Your child loving term 2! No images? Click here END OF TERM 2 | 2021Dear Families, Welcome to the second edition of The Regent Imprint for 2021, where we seek to positively impact the lives of our students, families and community. To start this edition of the Imprint, we have some excellent news to share! The Department of Education WA has awarded Regent College 5 years of Registration Renewal! IN THIS EDITION OF THE IMPRINT:
Term 3 will start on Tuesday 20 July and conclude on Thursday 23 September (10 weeks) There is much to look forward to in Term 3!
For the full list of activities, excursions, etc relevant to your child please refer to the Parent Calendar on Parent Lounge. International Competitions and Assessments for Schools (ICAS) Lunch Delivery Service Lost Uniforms FREE SHIRT SWAP! General Illness / Infectious Diseases Regent Care SquaresTHANK YOU to everyone who crochet/knitted squares this term! Congratulations to the House Rivers who were awarded the Golden Needle, for completing the most squares closely followed by Burrows and Johnson. Regent Soccer Team Congratulations to the Year 5 and 6 students who represented Regent College at the Rehoboth Competition! NAIDOC Assembly Years 1 - 6 attended a NAIDOC assembly presented by class 3A this term. Sadly due to COVID-19 restrictions families and special guests were unable to attend as originally planned. EduDance Concert Throughout Term 3, all Pre-Primary to Year 6 students enjoyed learning creative hip-hop dance routines part of the EduDance program. In light of the COVID-19 lockdown in the Perth and Peel Regions, the EduDance Concert planned to take place at Providence Christian College was sadly cancelled. The College was glad to have had the opportunity to still complete the program over the term and thanks families for their support in the unfortunate situation. A video link will be sent out to families in the coming weeks for you to watch the final performance. Parent Collective Hello from the Parent Collective! Being an inner-city school, it can be a challenge to find room for the kids to run and play. For this reason, the PC supported the addition of the Adventure Plus Climbing Playground structure located on the oval. This has been a wonderful addition for the kids to exercise their little limbs. Term 2 kicked off with the Easter assembly followed by the Easter morning tea, where we celebrated and bonded with other Regent College parents over coffee, tea and hot cross buns.
The PC has also supported the addition of a new basketball ring, educational resources, The Fathering Project, House flags and more. The next Parent Collective Meeting: Thursday 5th August 2021 GROW FREE CART REGENT PRAYER GROUP If you have any questions, please contact the College and a Parent Contact will be in touch with you. REGENT FAMILY PLAYGROUP The College uniform shop opening hours during the school term are: Uniform Shop - Opening Day During the school holidays: Wednesday 14 July Term 3 Uniform:In Term 3, students in Year 1 - 6 are to wear their winter uniform. Click here for the Year 1 - 6 Uniform Schedule (same as term 1). Please note that smart watches are not part of the uniform and are not permitted unless there is an arrangement with the Principal. SKORTS - Your thoughts?Regent College is exploring the idea of introducing skorts* to the girl's College Uniform. Lost Property As mentioned above, the school holidays are a good time to complete a uniform audit at home. We ask that over the holiday break you check your children's uniforms for any items that do not belong to them. If you find any, please add them to the Lost Property Box located outside the uniform shop. This box is not free uniforms. Term 2 in Kindergarten has been a discovery about where we belong. Part of our learning focus is to encourage the children to develop a sense of belonging to groups and communities and to begin to understand the right and responsibilities necessary for active community participation. The classes have engaged in discussions about what a community looks like and who belongs in a community. We explored different emergency services, vehicles, and workers. The excursion to Little Land was a highlight for many of the students as we engaged in many different dramatic play opportunities. In Art, the students have enjoyed collaborative art experiences. Through working together, students have an opportunity to cooperate with others and negotiate roles and relationships in the group experience. Next term we are looking forward to more exciting adventures of learning and discovery! We have had so much fun exploring, inquiring and learning through River School this term! We visited Heirisson Island and found kangaroos, ants and other creatures that live there. We had a look at harsh weather such as rain, hail and sun, and thought about how it affects living things. In week 5 of Term 2, the Year 1 classes went on an excursion to CREEC (Canning River Eco Education Centre) to learn about the local environment. We started the day in groups putting together giant puzzles of local landscapes that included native animals. In smaller groups, we explored trays of animal items, such as snakeskin, turtle shells, feathers and nests. It was exciting to guess which item belonged to which animal. Later, we went on a bushwalk and searched for evidence of animals in the environment. We put flags in places where we made observations because we learnt that you cannot take these items out of their natural environment. Finally, we each got to make something from clay to demonstrate our learning. It was a really fun event and a great introduction to our next learning topic “features and changes in the environment”. Here are some comments from students about their learning: “We learnt about what animals drop. They can drop feathers and they can make prints.” – Milla “When we found interesting