RC. Your child loving learning! No Images? Click here Dear Families Learning. If you've ever wondered about what learning 'looks like' during the school day, I would encourage you to read the detail contained within this edition of the Regent Digest. There are so many interesting, varied and engaging opportunities for learning; it's a credit to our wonderful teaching and support staff. Bush Dance. I would like to thank and honour the work of the College Parent Collective (PC). The PC, combined with some additional parent helpers on the day, prepared and executed an excellent Bush Dance event, last Saturday evening at Victory Life Centre. With 424+ pre-event ticket sales, the evening was well-attended, even with some very wet weather across the evening. Many people were praying for a safe and successful evening; God delivered on both accounts! Building progress. Phase 4 of the building project is progressing well. As many of you would have noticed, the groundwater is making a statement at the moment, with the creation of our own lake! As this matter is resolved and we head to the holidays, parents can anticipate some additional site changes, as we prepare for Term 3. More details to follow across the break. EduDance Concert. Our annual EduDance concert is next Thursday 4th July. While there is likely to be a final update, the most recent information can be found, HERE. Enjoy this final fortnight of Term 2; the last day of Term 2 is Friday 5th June. Semester 1 Reports will be distributed (Pre-primary to Year 6) on this day. Blessings, Derek Nicholls. Principal
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RHYTHM & RHYME. Over recent years, student finalists from Years 1-6 have presented talks on topics of personal interest, at a special assembly during Term 2, titled 'TEDdy Talks'. Overall winners on the day have been selected by visiting adjudicators from ToastMasters, Victoria Park. This year we have enjoyed a change of focus, with all students from Years 1-6 learning a poem of choice and participating in a classroom selection process. This week, 16 student finalists from Years 1-6 presented their poems, and again, we appreciated some expert feedback and final selection decisions from our guest ToastMasters. Well done to all the students pictured above, with special congratulations to Pearlie (Yr1), Samuel (Yr3) and Charlize (Yr 5), for being announced as overall winners on the day. A super achievement! cutting hair and getting a new colour! taking hair appointments KG1In KG1 we are continuing with our topic "Community Workers" and have had various dramatic play areas set up in our room. One place in the children's community they can closely relate to, is the hairdressers. The children role played being the hairdresser, the front desk person and the customer. It was amazing to see how much detail was evident in their dramatic play, including writing appointments, taking phone calls, "cutting" hair, and wearing gloves whilst painting on hair dye! The children insisted on any adults in the close vicinity to visit and have a brand new hair doo! We have begun to focus on the children's narrative skills, starting with an activity 'The Teddy Bears' Picnic'. We sang the song then followed with 'sustained shared thinking' where the children talked about their own experience with picnics and explored the 'how, when, where, what and who' questions regarding The Teddy Bears' Picnic. The children had lots of fun joining the teddy bears, they even decided to let a couple of elephants join in! The children are working on improving their gross motor skills, not only during our Outdoor Learning time, but also two afternoons a week. The children are mostly in small groups so we can focus on catching, throwing, hopping, jumping, running, balancing and kicking techniques. Last week we joined Miss Gokavi's class to participate in an obstacle course on the oval, it was lots of fun! Ros Greaves. Teacher KG2On Wednesday last week we arrived at school to find a mystery egg! What could it possibly be? The children were so excited to brainstorm all their ideas on what creature could be inside. Mrs Stein then put the egg into water and we waited and observed all morning. The egg finally began to hatch! Inside was a tiny little dinosaur. We continued to observe the dinosaur over the next few days and it got bigger and bigger! We had to think of a name for our newest class member, so we brainstormed and the children came up with many unique suggestions including ‘Mr Dino’ and ‘Mr Cake Icecream’. We voted and decided that he would be called ‘Mr Dinosaur’. The children have been taking turns to care for him by changing his water every day and making sure he is kept clean. Courtney Stein. Teacher KG3Continuing with our theme, “Community Helpers”, students in Kindergarten 3 explored the importance of hairdressers in our community. We had a special guest from Channel 9 who works on hair and makeup for the presenters. The students had many interesting questions for our guest speaker and in turn shared anecdotes about their own class hair salon. With the onset of some wild windy weather a teddy bears picnic was organised for indoors. The partitioning doors were opened between the classes and