The Regent Digest: Week 4, Term 3 2018 No Images? Click here 6 August 2018 Dear Regent Families LEARNING COMMUNITY. We held a special event with families last Tuesday evening at the College. Heather Yeoman, Speech Pathologist, presented on the topic of Bilingual Language Acquisition. The occasion was a terrific opportunity for parents to ask some of those common questions associated with additional language learning e.g. 'Is it important that our family only focus on learning English when our child starts school?' If you were unable to attend the evening but would appreciate the handout, please follow the link HERE. Thank you to Heather and the parents who braved the very wet weather. Blessings Derek Nicholls Regent College Concert
Kindergarten 1&2Wow! What an exciting start to Term 3. Both Kindergarten 1 and Kindergarten 2 have hit the ground running. Our theme this term is Community Workers. We put on our hard hats and high viz vests ready to learn all about construction workers in Week 1 . We were able to observe, through the fences, the new classrooms being constructed. It was very exciting seeing the builders lay the first bricks. We too made our own classrooms using playdough and pop sticks. In Week 2 we took off our hard hats and put on our medical coats. We learnt all about how doctors, nurses and paramedics look after us. We made handy little medical bags to take home. We have also learnt the importance of washing our hands and making our class a “germ free” zone. Thank you to all the students for their hard work and contribution to class discussions. And thank you parents for all your ongoing support. We look forward to more learning adventures ahead of us. Miss Gokavi Welcome to Miss Margaret Gokavi, who joined the College this term as Kindergarten 1 and 2 teacher. Kindergarten 3We have had a fantastic start to this term and our topic of communities. On Friday 20 July we had our community helper dress -up day. We had so much fun attending school dress-up as a community helper. We have enjoyed learning more about people in our community and how they can help us. In our classroom we even have our very own police office. As a part of our health program we have been talking lots about healthy eating and exercise. We enjoyed exercising to different music and feeling our heart beat change. We also enjoyed finding and cutting pictures for our healthy food collage. In Numeracy, our focus has been on consolidating our understanding of numbers 1-5, and moving forward 1-10. In Literacy we have been enjoying reading lots of different stories and acting out the story as well as retelling and sequencing events using picture cards. Mrs Stein Pre-Primary 1This term in PP1 our inquiry topic is weather and seasons. We are curious to learn about the weather elements, and how the weather changes the environment. Last week we spent some time wondering about weather and creating wonder questions we would like to explore and find the answers to, such as; how do the leaves change colour? What are clouds made of? What is lightning? So far we have found out that there are three different types of clouds; Cirrus clouds are wispy and thin clouds. Stratus are huge rainclouds that block the sun and Cumulous clouds are the fluffy white clouds that make shapes. We also learnt that lighting is made from a type of electric charge when positive and negative charges bounce off each other. In literacy we have been writing about winter and creating amazing “stormscape” collages in art. We look forward to finding out how the leaves change colour as we delve into learning about autumn next fortnight! Miss Beath Pre-Primary 2Recently, Pre-Primary 2 celebrated 100 days of school, which means the students are now more than 100 days smarter! The milestone included a lot of fun and a serious list of counting opportunities. The Pre-Primaries counted a range of materials to see what 100 looked like. They also made headbands and what I’m sure was their personal favourite... fairy bread, using Hundreds and Thousands. So far this year, the class has worked diligently to develop their number and counting skills and this 100 day mark definitely put those skills to the test! Miss Baker Pre-Primary 3Our Term 2 ‘Me on the Map’ theme led the PP3 children to explore the art and culture of the many countries represented within our classroom. When investigating Greece, Elisabeth’s Yia-Yia (grandmother) came to visit and told us about her childhood in Greece. Mrs Lotsos sent in a Greek cake for the children to enjoy. Ancient Greek urns were the inspiration for the children’s art, designing and decorating their own Greek urn representation. The end of term brought an opportunity to showcase the PP3 children’s dancing skills at the Edu-Dance concert. They performed a dance routine to the song Chihuahua dressed as puppies. The children did an amazing job! In week two of Term Three we celebrated being in PP3 for 100 days! Each day at school this year the children have added another pop stick to the jar to keep track of how many days they have been in Pre-Primary, learning and having fun! The children engaged in many activities during the 100 Days at School celebration, including counting 100 balloons, building with 100 lego pieces, writing numbers to 100 and more! Mrs Coffey Year 1In the first half of Term 3, Year 1 is looking at places in our community. We brainstormed all the different buildings and looked at the purpose of each place. Each student selected one building to design and build. Using a brown paper bag, we constructed our buildings. These buildings will be used to create a community for our Bee Bots to travel through in ICT. In Visual Art, we have been looking at artists. One artist that paints communities is Ton