Term 2 Weeks 7 to 9

Term 2 Weeks 7 to 9

Stage 1 Maths Fun Day

Our artworks from Hazelhurst Art Gallery

Crazy Socks and Beanie Fundraising Day for Church Missionary Society

  

  

Our HSIE excursion to Wannabees Play Town

  

  

Testing Computer Games coded by Year 6!

Grammar Fun in Year 1

Term 2 Weeks 7-9

The End of a Great Term

Dear Parents and Girls,

Can you believe it’s already the last week of Term Two? What a busy term we have had!

By the time we reach the end of another big term at Danebank, the children will certainly be ready for a holiday. Some have been unwell in recent weeks, with a few children sick with colds, so we are hoping that the break will make all the difference. We pray that all children will have a safe, relaxing and enjoyable holiday and that they will return, ready for the challenges and opportunities of a new term.

This will be the final newsletter for the term. We will conclude the term on Friday with an End of term Chapel service. This will be held at 11:45am in the Danebank Performing Arts Centre. Parents and Friends are welcome to join us as we give thanks to God for a successful Term. School will conclude at 12:30pm on Friday 23^rd June with a teacher on duty until 1:00pm. Out of School Hours Care will be operating on this day and applications are available at the Junior School office. If your child is normally booked on a Friday there is no further charge.

What a beautiful mid semester break it is going to be. We pray that you and your family have the chance to enjoy the outdoors and the crisp winter weather. We are encouraging the children to keep a Holiday Journal and to do some whale watching at Botany National Park, Kurnell as the whales have started their annual migration as they head north for warmer waters. Our prayers are with those families who are finding things difficult at the moment. Perhaps there are difficult decisions to be made, the challenge of work combined with the pressures of everyday business, the relentless nature of jobs, activities, demands of family life, or just being worn out and not feeling well.

May we encourage you to look to God whose love and grace sustains us. God is with you and for you.

I look up to the mountains—

where does my help come from?

My help comes from the Lord,

who made heaven and earth!

He will not let you stumble;

the one who watches over you will not slumber.

Indeed, he who watches over us all never slumbers or sleeps.

The Lord himself watches over you!

The Lord stands beside you as your protective shade.

The sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon at night.

The Lord keeps you from all harm and watches over your life.

The Lord keeps watch over you as you come and go,

both now and forever.

Psalm 121

A reminder that all students will resume for Term 3 on Tuesday 18th July, with a beginning of term Chapel Service. Parents are welcome to our Chapel service.

Enjoy life to the full.

Kind regards,

Mrs Lena Cooper and Mrs Alison Larkin

Learning in Year 1

What an exciting semester for Year 1! We have had so many great learning experiences and had such fun. The students have showed so much love for learning this semester. They have displayed curiosity, empathy and enthusiasm through participation in class discussion, involvement in tasks and participating in excursions and projects. They have all showed huge amounts of persistence and focus, while keeping their amazing positive and fun personalities shining through.

Life in Year 1 by our students about all of the amazing things they have experienced in Semester 1.

Firstly, we would like you to know that we’ve been reading some Australian Aboriginal stories. One of them is called the ‘What You Count: Then and Now’ and it is about the traditional Aboriginal items compared against modern items. We have also read ‘In Your Dreams.’ It’s a historical story and it makes us feel all different types of emotions when we read it. As part of our study, we created Aboriginal inspired artworks. We have been looking at dot paintings in Bronwyn Bancroft’s story ‘Why I Love Australia’. The student’s Indigenous Australian inspired artworks have been displayed in our classrooms and look fabulous!

We also have been attending Infants Chapel and we have been studying inspirational women in the Bible such as Esther, Rahab and Lydia. We sing songs and smile heaps.

In Physical Education we learned how to complete various skipping routines. Girls were enthralled by the visit by the Loftus Leapers in week 7 and hope to share their new skipping tricks with you.

This week in Maths we have been studying Coins and how to recognise different Australian coins. We also completed Problem Solving tasks. Some of the problems were quite challenging but it was still a lot of fun. We are developing our Growth Mindset to persevere at things even though they may be hard.

And finally, In HSIE we’ve been looking at Families and Workers in the Community. Girls loved dressing up in various uniforms and pretending to be workers at our recent excursion to Wannabees Play Town.                  

Year 1 is the Best!

