The Regent Digest: Week 6, Term 4 2018 No Images? Click here 16 November 2018 Dear Regent Families THANK YOU I would like to take this opportunity to thank the various groups and gatherings that have existed across 2018; including, class Parent Reps, the Fathering Project, Parent Collective and weekly parent prayer team. Personally, I feel that we have enjoyed some growth in our class and cross College parent/family connections, this year. CHRISTMAS I would like to draw attention to two Christmas events in coming weeks:
There are several other events, including Year 6 Graduation and individual class excursions, incursions and celebrations. Families should have or will receive notification of these events through their email. BUILDING PROJECT Within the next fortnight I will provide an update of the building project. While there have been some delays, we look forward to some significant progress in these final few weeks of the year. Blessings Derek Nicholls 2019 TERM DATES Term dates for next year are accessible via the following link. It is worth noting that there is an extra long weekend scheduled for the long weekend in June (2 student free days before the long weekend in June 2019).
2020 ENROLMENTS Current families who have children scheduled to commence Kindergarten in 2020 are invited to confirm the College has an application on file. Enrolments are well underway for 2020 and the College would like to ensure that current families are catered for. Check start date HERE Kindergarten 1 & 2Now that we are concluding week 6, the 'speedy dash' to the finish line has begun! Students were engaged with many hands-on experiences. It was a time to consolidate mathematical concepts that had been taught throughout the year. Students built on their knowledge and language experiences of measurement, patterning, sequencing, numbers and shapes through a variety of activities. With the arrival of the “Blue Blocks”, a mobile play system made up of big blue blocks in many unique shapes and sizes, student’s creativity flourished. The hall upstairs transformed into an “Imagination Playground”, empowering the students to be imaginative and creative. It saw productive play throughout the allocated sessions. Students while interlocking the various blocks engaged in various play patterns such as construction, pretend play and invention. A slide, tower, ball tunnel were just a few of the creations to emerge. It is a pleasure to watch the students grow in confidence as they communicate with their peers and teachers. Students have been given the opportunity to take on leadership roles in the class. Some students were also enthusiastic “retell” a popular class story to the whole class. This encouraged reading like behaviours, consolidated their knowledge of concept of print and involved the whole class to help reconstruct the narrative in an informal and fun way. I will cherish the last 3 weeks in kindergarten as preparations for Christmas begin. Students can feel excitement in the air. I anticipate much learning and growth in these final weeks. Blessings. Miss Gokavi Kindergarten 3We have feverishly maintained our exploration of Term 4 topic - Australia. The children have enjoyed learning all about the animals that are unique to Australia. We also created some amazing art works using Australian animals. As well as animals, we enjoyed exploring different flowers native to Australia. We went on a walk around our local community to see if we could find any native flowers and enjoyed looking at the amazing colours and textures of different flowers. During our class discussion we also talked about the different celebrations here in Australia and what we do to celebrate. The children created the most amazing ‘fire works' for our Australia Day celebration. Last week we were blessed to engage in play, with our year 5 buddies, using the Imagination Playground Blue Blocks. It was so interesting to watch the children all work together and problem solve to create some amazing structures! Mrs Stein Pre-Primary 1This term our focus in Science has been “Force and Movement”. We conducted numerous experiments, observing how various classroom objects move; whether they slide, push, roll, bounce or spin. After a lesson in testing and building ramps, every day for 3 weeks the children designed and created really impressive and intricate ramps to test their classroom creation! Each day the ramps got bigger and better and the teamwork that was visible was incredible! The children also loved conducting their own experiments and participating in our week long experiment whereby we put an egg in a jar, filled it with vinegar and placed the jar on the bench for 5 days. Each of us predicted what would will happen to the egg after 5 days. Little did we know, once Miss Beath took the egg out of the vinegar, the shell had completely dissolved, and