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Term 2, Issue 10 30th June 2016
D I ARY D ATES TO REMEMBER:
Last Day of
Term 2
Friday
1st July
Students
Return
Monday
18th July
Staff
Development
Day
Monday
25th July
School
Closed
Monday
25th July
Lochinvar Public School
Bulletin Lochinvar Public School
A unique school achieving success.
CELEBRATION T IME AT LOCHINVAR PUBLIC SCHOOL ! Our students and staff have worked exceptionally well this term, engaging in a
number of exciting learning opportunities. Below is a recount from each class detailing
some of the wonderful things that happen on a daily basis here at Lochinvar Public
School. Together we strive always to be respectful, responsible and proud learners.
Terrific effort team!
CHANGES TO STAFF DEVELOPMENT D AY TERM 3 In Term 3 students will start back at school on Monday 18th July. Usually the first
day of Term 3 is a staff development day however we have been lucky enough to
secure training for staff in the 7 Steps to Writing Success program. This training will
occur on Monday 25th July which means that school will be closed on this day.
Please ensure you add this date to your calendar.
CELEBRATING TERM 2 W ITH KH KH have had an amazing term with students
continuing to gain self-confidence and develop their
academic understandings. Students have been
working to improve their recall of sounds and
identify basic sight words which are important in
assisting with early reading and writing skills. During guided reading activities students are beginning to read with
more independence and love engaging in a variety of literacy group activities during morning groups. Students
have enjoyed reading ‘The Rainbow Fish’ and ‘The Day the Crayons Quit’ in class and have used these texts as
a stimulus for their independent writing and their arts and craft. In mathematics, the students have been learning
to play a new game called ‘Buzz’. This game enables the students to consolidate their knowledge of number
counting concepts such as counting forwards and counting backwards. Their enthusiasm when engaged in this
activity has been infectious and a delight to see! This term the students have been learning about the weather in
science with Miss Travis. Our whole class assembly item was based around this theme. The children loved
performing ‘Drip Drop’ and learning to sign, whilst singing ‘I Can Sing a Rainbow’. Each student’s hand was used
to contribute to our hands rainbow backdrop. Students have
been working to uphold our PBL Core Values of respect,
responsibility and pride both individually and as a whole class.
Many students have been receiving their tenth ‘Gotcha’ and as a
whole class we are getting close to our set leaf target on our
‘Cooperation Tree’. Mrs Clark and I are extremely proud of each
student’s achievements and can’t wait to begin the learning
journey with KH as we enter into the second semester.
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CELEBRATING TERM 2 W ITH KM Term 2 has been another busy one in KM with
Gotchas flying out the door. This term, students
have started independent writing where they
implement the skills that they have learned in
guided writing sessions and utilise the tools around
the room to construct their own sentences based on
shared experiences. Students are enjoying the
opportunity to write their own sentences. Students
have also enjoyed creating their own artworks
based on directed drawing lessons. They have drawn their own
self-portraits and penguins living in the Antarctic. Make sure you come to
the classroom to check out KM’s budding artists.
CELEBRATING TERM 2 W ITH 1 /2M In Celebration of NAIDOC Week, 1/2M has been investigating
the Aboriginal culture and
the tools traditional
aboriginal people used.
All students really
enjoyed weaving baskets
that would be used by traditional aboriginal people when
carrying food. I am very proud of my student’s
achievements this term and look forward to a fun and full
term 3.
CELEBRATING TERM 2 W ITH 1 /2H
Roll Up Roll Up to the hardest working
class in town! Many crazy circus acts
have happened this term and we have all
walked the tricky tightrope to the end of
term 2. A highlight this term has to be our
Circus Spelling Groups and the varied ways in which students have displayed their understanding
and interacted with each other, even in their pyjamas! Students have enjoyed computer
publishing, sound searching, chalk mats, spelling ping pong and group graffiti pages. Becoming
descriptive detectives has improved our sentence writing and
has helped us become engaged and reflective learners. As a
class we have loved
using the interactive
learning space in the
library each week and
enabling each student
to work in a way that
they feel comfortable is amazing. What a great term 2,
happy holidays. Mrs Harris.
Term 2, Issue 10 Page 3
CELEBRATING TERM 2 W ITH 4 /5 Term 2 certainly has been a busy one for 4/5!
