MS Reathon are running a writing competition throughout August! They are asking all our super readers to submit a story about their favourite avatar. All students that submit a story will go in the draw to win 1 of 18 x Faber Castell connector pen packs!
Once they have written a story, they can submit it at the storytelling competition page… Submit your story for the Storytelling Competition!
Stewardship Action Meetings - National Tree Day
This week each class participated in their Termly ‘Stewardship Action Meeting.’ During this time students learnt about ‘National Tree Day’ and investigated how to plant a tree. They also set class stewardship goals for the Term.
Some of the ‘Stewardship Goals’ classes created this term are:
- Prep Platypus: We will pull out the weeds from our garden beds during outdoor play with a team of ‘Wonderful Weeders.’
- Year 3 Galahs: We will use the paths around the school and not walk in our gardens.
- Year 4 Grasshoppers: We will create labeled containers for ring pulls, bread tags, and bottle tops.
Furthermore, yesterday I attended the City Council ‘Schools Tree Day Ceremony’ with Naida Payne and Noah Edmonds from Year 5/6. Next week, year 4 students will be planting grasses in the Bush Tucker Trail to help with erosion control, and year 5/6 students will be creating a new garden bed in our Wildlife Corridor on the lower oval. The Wildlife Corridor is a habitat for native wildlife between the oval (human structure) and the Bush Tucker Trail.
Are you doing anything for National Tree Day this Sunday 31st July? Check out the TSV City Council event at Oakdale Heights!
Yours in Learning,
Aleesha Rockemer
(Learning and Teaching Adviser)