issue 2 pyp newsletter september updated 2013
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Primary Years
Programme
News ISSUE 2, SEPTEMBER 2013
Inquirers
Knowledgeable
Thinkers
Communicators
Principled
Open-minded
Caring
Risk-takers
Balanced
Reflective
Learning is about the joy of
discovery and the mastery of
meeting challenges.
-Unknown
Our
learners strive
to be
MISSION STATEMENT
We help our students discover their passion and direction in life and make a positive contri-
bution in the world.
CORE VALUES:
We are a nurturing Christian community, basing all we do on the values of:
RESPECT for ourselves, for others and the environment. RESPONSIBILITY for our actions.
FROM THE PYP COORDINATOR
In this Unit of Inquiry the Year 5 classes have been learning about how organisations help people who have been affected by natural disasters. Our central idea is:
Organisations are set up to assist people affected by changes to their environment. We had a couple of incursions throughout this inquiry. We had a visit from Todd Pender who volunteers for the Armadale SES. He talked to us about what he does in the SES and he also showed us his vehicle and trailer that he uses when he does work for them. The Bilby class also had a visit from Lucas Grant’s Grandmother who was affected by the 1974 Cyclone Tracy in Darwin. She told them some very interesting information on Cyclone Tracy. The Year 5 classes have definitely been very enthusiastic about this unit. Both classes have also brought in many interesting artefacts.
In Pre-Primary, our current unit of inquiry is about
plants. Over the term, we have looked at the
importance of plants for the survival of humans and
other living things. We have learnt about the parts of
a plant and what they do and have also investigated
where different fruits and vegetables come from.
On Thursday 29 August, we went on an excursion to
Kings Park Naturescape where we explored the
natural habitats of trees and animal life. We watched
a special performance called ‘From Little Seeds Big
Trees Grow’ that explained the life-cycle of the
Marri Tree and some of us were lucky enough to be
able to help perform this special story to our peers.
Our excursion to Kings Park was a fantastic day
which we all enjoyed.
Animal rights
featured strongly.
Passions and
interests can
inspire people
to take
action
Students took action against
obesity by providing
fitness programmes.
Action has many forms: Mathue raised awareness of the effects of video game violence by measuring blood pressure when playing games. Emily raised awareness of epilepsy by making information packs for use in and out of school. And this is just a snap-shot! There was LOTS of action taken.
A highlight of the exhibition is the opportunity for Year 6 to demonstrate their learning to the School Community.
The Year 2 children this term have been developing a unit of work related to their inquiry on communities and how they reflect the culture and heritage of the people within them. The children have studied the importance of Aboriginal symbols and how they are used in a variety of ways to create stories. They have enjoyed working together in groups creating interesting canvases and murals depicting rock art. This has led to creating their own bark paintings and totem poles.
Inquiry in the Japanese Classroom
Year 4
Central Idea: Technology has
transformed the way people communicate.
Year 3 Central Idea: A variety of signs and symbols facilitate local and global communication.
(Above and left) These are some examples of how we could communicate before we started using MacBooks.
Central Idea:
Through stories we can discover other cultures.
Year 1 Echidna and Numbat
We enjoyed reading
stories from different
cultures. We looked for
clues in the pictures and
words in the story that
helped us to discover
the culture that the story
was from.
During the UOI, we
learnt to tell stories
in different ways.
Some of us made
puppets and told
stories with our
puppets. This
helped us to write
our own stories.
Mrs Nicholas came in and did an incursion with us. We learnt about how stories from different cultures can be told
through music. We experimented with making Aboriginal symbols using our bodies and we used them to help us
tell the story of ‘the Rainbow Serpent’. We had a go at playing the didgeridoo to see if we could make the sound
we heard in the music that we danced to.
KEY DATES FOR TERM 3 2013
ASSEMBLY PROGRAMME—TERM 3 & 4
Emu/Possum Friday 27.09.13 2:20pm
Kangaroo Thursday 31.10.13 2:15pm
Frilled Neck Lizard Friday 01.11.13 2:20pm
Numbat Thursday 07.11.13 2:15pm
Black Swan Friday 08.11.13 2:15pm
Quokka Thursday 21.11.13 2:20pm
Bilby Friday 22.11.13 2:20pm
Merit Certificate
Assembly
Friday 06.12.13 2:20pm
WORSHIP PROGRAMME
Term 3&4 (Years 3 to 6 - Wednesday
11:45am – 12:15pm, ELC – Thursday 2:00pm
Year 3 & 4 18.09.13
Year 5 23.10.13
Year 6 30.10.13
ELC 14.11.13
Year 3 20.11.13
ELC 28.11.13
Year 4 04.12.13
Wednesday 18.09.13 Art Exhibition Opening (VMAC) Year 3&4 Worship
Friday 20.09.13 JWACS Film Festival Premier 2:00pm Visit from Swan Christian College
Monday 23.09.13 IPSHA Inter-School Athletics Carnival at All Saints
Tuesday 24.09.13 Primary Inquiry Journeys IPSHA Inter-School Athletics Back Up day
Wednesday 25.09.13 Art Exhibition Closing and Primary Partnership Coffee Morning