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This term we have been exploring healthy eating. We have been participating in lots of activities that involve sorting food into ‘sometimes’ and ‘always’ groups. We have made fruit and vegetable salads and it was great to see all of our friends trying the different tastes and textures they were offered. We are also lucky enough that Miss P has a green thumb and brought in one of her home grown watermelons for us to taste!! 

In literacy, we have been practicing our pre-writing and writing skills. Writing in sand, using our scissor skills to cut out different shapes, molding playdough and using our markers to trace increasingly more difficult patterns are just a few of the fine motor activities that help to strengthen our hands.  These are done in addition to our daily name writing and spelling tasks. We are amazed by the progress that each of the children have made over such a short amount of time!! Keep up the great work Room 29!!  

The marvellous mathematicians in Room 2 have explored many ways of developing and using their mathematics skills in their morning rotations through individual activities and their shared games. They have also shown respect and patience as turn taking and sharing has been required. Learning about the Noongar Six Seasons has encouraged us to look more closely at the plants that are in flower during each season.

Recently, we have also added learning to tie our shoelaces to our morning activities. It has been wonderful to see everyone striving to learn the steps involved to meet this challenge.

We have thoroughly enjoyed the first of our Sensorium Theatre sessions as we learnt about the weather and the land, and met Old Stephen.

‘I liked playing the drum when we sang, Hello.’ Henry.

‘I liked the rain sound and the big black cloud.’ Ali.

‘It was really good fun playing with the sand. It was a bit hot. I was drawing Old Stephen.’ Goldie.

‘I liked the texture of the rain clouds.’ Kaiden.

‘The big seed pod made big rain noises when I was shaking it.’ Logan.

‘I liked the feel of the warm rocks and the sand. I built my own building. I learnt about Michelle being Old Stephen.’ Brandon.

‘I made a snake with the sand. The seed pods and tapping sticks made a rain sound.’ Kieran.

It has been a busy semester for students of Room 16. We have been working together with Room 9 to practice our team building skills in activities that include puzzles, games and construction. Levi’s favourite was our Easter egg hunt, where we had to find clues in the form of QR codes to track down the treasure. Bailey’s favourite was the newspaper fashion show, where we had 50 minutes to create different outfits out of newspaper. It’s been fantastic watching the students learn from their mistakes and adapt their skills.

Last week we accompanied the Year 6 classes from the Primary School and Room 9 to the WA Museum. We travelled by bus and had an exciting day as we discovered numerous interactive exhibits which encouraged us to explore WA’s history.

Student's  favourite exhibit was the Origins exhibit where the light up bubble machine captured our attention. We really enjoyed the Wildlife exhibit, where we learnt all about the wildlife in WA, both past and present. The exhibit on dinosaurs was also a highlight. During our lunch break we were able to play on the playground outside and run through the water misters.

Picasso Style Roosters

The students in Room 2 viewed the work of Pablo Picasso.  They drew a rooster in lead pencil using a continuous line.  A second rooster was drawn, patterns added and brightly coloured in wax crayon.

Sunflowers 

The students who attend Visual Arts viewed the work of Vincent Van Gogh. Van Gogh thought that sunflowers symbolised gratitude.

A variety of painting techniques were used to paint the different parts of the sunflower collage. Working with the element of line and the principle of movement students used oil pastels and a dye wash to create a background.  With a little help from their teachers the painted paper, symmetrical vase and flowers were cut out and pasted on the background.

Which Block can bag the most dough?

As part of Science and Sustainability, Joondalup Primary Schools signed up for a Wonder Recycling Rewards program, which focused on the recycling and repurposing of soft plastic bread bags.

At the start of Term 2, students were invited to accept this recycling mission:

• Collect as many soft bread bags as you can.
• Return them to your Block, where they will be stored in the Wonder Recycling box.
• For every 5kg of soft plastic bread bags…your block can earn $500.

Seven weeks after the mission started, I have posted four FULL boxes to Red Cycle.

So…who are the winners?

Our Planet!

Over the course of Term 2 (in 7 weeks), students at Joondalup Primary Schools have recycled 25kg of soft plastic bags.

Who are the Block winners?

This will be announced on Tuesday 21 June at the school assembly!

In addition to collecting soft plastic bags, students have also been collecting plastic bread tags. Over the seven weeks, the students across the school have collected 7.5kg of plastic bread tags.

These tags are given to Aussie Bread Tags for Wheelchairs. The tags are recycled nationally in Australia and used to raise funds to buy wheelchairs for disadvantaged people.

https://ozbreadtagsforwheelchairs.org.au/

Joondalup Primary Schools students are to be commended on their commitment to being change makers for the future. Keep bringing in your soft plastic bags and bread tags and as a community, we will help create a more sustainable future.

Mrs Phillips