We have been reading a novel called Grimsdon
by Deborah Abela and most of our work in
English has been based on this book. In maths,
we’ve been learning about 3D objects, mass,
chance, data and time. We have created some
fabulous artworks of city silhouettes, 3D hands
and our favourite, the sweet fish who quickly becomes ferocious! In PE, we’ve definitely improved
our leaping, sprinting and vertical jumping skills. CAPA group rotations have continued in term 2
and have been a great chance for us to have a go at dance, origami, boot camp and construction.
We have loved having many visits from teachers and students from RTHS: we’ve participated in
careers workshops, dance and music sessions and rugby league and soccer development clinics.
Bring on term 3!
CELEBRATING TERM 2 W ITH YEAR 3
Year 3 have had another fabulous term. Despite the weather, we enjoyed the athletics carnival and loved participating in new sporting activities including discus, long jump and shot put. This term, we have been reading the book “Charlotte’s Web”. It has brought much laughter to our classroom and prompted some interesting thinking about whether animals really can talk. Year 3 have found
persuasive writing exciting and have continuously presented some creative and strong ideas to convince our readers. We have worked well in pairs and groups to perform chance experiments in Maths sessions and have enjoyed discussing the results. Presenting our item the “Sid Shuffle” to the whole school was definitely a highlight this term. Each of us displayed dedication towards practising the dance and gave our absolute best on the actual day. Year 3 had great fun during today’s NAIDOC Day celebrations and demonstrated respect, responsibility and pride towards all teachers and adults. We are keen to re-commence school in term 3 so once again we can work hard to develop our learning, while having fun with out friends. Miss Russell
“RECOGNITION OF 10 GOTCHA WEEK 6 - 10”
CELEBRATING TERM 2 W ITH 5 /6 Well here we are halfway through the year at the end of a
very busy and productive Term 2. We started the term
with a very reverent Anzac Day Service on day one of the
term. I must also say a special thankyou to the students
from the class who so capably represented our school
and local community Anzac Services, taking time out of
their holidays, to show their respect. Well Done. This was followed by the school leadership team partici-
pating in the GRIP Leadership conference at the University of Newcastle in May. The students learned a
great deal, saw how other school leadership teams work and returned to school keen to implement some
of the thing they learned. The school Cross Country saw several student from the class go on to represent
at Zone and congratulations to Shianne who then went on to represent at regional level coming 7th In her
division. We have also had two students accepted to the Hunter region GATS Camp for Term Three and
have begun our unit of work on Gold in preparation for our excursion to Hill End in Term 3. Rutherford
Technology High School has visited to allow the student to have a
taste of some of the great programs they have to offer. The students
participated in a Creative and Performing Arts workshop, a Rugby
League and Football (Soccer Clinic) and we have travelled to the
RTHS to be part of the audience for their musical. At all these events
the students demonstrated the PBL core values of the school. We
have also complete work in class on improving our writing and
becoming more able to use figurative language in our writing with
some excellent results. As I said, a very busy term. Enjoy the holidays
and be ready for Term 3
STOCKLAND GREENHILLS , N AME THE CRANE COMPETITION VOTE FOR OUR SCHOOL The Stockland Greenhills Shopping Centre have launched a competition to name the construction crane and design a flag for the huge structure which currently is working to rebuild Greenhills. Cynthia, Grace and Charli have worked to design a flag and name the crane. Canvas entries will be on display at the Greenhills service desk and the winning school is judged by the community, entry forms are available at the centre from July 4th. Please get
along and support our wonderful school. VOTE 1 for Lochie the Crane!
KH Cera, Eileigh Harry
Micaylee Rahni Blake
KM Evie Charlie Hope
Lillie Lucy (20) Roydon
1/2H Ben Leesha Jordan
Phoebe Jonathan Tully
Jett Brooke Jake
Charli Toby
Year 3 Hayden Sierra Taliah
1/2M Zoe Kayla Alira
Joshua Sarah Kadence
Jun Hee Tiarna Chayne
4/5 Jared (30) Amelia (10) Jaydan P (20)
Declan Hayley Savvanna
Holly (10) Blake Purusha
Samuel Reece (20) Jared (40)
5/6 Taylah Sammantha Paige
Xandah Mia Liam
Kiara