students shared the new space as an ideal setting for their indoor picnic. It was a time for socialising and interacting with friends from the other classes. It also proved to be a great writing activity for the students as they were asked to draw a picture and recount their experience. Margaret Gokavi. Teacher PP1We have recently welcomed stick insects into our classroom. We have been busy learning a lot of exciting things about stick insects, including how to look after them. When we first got them, we worked together as a class to decide how to care for them. We worked out that we should make a roster where two people care for them per day. We also voted on names for them. To keep track of all our questions about stick insects, we have a Wonder Wall displayed in our classroom. One question up there was "why do stick insects wobble?". We practised walking on a thin beam to see what it would be like to walk on a leaf. We drew the male and female stick insects, and found differences between them. We also made stick insects out of natural loose parts. It is lots of fun holding them, and we have great discussions about what they look like, and what they feel like on our hands. Melanie Baker. Teacher
PP2On Monday we were very excited to observe that 2 of the chrysalis in our enclosure had opened to reveal beautiful butterflies! Over the week 3 more butterflies appeared. Having observed and recorded the lifecycle of the butterflies, we engaged in a creative dance to represent our learning. With the helpful critique from our friends, we drafted and finalised beautiful drawings of insects we are interested in. Jo Coffey. Teacher PP3It was a very wet day at river school last week! We had the best time running around exploring and hunting for bugs! We split up into 5 small groups to look for bugs and insects and then tally how many we found. Mrs Ong's group found the most with 20 bugs on their tally! We used iPads with magnifying glasses to look at the details of the bug and insect bodies. We had so much fun finding puddles to jump in too! We also used our 5 senses to describe our experience at river school. We can’t wait to go again next week and build homes for bugs using natural materials we find! Hayley Beath. Teacher 1.1As part of our writing program this term, we are learning to write procedures. Last week in Year 1.1, Mr Bear visited our class. We pretended we got to take him home for a sleepover and had to write instructions to prove we knew “How to Care for Mr Bear”. On Thursday, Miss Shaw brought biscuit decorating ingredients to school. We had to write instructions to decorate a biscuit, then read them to Miss Shaw to see how clear we were. The first time round, Miss Shaw put icing on the chopping board, then she put a smartie on top of the icing container! It was a bit funny but we soon realised how to give a little bit more detail in our instructions. Luckily, we all got to enjoy eating a biscuit at recess time! In Mathematics, our current topic is money. We enjoyed setting up a class shop and playing in it. We have also been studying real coins, learning to recognise and describe them. One thing we really enjoyed was visiting the ‘Bank of Miss Shaw’ and playing a dice trading game. It was great to learn how some coins add up to the same value as other coins. Lauren Shaw. Teacher 1.2Lots of things have been happening in Year 1.2. In investigations, we learnt about where food comes from and how some foods are produced. At first some us thought potatoes came from an animal, but we quickly realised a potato animal didn’t make sense. After watching a video on how honey is made, everyone was assigned a “bee job” such as a worker bee (who makes the honey), a scout (who looks for pollen) or a baby-bee sitter (who takes care of the baby bees). Everyone then acted out how a bee hive works. It was lots of fun! Miss Jongeling and Mrs Ashley took on the important roles of Queen Bee and Nanna Bee. We also explored how wheat and rice is produced. Since learning more about where our food comes from, looking in our lunch boxes has become quite exciting! In Art, we are making a class beehive using bubble wrap. Vanessa Jongeling. Teacher 2.1Helicopter Test Flights: The students conducted an investigation to find out which paper helicopters fell to the ground first; long or short wings. They made their predictions, cut out their paper helicopters and tested them. Their predictions were correct which was the short wings because it has less surface area for the air to push. Parachute Investigation and Technology Task: Students had to design, create and evaluate their very own parachute. They had to think about what materials would help their parachute to stay in the air as long as possible. What would be the best shape, in what way to attach the parachute to their weight, and how to stick their parachute together. Students were engaged in the process and problem solving was evident. They were confident enough to change and adapt their original ideas which helped them to complete the task successfully. It was pleasing hearing the students discuss the concepts taught in Science: greater surface area, the push of air and gravity. Tracey Jenkins. Teacher 2.2A recent highlight for