By Year 1 champions

Year 1 HSIE excursion to Wannabees Family Play Town

Year 1 enjoyed their excursion to Wannabees Play Town for our HSIE unit of work on ‘Families’ and ‘Workers in the Community’. Students loved role playing and exploring the various professions of people who live in our community. Year 1 had a wonderful time wearing different worker’s uniforms and using various tools to dramatise their occupations. Students dressed up as fire fighters, chefs, hair dressers, construction workers, postal workers, nurses, doctors and police officers. Judging by the laughter and the sounds of students’ happy conversations on the bus ride upon our return school, all were thoroughly entertained. Many girls commented “I loved dressing up in the different outfits and pretending to be different workers.”

Literature lesson on ‘The Magic Gelato Churn’

Year 1 researched the gelato making process this week as part of our Literature and HSIE unit of work on ‘Workers in the Community.’ All students read the story ‘The Magic Gelato Churn’ and enjoyed learning about the original gelato making process in Italy as well as the modern gelato making methods. Students were all amazed to discover there are over 150 gelato flavours created by Pure Gelato factory at Croydon Park. Some students agreed that they’d love to be on a tasty mission to try all the flavours! We concluded the unit by sampling delicious mini gelatos! Yummo!

Thank you to our amazing Parent Reading Helpers!

A very big thank you also goes to our amazing Reading Parents who have come in each week (sometimes twice a week!) to help our students. Students have enjoyed reading to our parent helpers and have had a very successful and rewarding semester. This has been a great opportunity for our students to improve in their reading.

Both staff and students are very appreciative of the parents’ time and effort. We would like to continue the program next term. If you would like to be part of the parent reading helpers group on either Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday mornings, please inform Mrs Cooper or Mrs Larkin. Parent Reading begins at 9:10am until 9:50am on those mornings.

Keep reading over the holidays!

Gray House Charity Day

Gray House recently held their charity day to raise money for CMS (Church Missionary Society). The work of CMS is to reach gospel-poor people, equip Christian leaders and engage churches in cross-cultural mission. The girls were encouraged to donate a gold coin for the privilege of wearing ‘crazy socks and beanies’. They were also able to enter a guessing competition to estimate the number of lollies in a jar. There was an amazing array of socks and beanies and we were able to raise $750 to donate to CMS. A great effort!

Premier’s Reading Challenge

This week was the children’s last week of borrowing from the library for the term. We always stress that holidays are not a holiday from reading. Far from it, it is imperative that the children keep up their reading, so that they don’t fall behind. More importantly, it is an excellent opportunity for them to read widely for enjoyment as they relax at home. Mrs Jamieson assisted them in selecting books that will be ideal for extending their reading skills.

All students are reminded to use the coming school holidays as a chance to enter books online.

Jump Rope for Heart

Year 1 enjoyed watching a performance by the mighty Loftus Leapers from Loftus Public School. Students were impressed by their skipping performance and many jumping tricks.

Over the last four weeks of Sport, Year 1 students participated in the Jump Rope for Heart program. This was a great opportunity for your daughter to learn new skills and develop her fitness as well as raise money for the Heart Foundation.

The ‘Jump Off’ day was held on Thursday 22^nd June. Each child was challenged to jump for a number of minutes, that number being their age.

Students have been encouraged to skip as part of their ‘homework.’ You can also support her by helping her raise funds for the Heart Foundation. This is optional.

Students were given brochures in Sports class. Fundraising will be completed online only. You will need to go to the Heart Foundation website and register her and make sure you join her to Danebank Primary School.

Healthy Food

It has been pleasing to see that many children are eating a healthy recess snack and lunch. Thank you to all the parents who go into much effort to ensure that they provide healthy foods for their daughter. Remember to ‘eat the colours of the rainbow!’

Week 7 to 9 in Year 1:

Mathematics- Maths Investigations ‘Number Blast Off!’ Maths Revision on Number and Algebra and Money.

Writing- We started a new theme for our Literature unit ‘Masterchefs!’ Students read ‘Pancakes Pancakes’ by Eric Carle and wrote procedures on making pancakes. We also studied ‘Honey Biscuits’ and ‘Sticky Jam- The Story of Sugar’ by Meredith Hooper and wrote procedures on making honey biscuits.

Grammar- Saying Verbs, Statements and Describing Words

PDHPE- Term 2 unit ‘Staying Healthy’

Reading- We completed guided reading activities in class.

Topic Talks- Students shared on what they would like to be when they grow up.

Visual Arts- Year 1 created Bronwyn Bancroft Australian Aboriginal-inspired artworks and Picasso Cubism artworks.

Science- Students discovered how heating or cooling a food can change its properties. We also studied the changing state of objects such as Solids, Liquids and Gases.

HSIE- Term 1 topic ‘Workers in the Community.’ We looked at various workers in our community.