Term 2 Week 4 (20/5/2022)
What is On?
Tuesday 24th May - Dio Cross Country
Friday 27th May - School Awards Assembly
Tuesday 31st May - Wear Red for 65 Roses Day - gold coin donation
Wednesday 1st June - Incitare Year 6 Retreat
Tuesday 7th June - Polding Cross Country
Friday 24th June - School Athletics Carnival
Thursday 30th June - Confirmation - Maclean
Thursday 30th June - Last day term 2 for students
Friday 1st July - Staff Development Day - Pupil Free Day- Foundation Professional Development
Dear Parents and Carers
The weeks are flying by with the term approaching the half way point.
Another return to our normal routine has taken place. The Stage 3 children Willow and Dusty joined Mrs Jeffrey ( who stepped in for Mrs Howland today) at the 100.3FM to resume our Saint James Radio Show. This has been in limbo for the past 2 years. Make sure you tune in on Fridays at 11am- 12pm and ring in with a song request. When I came to Saint James and Christine was so excited by the radio show I was not sure what the fuss was about. Having been with the children on several occassions, I am convinced of the worth of the experience. In fact if the other staff are unavailable I am keen to go. The work in preparation that the students do and the public speaking that is required is a fabulous real world application of our curriculum. Sit in a classroom and learn about writing scripts or go the the radio station with your script? ... I know which one I would rather!
This week our staff have worked with Professor Peter Sullivan on the operations strand in mathematics and lesson preparation and assessments. For the past 2 years we have worked online with Peter using our data to plan support and create rigour in the mathematics block. It has been wonderful to have Peter on site finally!
Good Luck to our Cross Country runners on Tuesday who are competing at Dio level.
Have a lovely wekend
Ann
Sport Dates 2022
Cross Country
-Dio - Grafton, Tuesday 24th May
-Polding - Tuesday 7th June
Athletics
-School - Yamba, Friday 24th June
-Zone - Coffs Harbour, Wednesday 20th July
-Dio - Lismore, Friday 12th August
-Polding - Newcastle, Friday 9th September
SACRAMENTAL DATES 2022
Confirmation- Thursday 30th June, from 5:30pm at St Mary’s Church, Maclean.
Reconciliation- Wednesday 24th August, 11:40am in school hall.
First Holy Communion- Saturday 27th August, 5:30pm at St James Church, Yamba
LOP News
Maths fun with your children
You will need to think like a mathematician to solve the following problems and find multiple solutions. Have a go at these with your children and bring in your answers to share with Mrs Dougherty.
You may need to use concrete materials such as blocks, pasta shapes, beans or straws to help solve.
Have Fun.
Lisa Dougherty
Book Club
Book Club order forms have been sent home. All orders to be done online through Scholastic LOOP.
Orders Close Wednesday 8th June.
ES1
We are very excited that ES1 have TWO new dramatic play spaces in our Investigation areas. Recently, students have expressed a fascination with Australia Zoo and WIRES native wildlife rescue. At the zoo, students have been drawing maps and building a new environment for the 3 big crocs in the sandpit! At WIRES, they have been busy taking phone calls, bandaging koalas, looking at x-rays and using the stethoscopes. Check out some of our action photos….
Stage 1
This week in Stage 1 during English we continued to learn about non-fiction texts. We have spent the week learning about the features of an informative text (headings, sub-heading, photos, diagrams) and used non-fiction texts from our school library to identify the features and record facts about a specific animal. Students are really enjoying this unit and are looking forward to creating their own information report next week about an animal of their choice!
Stage 2
Look out parents… This week in Stage 2 we began listening to podcasts. This week’s topic was ‘How to Win an Argument with Your Parents’. We learned about arguing in healthy ways versus fighting. During the podcast we listened to the most common ways people go wrong when arguing. Finally, we learned strategies for effective ways to get your point across.
Here are some of the things Stage 2 thought were interesting from the Podcast:
*Anybody can win an argument if they think about themselves and the other person’s ideas too - Siaan
* Arguing equally mean that both people get their way a little bit - Zoe
* A strategy to use is to research stuff about the pet or whatever you want to get, so when you tell your parents about it they will think that you are becoming more responsible - Harlan
* It’s good to have arguments because it helps you to know the person better and you’re always going to disagree about things- Myla
* If we never argue life would be pretty boring, so we have to learn how to argue in a good way - Jake
* Arguments can end up as a fight if you don't have them the right way. You have to listen as well as talk - Heath
*You should not call people names like "You're the meanest dad ever!" because it will hurt their feelings and it won’t help - Jensen
* The popularity strategy doesn’t work, just because lots of people thought the world was flat, doesn't mean it is - Rhaya
After our discussion, we did some role playing. We acted out some arguments using both effective and ineffective strategies.
It will be interesting to hear some feedback to see if this helps us with our communication at home!
Stage 3
Geography: This week in Geography we have been learning about trade and how it has been affected through the last 4 years. We also have been looking at who Australia's trading with and why, as well as looking at who Australia exchanges with the most and ranking the top ten countries Australia has exchanged and interchanged with.
Sport: In sport we have been playing Rugby Union with ex-Waratahs players teaching us skills and non-contact ways to play Rugby. We have been playing under the Big Top, as well as playing dodgeball and other favourite Stage 3 activities. We will be cheering on our Dio cross country runners on May 24th - Good luck!
Religion: In Religion we are making presentations about different prayer types and the prayers significance. We are making a tutorial explaining how to perform different types of prayers through videos, posters, etc. The students have been partnered and will perform and present these tutorials, the best videos will be presented to the class. The different prayer types that have been chosen are Meditation, Dadirri, Visio Divina and the Rosary.
Maths: This week in Maths we have been learning about 3D shapes with Mrs Petersen and Miss Haines. We also have been learning about multiplication and division with Mrs Howland and Miss Haines. There are many different strategies and ways to multiply big numbers, we also have been learning formal algorithms in class.
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