the egg was no longer hard but squishy. We tested dropping the egg from several heights and documenting what happened after each drop, unfortunately the egg did break and splatter when dropped from 1 metre. It was an amazing unit of inquiry and the children included what they had learnt about speed,movement and other concepts into their play and developed and built their knowledge and understanding of how things move! Miss Beath Pre-Primary 2The Pre-primaries are quickly approaching the end of the year and have been working very intensely. During play they have been engaging in so many rich experiences that contribute to their intellectual and social development. A natural place for this development to occur for children, is outside. The bush play space has allowed for this pre-primaries to engage in house building, as well as fishing and sailing dramatic play experience. These activities have permitted them to develop their problem solving skills, conflict resolution, team work and cooperation. It has also provided a time for rich language development, measuring, counting and the development of gross motor skills. All in the safe and fun environment of play. Miss Baker Pre-Primary 3This term, the children have been embarking on an integrated project, covering design and technology with scripture! This project is known as "The Jesse Tree" which looks at the significant chronological events from the creation of earth all the way to the birth of Jesus. The children will each receive a book to be read at home starting from 1st Dec all the way to Christmas, hoping that it will become a family tradition. Each child is given a task to design and make an ornament that signifies a particular event using air drying clay. As the clay only comes in primary colours, the children are challenged to think which colours create brown or the other various colours and how to create their ornament. They have been very hard at work and have created amazing ornaments! We can't wait to finish the project so that you can enjoy them at home. Mrs Balakrishnan & Mrs Coffey Year 1.1“Slime Procedure” Written by Sophie A In science, 1.1 and 1.2 made slime. We made a procedure of how to make slime. I will tell you the way to make slime. First, you get half a cup of PVA glue. Add in half a teaspoon to the bowl. Now add a few drops of food dye. An adult will need to do this part of the procedure if they can. Next, can you mix the mixture. Next, if you’re able to put the right amount in the bowl, put contact solution. Add some baby oil and mix it again. And magic, you have your very own slime. “Decorating Biscuits” Written by E-Elle C After going to Loose Produce, I decorated my biscuit. I used one raspberry and two spearmint leaves, two tiny choc chips, green icing and sprinkles and m&ms. I also made a second biscuit. My favourite is my first biscuit because I like m&ms and sprinkles. It was also fun. I enjoyed it. “Decorating Biscuits” Written by Burin S I get a biscuit from Miss Shaw. Then we get the ingredients. I need a raspberry, sprinkles and icing. We take a photo and then we just eat it. Miss Shaw Year 1.2“Excursion to Loose Produce” Written by Arielle M-G At school we learnt about how to write a procedure. For the procedure we did a cookie procedure. We actually got to make it and we got to eat it. It was yummy. I will tell you how to do the procedure now. You put icing on the biscuit and then add mint leaves, gummies and m&ms. That’s how you make my cookie. To get the ingredients we went to Loose Produce. This is what Miss Jongeling bought for the biscuits; chocolate buttons, m&ms, gummies and mint leaves. “Excursion to Loose Produce” Written by Jayvier V We went to Loose Produce to buy the ingredients for making our biscuits. We got 100 mini m&ms then we got the raspberry gummies. We also got jelly beans for the gluten free people. For my first biscuit I used green icing, then I used turquoise icing. I forgot that I wanted sprinkles. First the decorations that I used was 6 mint leaves, 6 mini m&ms and 1 raspberry. “Chance” Written by Sienna P We have been learning about chance. Chance means that something will happen, won’t happen or might happen. We had a line of string and we had to peg the cards on the string. If the card said a monster will drive a car, you would peg it on the won’t happen end. If is said a chick will hatch out of an egg, you would peg it on the will happen end. If it said the boys will play soccer, you would peg it on the might happen, which was in the middle. If you were not sure you put it between might and will happen or might and wont. That’s what we were learning about. Miss Jongeling Year 2.1 This term, in History, we have been learning about the past in the present. Two weeks ago, we had our Heritage Walk and Heritage Day. For our Heritage Walk, we walked to the Victoria Park Windmill and