our Year 2.2 class has to be our new mat. The excitement and joy was so great that the mat remained the topic of many conversations throughout the week! In Health, we have been learning how to be more resilient in various situations. We shared some ‘Dolphin Thoughts’ that we can use to bounce back from feeling discouraged. We also learnt to be a ‘Panda’ when dealing with disagreement as it is important to sort conflicts out in a fair and friendly way. The best part was when the students presented the dramas they created to their peers. In Science, we are continuing with the topic ‘Push and Pull’. The students made paper helicopters and experimented how and why the helicopters with longer and shorter wings spin differently. Following the helicopters, each student also designed and created a parachute, aiming for designs which stayed in the air as long as possible, using various materials. A great deal of thinking, planning, and recognising and solving problems took place during this activity. Our topic in Mathematics for the last week was transformation which included the concepts of turn, slide and flip. We did some fabulous hands-on activities and drawings that everyone thoroughly enjoyed. Min Chi. Teacher We touched a bearded dragon We enjoyed making and playing our Maths games 3.1The past few weeks have been full of fun and adventure, with our visit to Perth Zoo and game making in the classroom. We would sincerely like to thank Mr Wickham for driving the College bus for us and Mrs Wilkinson for helping take care of half the class in between bus trips. Our gratitude also goes out to the many parents who volunteered to join us and share the experience. Without the generosity of such people, days like our zoo trip are not possible. So, thank you all very, very much. Our day at Perth Zoo started with an education experience entitled Who Am I? It gave the students an opportunity to explore animal classification and to get up close to some creatures kept in the Education Building. We then enjoyed recess with the parent volunteers before venturing off to our favourite places in the Zoo. After returning for lunch together on the Main Lawn there was some more time to explore. Everyone was very grateful for the beautiful weather and a fantastic day to discover as many reptiles, birds and mammals as they could find. Fortunately, all the animals were out enjoying the sunshine as well. Back in the classroom we have been designing and making games to learn and practise the 4 times tables. The children have thoroughly enjoyed surprising each other with their innovative ideas and wisely given feedback to their peers for improvements. We look forward to playing our games during the precious few days left of Term 2. Deanne Johnston. Teacher 4.1Year 4 class has been working really hard to learn our steps for the EduDance concert. Not even a broken toe could stop Lucinda from participating! In Mathematics we have been learning about formal and informal units of measurement. We have all seen our Dad’s take the big step to measure a metre and now we know our hand spans so we can estimate measurements. The Rhythm and Rhyme poems have been such fun and we have enjoyed the presentations of our classmates. Wendy Innes. Teacher 5.1Over the last few weeks in year 5, we have continued learning about the history of the Swan River Colony in HASS. In groups, we have researched different people and events, such as the WA Gold Rush, C.Y O’Connor and Captain James Stirling. We have investigated what these people and events were, and how they impacted the development of Perth. The students produced some fantastic posters, displays and presentations to share with their peers! In Mathematics, we have been investigating Fractions. We used fraction thinkboards to represent fractions in different ways, including on number lines. We have compared fractions and discussed how you can tell if one fraction is larger than another. We have also learned how to add and subtract fractions with the same denominator. We also recently presented our Rhythm & Rhyme poems to the class. It was great to see everyone having a go at something new, and congratulations to all of our finalists! Sarah Wills. Teacher 6.1This term the year sixes have been learning different poetic terms, writing their own poems and presenting poems to the class ready for the poetry competition. We read and analysed the poem “Daffodils” by William Wordsworth and illustrated his poem. We have also heard some amazing poems, especially from Macayle, Letitia, Summer, Lucas, Sophie and Mikaela. Presenting for the year sixes in the Poetry competition this year will be Macayle and Sophie. The year sixes also read out some of their poems and showed their illustrations at the senior assembly. In Mathematics we have continued to learn about fractions, decimals and percentages. They have made posters, cut up shapes and learnt how to convert a fraction to a decimal or percentage. In Art we have continued to look at the modern artists Bridget Riley and Paula Rego. We have a very talented and artistic class this year, and their art pieces have been amazing. Janice Lotsos. Teacher ICT Year 6 students have recently been studying Cybersafety principles and their