Snapshot Week 4 Term 1
21 February 2020
Rose Park PS School Garden
Classes have been invited to voluntarily participate in the care
and wellbeing of the garden.
Vision: The garden is a community project, embracing everyone,
inviting joy and participation.
Bin Shift—Waste Disposal System
Carole, from Bin Shift, presented information to our Junior Primary students
on the importance of reducing and recycling waste at school.
School Photo Days—10 & 12 March
This year we will have two School Photo Days, on Tuesday 10 & Thursday
12 March. Classes will be scheduled on one of these days, and
information and order forms will come home to families next week.
Governing Council Article—Victoria Wallis-Smith
My name is Victoria Wallis-Smith and I’m the Chair of Governing Council. I also sit on the
Finance Advisory Committee and the Education Sub-Committee. My husband Sam and I
have two kids at the school - Evie is in Year 7, and Hamish is in Year 4.
This year, Governing Council will be working to extend the way it communicates with the
school community, and this weekly Snapshot article is the first step. If you have any feedback
or suggestions, please feel free to email GC [email protected] More
information on Governing Council can be found here, and if you have any concerns, please
refer to the Feedback & Grievance Procedures on the Policies & Procedures page.
Week 5 Crossing
Monitors
AM
Ben T
Josh W
Yutian Y
PM
Hannah A
Mimi B
Madeleine C
Performing Arts Update
Performing Arts lessons this term have involved all students
performing a body percussion chant to ‘Respect’ and singing
and playing instruments to various songs. Future lessons will
include Dance and Drama activities.
Rm 12 Open Minded to play a beat in-time to a new song.
Rm 4A Risk Takers to follow a student leader playing the beat on
a beat- box.
Receptions Caring using guiro instruments for the first time as a
whole class ensemble.
Rm 17 Communicators playing tambours drum shapes while
singing a song to tell a story.
Rm 5 Knowledgeable to co-ordinate to play xylophone and sing
simultaneously.
Year 6&7 Choir forms are to be completed ASAP to join the
Festival Choir to sing in the Festival Theatre in September.
Instrumental Music String, Brass and Woodwind lessons and
ensembles are all timetabled as are Private Provider drums,
guitar, flute, clarinet, recorder and singing lessons.
Kind regards,
Janet Parkinson
Weet-Bix Kids Tryathlon Assembly
The Sanitarium Weet-Bix Kids TRYathlon is a non-competitive triathlon, designed to help kids
aged 7-15 get active in a friendly and supportive environment. Research has shown that
participating in Kids TRY has a marked improvement on self-esteem and confidence.
Year 3 to 5 Swimming Lessons
Students had a lovely time participating in their swimming
lessons this week at the George Bolton Swimming Centre
Burnside. Swimming is part of the Health and Physical Activity
Curriculum at Rose Park Primary School.
Rose Park Sphero Grand Prix
Round One of the 'Rose Park Sphero Grand Prix' took
place on Thursday, with two heats featuring some of
our Year 6 & 7 students. After a number of practice
laps, where drivers collaborated with their Support
Crew to discuss angles, direction and speed in order
to determine the best line to take, we moved to
recording our lap times and developing our Leaders
Board. Discussion is underway with some budding
designers to have the track further enhanced with a
range of obstacles, including jumps and tunnels,
creating an even more challenging track to
navigate.
Bebras Computational Thinking Challenge
In March, students from Years 3 -7 are invited to take
part in the online Bebras Computational Thinking
Challenge. The challenge is open twice a year for
two weeks and is designed to promote
computational thinking skills in a way that highlights
student abilities. It is made up of 15 questions
ranging in difficulty, with certificates of participation
presented. In the first challenge of the year, students
who receive full marks are placed on the Honour
Roll and are sent a special certificate from CSIRO.
Registration forms have been sent out via your class
Seesaw, and p l ease em ai l m e at
[email protected] if you have
any further questions.
Sustainability Day—Friday 28 February
On Friday 28th February from 4-6pm we will be celebrating the opening of the new veggie
patch, and the schools new sustainability initiatives with a family picnic on the oval. It will be
an easy Friday night dinner for families - with food on offer through Little Sparrow and wine
orders in advance through Guthrie and Lambrook wines. Bring a picnic rug and come ready
for a relaxed evening. There will also be a variety of stalls and information about the schools
new bin system. Proceeds raised will go to Trees for Life to aid bush fire recovery.
Check the last page of the Snapshot for more details.
Year 2 Update
After much anticipation… last week the Year 2 classes visited the Life Education Van. Our session was called ‘Growing Good Friends’. We explored what
contributes to positive healthy relationships and personal wellbeing.
This supported our current unit of Inquiry- ‘Exploring my physical, emotional and social self helps shape my personality’. It also helped to reinforce our Classroom Essential Agreements.
Of course, seeing Harold at the end was everyone’s favourite part!
The Year 2’s have been unpacking their first unit of Inquiry topic for
the term ‘Who We Are’ and have been having a lot of fun doing so!
Room 11 kicked off the term with an ‘All About Me’ presentation,
sharing information about themselves, their interests and of course
their families.
After getting to know one another, we began to unpack a strand of our IB profiles, linked to
our current unit of Inquiry, ‘Caring’. We discussed what it meant to be caring, who we care
for the most, and explored what it meant to have human relationships including our family
and friends.
Students in Room 12 have visited the Kitchen Garden,
presented the first JP Assembly, with a focus on our School
Values and discovered that everyone has an invisible bucket.
We can all be Bucket Fillers by following our School Values; be
honest, be respectful, be caring and be courageous. You can
be a Bucket Filler too! :)