Dear Families,
DISCOVERY GRADE ONE NEWS
Our Discovery Grade One students have been busy learning all about food! They’ve explored the tastes, textures and colours of a variety of foods, and even took part in a fun taste-testing session. The students tried carrots, capsicum, apples, strawberries and bananas, using descriptive vocabulary to explain what they experienced.
They proudly shared their learning with the junior school at their assembly, presenting their findings and performing some songs that supported their learning along the way!
Thank you to all the D
iscovery Grade One students, teachers and Learning Support Officers. Wishing you a lovely long weekend!
CHALLENGE GRADE FIVE LITERACY NEWS
The students in Grade 5 have been learning how vocabulary is used to express greater precision of meaning, and have been working on extending their vocabulary. Vocabulary is important to every writer as it helps create a picture in the reader’s mind.
Below are some examples of the sentences written by some of the students with their specific vocabulary either underlined or coloured.
STRATHTULLOH AUSKICK PROGRAM
Participants who register through our mid-season promotion will receive:
- Access to the remaining weekly sessions at their local Auskick Centre at a discounted rate
- An official Auskick pack delivered to their door (including a footy, pump, collector cards and more)
INTER-SCHOOLS SOCCER TOURNAMENT
Congratulations to all our children who took part in the local inter-school soccer tournament. They acquitted themselves really well. We especially celebrate our girls’ team for achieving first place. Well done, girls!!
SCHOOL COMMUNITY TEAM MEETING
We rescheduled the date for our School Community Team meeting for Thursday, June 12 @ 6.00pm, as we did not get enough parents and guardians to attend last night. I am working hard to provide opportunities for parent engagement with the school, and the school community team is a way in which parents and guardians can make a positive contribution to the life of our school. The work this group does directly impacts your children.
At the moment, for instance, we are trying to organise fundraising efforts for the school so that this money can be used to provide things like extra seating for the children and parents outside the front of the school, sensory play areas etc. The more parents and guardians we have supporting this group, the better ideas we are able to develop and the more the load for organising these events is shared across many parents rather than just a few (or left to our hardworking admin team)
UPCOMING DATES
TERM TWO
Please note that this Monday, June 9, is a public holiday, and the following day (June 10) is another student-free day (you have the opportunity for an extra-long weekend!)
June
06/06: Student Free Day
09/06: Public Holiday
10/6: STUDENT-FREE DAY
12/06: Senior School Assembly: Grade Three
13/06: St Anthony’s Feast Day Prayer Service: Snr School @ 9.15am/Jnr School @ 11.30am
18/06: Prayer Service: Exploration & Discovery Grade One/ Curiosity Grade 4 – Challenge Grade 5 & 6 @ 2.40pm
Eucharist Sacramental Retreat (Grade Three students)
19/06: Junior School Assembly: Exploration
21/06: Eucharist Masses @ St Anthony’s @ 5.30pm
23/06: Semester One Reports to Go Home
25/06: Three-Way Learning Conversations: 12.30 – 6.00pm
26/06: Three-Way Learning Conversations: 12.30 – 6.00pm
July
30/06 – 04/07: NAIDOC Week Celebrations
02/07: Prayer Service: Discovery Grade Two & Curiosity Grade Three / Curiosity Grade 4 – Challenge Grade 5 & 6 @ 2.40pm
04/07: End of Term Two: Early Close @ 1.30pm
God bless,
Bill Hill
PRINCIPAL