own strategies for staying safe online. The students have been watching scenarios via online eSmart videos and learning the best way to deal with them. They have created posters to demonstrate their knowledge. Parents ultimate guide to Instagram. If your child has their own smart device, chances are they have asked about getting a social media account. This is a big step up in their online activity, and it’s no coincidence that it is also a time that can cause great anxiety for parents! Parents who would like to learn more about Instagram or other social media platforms can click HERE to learn more. Jay Saxton. Teacher LANGUAGES - ITALIAN Students receive a balance of listening, speaking, reading and writing activities in Italian lessons to enhance language acquisition. The activities that stood out in the last couple of weeks were the year ones reading their Italian booklets in groups last week and it was wonderful to hear them read in Italian with great pronunciation and intonation. The year three’s did games to revise family members and descriptive words and the students used the game to speak orally. The Year five’s to finish off ‘La Casa’ topic, did a roleplay of a family wanting to buy a house. Having the students read a script and act out the story has many benefits like using the language in a meaningful way but most of all, there was a lot of fun. Signora Kerrigan MUSICWe are constantly surrounded by sounds and if you pay good attention to our soundscape, they consists of a range of high and low pitches. In Kindy, we are currently exploring pitches and learning to pay attention to the high and low pitched sounds around us. We’ve learnt that cats a high pitch sound when they miaw, but a low pitch sound when they purr! We responded to the high and low pitches through body movements, which will help us greatly when recognising and playing high and low pitches on our instruments. The highlight of our lesson was turning ourselves into fairies and giants! When we hear a high pitched melody line in the music, we pretended as fairies flying high in the sky, and pretended as giants heavily stomping on the ground when we hear low pitched melody line. In Pre Primary, we have been learning the song ‘Birdies Fly Away’, which is a song extracted from a scene in Hansel and Gretel’s opera. We are now moving on from singing to the song in English to listening to the song in German, which is the original version of the music. We have definitely impressed the teachers by how well we are able to recognise the tune and to move appropriately and independently to the music. I think we are on the right track in becoming great active listeners! Joey Wong. Teacher SPORT On the 6th June the girls year 6 netball team travelled to Fremantle Netball courts and participated in the WACSSA netball carnival. The girls played exceptionally well and won all their games including the grand final. Well done! Thank you to Kirsty Hall for umpiring our games and Mrs Baird for assisting with the planning and scoring . Thanks also to the parents who attended and supported the girls. Lauren French. Sports Teacher Thanks, again, to the Parent Collective and helpers! Finland. The Parent Sessions Mr Nicholls is looking forward to offering some parent information sessions, early in Term 3, to feedback on his recent Study Tour of Finland. Stay tuned! WOOLWORTHS EARN & LEARN PROGRAM Not every school can collect earn & learn stickers because they do not have a local Woolworths store. This year Regent College is helping a remote school receive new equipment by collecting earn & learn stickers on their behalf. If you would like to help Wongutha CAPS school which is a member of Christian Schools Australia, please send your earn & learn stickers to administration. MULTISPORTS KIDS CLUB This school holidays, we are holding Multisports Kids Club sessions on the following days: Monday 8th July, Wednesday 10th July, Friday 12th July, Monday 15th July, Wednesday 17th July, Friday 19th July. The Multisport Kids Club is designed for children aged 6 – 12 years. Each day, a variety of fun and engaging sports and activities will be on offer. The sessions integrate drills and gameplay that are both beneficial to skill development and learning as well as being a whole lot of fun for all ages! Sessions run from 8:30am to 12 noon with a delicious morning tea provided and endorsed by Healthy Community. Kids also get to make their own nutritious smoothies using our blender bicycle! You can register online by clicking HERE WINTER SCHOOL HOLIDAY JUNIOR NETBALL CARNIVALS We will once again be hosting round robin tournament for all interested Junior netball teams (Years 4 to 7), over the coming school holidays. Teams will play up to 10 games of 10 minutes (total games played and game duration subject to team numbers), against each of the other teams in the year group, with top teams advancing to a final. The cost will be $120.00 per team. CARNIVAL DATES AND TIMES Year 4/5 Division: Thursday 18th July 1pm – 4pm Year 6/7 Division: Friday 19th July 1pm – 4pm Registrations close Monday 16th July. To nominate your team, please complete and return the attached registration form.
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