2013 MacBook Information

1 to 1 MacBook information session

A reminder to parents of year 2 students that there will be a 1 to 1 MacBook information session this Thursday 1st of November. The session will provide information about the school's 1 to 1 program, lease details and indicative costs, security and supervision strategies and the educational benefits of the program.
The session will run from 6-7pm Thursday 1st of November and an information booklet will be available to parents on the night.

Kind Regards

Keith McNeill
ICT coordinator

BOOK TALK

We have been sharing fiction books and exploring the differences between picture story books and fiction writing. Thank you to our wonderful parents and grandparents.

Establishment of a Parents Gardening Club

School Council Facilities committee has recommended that a gardening group be officially formed in order to more effectively coordinate the gardening plots in the school. Members of the Facilities Committee and school staff will be in attendance. We wish to invite all interested parents to attend this meeting on Wednesday 7th November at 5.00pm in the meeting room opposite the school office.

RESEARCH PROJECT ON ASSESSMENT

A letter is being sent home with the children this week. It outlines a research project that some teachers are involved in over the next 6 months with Professor Marilyn Fleer at Monash University.

The letter outlines the project “Assessment beyond borders: Potentive assessment in Primary School”. The project is looking at varied ways to assess children both at school and at home.

It also includes consent forms for you to fill out and return to school as soon as possible.

We would appreciate your support in this research project.

TABLOID SPORTS

The Transition Program which includes Tabloid Sports for Prep-2 will be taking place on November the 8th, 15th, 22nd and 29th.

This is a junior school initiative to enable children to work together across the junior levels.

We will require parent helpers from 9-11am on these dates. If you can help please add your name to the list at the front of the neighbourhood.

Thank you

DECOUPAGE

Jude shared her achievements with decoupage with us and told us about plants and their meanings. We were all very inspired.
The children discussed can certain achievements be rated as better than others?

EXCURSIONS

Two excursions have been booked to further our inquiry into achievement.
They are to be on Wednesday 7th November and Wednesday 28th November and they will be for the whole neighbourhood.
Parents are welcome to join us.
We will tell you more as soon as we receive confirmation.
Please stay tuned.

Guest Speaker

Thank you very much to Pat for a fascinating and excellent talk and interview about your achievements with Earthwatch digs.
It was so exciting to hear all the stories that you told us about and how you started. You bought in interesting books, pictures and images to help us understand about Earthwatch.
You are a quiet achiever making a difference around the world.

http://www.earthwatch.org/australia/

 

Year Two in Fast Forward

Watch this clip for a glimpse of what can happen over the span of thirty minutes in the Year Two Neighbourhood.  To create the effect 300 individual photos were taken at intervals of 6 seconds and then assembled into a short video.  Blink and you just might miss something!

Shaiha's Achievements, Freya's and Luke's Travel Journals

Freya's Travels

Italian and Art Day



There will be an Art and Italian Day held on the 22nd of October. This will be a celebration of the Italian culture and way of life. Further information will follow.

Instrumental Music Concert



There will be an instrumental music concert on November the 26th. Children in the instrumental music program will be showcasing their talents in the Gym in the evening.

Melbourne Cup Day



November the 6th is a public holiday as it is the Melbourne Cup Day.

Achievement Celebration



We are planning to have an Achievement Celebration presentation to share with parents on a date yet to be set early in December. This will be a time where we will share our Inquiry and and reflect on the achievements of the year.

Whole School Transitino





The whole school Transition Program will take place over a three day period on December 10th, 11th and 12th. Year 2 students have already had opportunities to spend time in the 3/4 Neighbourhood this year and during these days they will be once again working in their future Neighbourhood Learning Spaces.

Transition Program



The Transition Program including Tabloid Sports for Prep-2 will be taking place on November the 8th, 15th, 22nd and 29th. This is a junior school initiative to enable children to work together across the junior levels.

Hampers for the Bazaar



The Year 2 Neighbourhood is in charge of organising 3 hampers for the Bazaar in November. Our three hampers are 'High Tea', 'Gourmet Food' and 'Blokes Basket'. The baskets with a list of ideas are located on the benches outside the Neighbourhood. Thank you for your support.

Social and Emotional Learning

The children in the Junior School will be using the Kimochis to develop the skills to understand their feelings, peacefully communicate their feelings to others and to develop positive relationships.

Welcome to Term 4

We would like to welcome back the children, families and staff to school. This term we welcome Ruth a volunteer teacher, Robert from Melbourne University for the first three weeks of term and Margaret who assists the children at various times throughout the week. Book talk and Year 2 has talent time will continue on Wednesday and Friday. All parents and families are very welcome to join in. The year 2 neighbourhood will present at the whole school assembly on Tuesday October 16 in the gym. The inquiry about 'Achievement' will continue using the children's ideas and questions. A celebration with families is planned for later this term.

Silver Key by NJ Cameron Kevin is reading 'The silver key' to the children and developing thinking about our reading with the children. The children will develop a reading log about their thoughts and wonderings. I have already read this book but I still love listening to it. It’s always good to read a book again. My favourite part of the book so far is when Max finds the key. I wonder what will happen next. Maddy. I wonder what they will find at the farm. Kiarna I think the book is interesting because I wonder what it opens. Filip