Victoria Park Wishing Well and for visual art we drew pictures. The windmill was built in 1939-1940, and some students worked out that is was built 79 years ago! Next, we walked past Victoria Park Primary School, a historical building which was built in 1895. Helix was the first student to solve how many years ago it was built. For Heritage Day, we came to school dressed in heritage clothing. We made our own butter and scones. Some students whipped cream and bought home made jam to have with their scones. We played some old-fashioned games-marbles, quoits, Tiddlywinks and not so old, Scrabble. For sewing, we used wool to sew the first letter of our name on a piece of hessian and designed and made our own soft toy. Finally, at Music, we danced The Brown Jug Polka which is an Australian Heritage Dance. We were able to develop our understanding and application of numerous historical skills Mrs Jenkins Year 3The Year 3's thoroughly enjoyed two visits from The Constitutional Centre recently where they participated in an interactive story with puppets that looked exactly like the characters in the book. Every student had an opportunity to puppeteer a part in two stories. One was titled Prejudice in Parkesville and the other was Lafalot's Letter. The stories were designed to teacher the children how individuals can work together for the benefit of a whole community and how decisions to benefit a community can be made democratically. This program supports our learning from the curriculum in the area of Civics and Citizenship. Also in the Learning Area of Humanities and Social Sciences (HASS) the Year 3's have been researching Australia's near neighbours. In order to understand how we get from questioning, to research and then all the way through to publishing they looked at the research process, including many different sources of information. They are also using the research process to produce their artworks in a series following The Twelve Days of Christmas. Mrs Johnston Year 4.1While we were learning about Civics and the different levels of Government, Imogen's dad came to talk to us. He was a Councilor for 10 years and the Mayor of the Shire of Bassendean, and he shared some stories with us about his involvement with the Shire and how important it is to serve others if you are called to do so. Yr 4 and Year 6 classes joined forces to support the Assent foundation where Mrs Sarah Oliva works. She is attempting to raise funds to buy cows for a community and we decided to support her efforts and held a cake sale. It was very successful and we raised $319.75, which will cover the costs of purchasing 2 cows. Many thanks to all the families who were very industrious and sent in some delicious treats to sell. In English, we have been learning about Persuasive texts and we have been taught to remember how to structure one by using our hand as our guide to give an introduction, 3 arguments and a conclusion, meaning that all 5 fingers need to be used! We worked together in our groups to structure one and then each group read out theirs to us so we got a lot of practice! Mrs Innes Year 5.1In the last few weeks, the Year 5 students have been learning about the Australian government and law enforcement system. We have investigated the levels of government, houses of parliament, voting system, and how the courts work. We were particularly interested to learn that a jury is made up of members of the public! In Mathematics, we have investigated probability in different contexts, such as rolling dice, drawing a card, and choosing a smartie out of a box (we particularly enjoyed eating the smarties once we were finished). We also learnt how to convert between 12 and 24-hour time, and decided that we like 24-hour time better than AM/PM time! In Week 5, we had the opportunity to play with our Kindy buddies as they explored what could be made with the new "blue blocks". We enjoyed helping them bring their ideas to life, and having the opportunity to play and problem solve in an unstructured environment! Mrs Wills Year 6.1This term the Year Sixes have been learning about Remembrance Day. We have been reading news clips about the war, how it affected people and what Remembrance Day is all about. We wrote acrostic poems about Remembrance Day and did some art work of a poppy. This semester the students entered the History Challenge competition where they had to design a model and write about something that was a Turning Point in History. Some of the topics the children covered were The French Revolution, The Space Race, The Death of Christ, Man Walks On The Moon and The Light Bulb. The students created some fabulous pieces. Mrs Lotsos