Schulten. He is a Dutch painter who paints using bright blocks of colour. After analysing Ton’s work, we noted the techniques and elements he uses and painted our own replica. In our next art lesson, we will finish our artwork by outlining the buildings in black paint. Miss Jongeling Year 1Money, Money, Money! Miss Shaw Year 2 Slick Oil Mrs Jenkins Year 2 cont... Time Machines Mrs Jenkins Year 2 cont... ICT Mrs Jenkins Year 3"A dodeca what!?!" "Vertices? I thought they were called corners!" "3D shapes can be so confusing!" The Year 3s have been trying to make sense of all the huge words that come with learning about 3D shapes by drawing, folding, constructing and 'marshmallowing' (we invented a new verb). We've enjoyed watching our illustrations come to life, one line at a time, as we've learnt to draw 3D shapes on dotted paper. We've constructed as many different shapes as we could using construction equipment and we created some 3D shapes out of marshmallows and kebab sticks. The marshmallows helped us to count the number of vertices in each shape. Our parents can see all of our activities on Seesaw. We would also like to invite the Year 3 parents to come and visit Shapesville, a tiny town springing up in our classroom. Every student has coloured and folded paper 3D shapes to make buildings for our town. We have schools, libraries, churches, restaurants, shops and houses. The Year 3 students would love to explain the construction process, the names of the shapes and their features (vertices, edges and faces). Mrs Johnston Year 4In Year 4 we have been learning about properties of materials in Science. We have also been keenly watching the school building project and seeing which materials are being used. We have been educated by the building experts as to which materials are needed for certain jobs because of their special properties. Our class we went outside and took photos of different materials used around the school. We then specifically honed in on the properties of waterproof and water resistant materials. Videos were taken of us doing our experiment outside and pupils were given the chance to predict the outcome before the experiment took place and then see the end result. Material scientists make a valuable contribution to society - who knows, we may have one amongst us! Mrs Innes Year 4 cont...Recently, our class went on an excursion to the State Library. We used Transperth buses and tagged on and off with our Smartrider cards. At the library, we were read a historical novel called Sam, Grace and the Shipwreck by Michelle Gillespie and Sonia Martinez. We were then taught how to use the library resources to research the story to check on the facts in the story. After our lesson we went downstairs to the Discovery Centre where we had some time to look at the different exhibits. Special thanks to our kind group of parents who assisted with our outing. You are such a blessing! Mrs Innes Year 5This term is off to a flying start for the Year 5s! We have enjoyed investigating the properties of solids, liquids and gases in Science, with hands on activities and experiments.In Maths, we have been working with fractions. We have compared and ordered fractions, located them on number lines, and practised adding and subtracting fractions. We love doing maths rotations that include hands on activities and games to practise the skills we are learning! Recently, we went on an excursion to the Perth Hills Discovery Centre in Mundaring. It was great to see the dam that C.Y O'Connor built, which we learnt about last term. We enjoyed learning more about the Jarrah forest, meeting some reptiles, and completing a blindfolded "sensory trail"! Miss Masters Year 6The Year 6 class along with the Year 5s went to the Mundaring Eco Centre, where they learnt about different reptiles and even touched them. Their favourite reptile was the snake. They engaged their sensory skills and explored the forest using blindfolds along a 200m rope walk trail. It was a tricky task but they got there in the end. They also enjoyed a guided ecology walk through the forest and learnt about dieback, different plants in the bush and the Mundaring Weir. In Math’s lessons the focus has been on measurement and the students have been using scales to estimate and measure a variety of items in grams then convert to kilograms. Mrs Lotsos Information TechnologyTerm 3 has been very busy so far with lots of different robotics projects. The year 6s have been learning about the new Edison robots. These are essentially a driverless car, allowing students to imagine a world that they can help to shape. These can be programmed by the students to move in a specific way or driven using a barcode with a pre-programmed action. A favourite barcode has been the “black line tracker” which is used in conjunction with an Edison map, but can easily be imagined to include the robot traveling a path around a map or circuit. The Edison is LEGO compatible, so this allows customisation and building opportunities. The students were then given time to explore with the Edison in whichever way they wanted. This group attached a pen and draw the path that they traveled on paper. Mrs Saxton ItalianA big 'benvenuta' (welcome) to Silvia Borghesi from Brescia, Italy who will be at Regent College this term assisting me with the Languages program. Silvia is studying to be a primary school teacher in Italy and is participating in an Italian Teachers' Assistant program which is a wonderful scheme where teachers and assistants both benefit. We will be made aware of the latest in language and culture, and Silvia will be able to practice her English and get an insight into another culture. Signora Kerrigan
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