things, like animal evidence, like footprints and feathers, we put a flag on it.” – Pete “We learnt about animals and prints and nests. Inside the nest I think there are some baby birds and some food.” – Lucas In Science, students have been learning about push and pull forces. Before making paper helicopters, students predicted which helicopter would fall to the ground first, short or long wings and discussed the reasons why. Next task, students were keen to design, create, launch and evaluate their parachute. They had to consider which materials to use and what would be the best shape to make their parachute stay in the air for as long as possible. Each student used the class results to construct a bar graph. Six seconds was the best outcome. Which Plane Flies Best? After constructing 2-3 different paper planes to test for the paper plane flying competition, they measured the distance flown by their fastest paper plane using tape measures or trundle wheels. Finally, we created a class column graph to represent the total distance flown by each student’s paper plane test flights. Term 2, 2021 was off to a flying start mid-April with a brief study of ANZAC Day before settling down to an in-depth look at NAPLAN testing and what that would look like for us during Weeks 4 and 5. It was an emotional time to be sitting our first formal national tests, but we took it in our stride and performed to the best of our ability. Our teachers and Administration staff are very proud of us. In HASS, the Year Fours focussed on Civics and Citizenship. We were treated with a special visit from Natalie Martin Goode, Chief Community Planner, from the Town of Victoria Park who taught us about all the services the shire has to offer its residents. In Science, our focus has been on properties of materials where we combined our Design and Technology learning area to make our own houses. Both classes did an amazing job building a variety of interesting designs and showing their knowledge about the different materials that they used. We certainly have some budding architects in this group! Fractions, temperature and time were our focus for mathematics this term. The students enjoyed designing their own fraction pizzas and conducting a temperature experiment. Hopefully, their knowledge of time has proved useful in the home too! Holidays are a great time for extra reading and board games with the family, where children learn the skills of winning and losing graciously in a safe environment. Many thanks to the parents who have provided some ‘care squares’, but we are especially proud of the children who have knitted them independently. Well done to all of you. This term we have enjoyed learning about the topic of “Light” in Science. The students completed a range of experiments to see how light behaves in our everyday lives. We investigated how shadows are formed and how the position of the light source affects the size of the shadow, and how light can be reflected using mirrors to make its way around objects. We learnt about how refraction occurs in different settings, causing objects to appear bent in water and forming rainbows in the sky. We also looked at how light can be produced using electricity in an incandescent lightbulb. Did you know that 90% of energy in an incandescent lightbulb is lost as heat? That’s why we now use much more efficient bulbs like LEDs! We learnt about how we see colours because of light reflecting off different objects in different ways. It has been a really fascinating experience to learn about light! Throughout the term, the Year Sixes in Economics have been learning about setting up and marketing a business. We had all sorts of business ideas from “Dogs On Wheels, Bath Salts and Blue Candy.” The students then established their own business and advertisement. Our topic in Geography this term was Asia, and we looked at the Dollar Street Website, which showed the students how people in Asian countries lived. The students discovered that Australians have a very high standard of living compared to most people in the world. Additionally, students researched a country of their choice in Asia and produced a poster about their country. In Art, we have continued with our theme of A-Z of Art. This term we looked at the artists, George Seurat, Friedrich Hundertwasser, Leonardo Da Vinci, and Hokusai Katsushika. The students created some exciting art pieces. It was an exciting start to the term with a trip to Rottnest Island. The students went on a bus trip around the island, and they managed to see seals, an osprey and many quokkas. They had a splash in the ocean and went for a walk around the island. The students completed a rubbish clean up, and even though the island looked clean, we managed to collect a lot of rubbish. The Year 5 and 6 netball teams had the privilege of attending the WACSSA inter-school netball carnival this term. Both teams played their hardest and ended the day in second place for their respective divisions. It was a beautiful day with a great display of skill and sportsmanship! The day would not have been possible without our wonderful Parent Volunteers. When we casually tune into our favourite song on Spotify, how often do we realise just how much influence music really has on us and our cultural identity? This term, students are finding out the connection between music and cultural heritage, by going back to the past when people bonded as a community through dances and finding out the birth of traditional folk dances. We often talk about the Italian culture in class and this includes learning about food, housing, celebrations, customs and the lifestyle in Italy. We also talk about the rich history of Italy, especially the Ancient Romans. Who DARES, wins! TERM 2 SAFETY LENS - ZONES OF REGULATIONClick to enlarge We wish you and your family a happy and safe holiday break! Warm Regards REGENT COLLEGE |