Information TechnologyOur students are changing the future with an Hour of Code. We live in a world surrounded by technology, and we know that whatever field our students choose to go into as adults, their ability to succeed will increasingly depend on understanding how technology works. But only a tiny fraction of us are learning how technology works. Until recently, only 35% of all high schools taught computer science. That’s why our entire school is joining in on the largest learning event in history: The Hour of Code, during Computer Science Education Week (December 3-9). More than 100 million students worldwide have already tried an Hour of Code. Our Hour of Code is making a statement that Regent College is to teaching these foundational 21st-century skills. To continue bringing programming activities to your students, we want to make our Hour of Code event huge. I encourage you to share the news on social media channels or even consider hosting additional Hour of Code events in the community. This is a chance to change the future of education in Perth! See http://hourofcode.com/au for details, and help spread the word. Mrs Saxton MusicI like to Move It Move It! If you need a song that will stuck in your brain for a long time, this song 'Apple Tree' is a great song choice for you! We are learning this song in Year 1 this song is usually being sung while playing a circle game. The whole class will be holding hands and make a circle, while two students will be chosen as the 'Apple Tree' to stand in and outside of the circle with their hands held up high. When we start singing, the students have the walk in circles and through the 'Apple Tree' tunnel. Once we hit the last note/word of the song, the arms of the 'Apple Tree' will fall and capture those who are in the tunnel. I had so much fun watching our Year 1s play and I think our students enjoyed
themselves too! We are learning an old, but gold hand clapping game called 'Boom Snap Clap' in Year 5. The word, rhythm and basic movements for this game is simple, yet our students are challenged to create their own twist of movements on this hand clapping game. Our Year 5 students are such an active bunch and we love to everyone is actively creating different variations and improvising different movements to this game, while still keeping the beat and getting rhythm right. Miss Wong ItalianIn week 4, the year 4 students went to Pietro Gelateria at the Park Centre shopping centre in East Victoria Park for an excursion. The students had been practising how to order in Italian and it was wonderful to see them use their Italian speaking skills with the Italian speaking shop assistant Ella. Matthew Fleay who owns the business is a past student of Regent College so it makes the excursion even more special. There was a lot of " il gelato e` buonissimo" while the students were eating their gelato. Signora Kerrigan Physical Education On Thursday 15th of November, the Regent College Inter school athletics team attend the WACSSA sports carnival. The entire team preformed brilliantly and fun was had by all. Many staff from other schools even commented on how loud the Regent team cheered for their school! Overall, Regent placed 3rd out of 9 schools and individual awards went to Samuel O - runner up Year 3 Champion Boy, Cooper H - Champion Year 4 Boy and Bianca S - Champion Year 6 Girl. Thank you to Mrs Ellis and Mrs Ashley who helped organise the students on the day and well done to all the students that participated. Mr Tracy Of particular excitement on the day was the Grand Relay; Regent students persisted to achieve first place. Parents will receive video captured via WhatsApp across the day (today), of the GR event. Very worth watching! Dad & Kids Hairstyling WorkshopThank you to the sizeable continent of dads and children who attended the recent hairstyling evening, organised by the College Fathering Project group, and supported by local hairdresser, Jayde, at Reflections Studio. Also, a special thanks to College dad, Dennis Preston, for coordinating the Fathering Project at Regent College. An Afternoon of Sweet MusicLast Saturday 10 November, approximately 45 students and families attended the College for an informal Afternoon of Music. Students who have been receiving instrumental tuition through school showcased their progress from across the year. Many thanks to Music Specialist Joey Wong for overseeing the program. Also, a very special thanks to tutors, Cheryl Jongeling (piano), Ivan Shaw (piano), Ryan King (drums), Joshua de Silva (guitar) and Michelle Fong (violin). Expressions of Interest for the 2019 extra-curricular instrument tuition program will follow within the next fortnight. Regent Prayer GroupA group of parents meet each Tuesday morning in the Piazza from 8.30am to pray for the school, staff, families & students. New people are welcome to come along and join in praying for our College. If you have a prayer request, you are welcome to add it to the box located in Administration. Our parents would love to pray for you! REGENT COLLEGE |