School Athletics Day

School Athletics Day

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On Tuesday 20 February the students from Grades 3 to 6 went to the  Bill Sewart Athletics track in Burwood to participate in our school athletics day. The students participated in a range of athletics activities like high jump, long jump, triple jump, discus, shot put as well as the running events including 100m, 200m and 400m.

Everyone participated well in the different athletics events and the spirit shown throughout the day was excellent.

The overall spirit points for school athletics were:
Dominic – 3200 points
Bunurong  – 3000 points
Mackay – 2900 points
The overall age championship winners for the day were:
Lola and Dallan (Year 3)
Peyton and Patrick (Year 4)
Cici and Owen V (Year 5)
June and William A (Year 6)
Dominic won overall for the day.

Overall, it was a great day for everyone.

A big thank you to all of our wonderful helpers and to Miss Humphris for all of her hard work in organizing the Athletics Day. Great job everyone!

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Harmony Day

Harmony Day

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We are one but we are many……….

We celebrated Harmony Day dressed in Orange and in our cultural outfits. We investigated where our families come from around the world and listened to music from other cultures.

Staff managed to celebrate by having a feast of flavours from their own cultures for a delicious morning tea.

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DISTRICT SWIMMING

DISTRICT SWIMMING

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On Friday the 23rd of February, twenty one students for years 3 to 6 were chosen to represent HT at Croydon Memorial Swimming Pool. The pool is an Olympic sized which means it is 50 metres long and at least 8 lanes wide.

HT had lots of successful swimmers that participated in a range of events including backstroke, freestyle, breaststroke and relay. Some of our swimmers did so well that they were chosen to participate at the next level of competition.

Overall, HT came 3rd but we were only a few points from first so it was a fantastic result. Most importantly all the students represented HT with great sportsmanship positively supporting all the students swimming even those that were not from our school.

One of our year 5 participants commented how he really liked being part of the day and gave it a rating of 10 out of 10.

Here are a few photos from the day of competition.

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First Friendship Groups

First Friendship Groups

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Every second Friday afternoon the students in our school gather together for Friendship Groups. Our Friendship Groups are formed from a mix of students in the different classes throughout the school. During Friendship Group activities we participate in a range of learning activities based around our TORCH values of Tolerance, Optimism, Respect, Confidence and Honesty.  During our first Friendship Groups session we played the ‘ah umm’ game. If you can’t remember how to play this game then these are the rules:

1. You need to try not to say ‘uhh’ or ‘ahh’ or ‘umm’ .

2. You talk about a topic that you know something about for 30 seconds (eg. what you did on the holidays, what your favourite food is or your favourite restaurant, etc.)

3. This is the most important rule: show the TORCH values especially optimism when you lose or make a mistake.

Overall, the students really enjoy getting to work with students throughout the school that we don’t usually get to be with in our regular class groups.

Here is the slides from our recent Friendship Groups ….

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Congratulations Maya

Congratulations Maya

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Congratulations to Maya Kansakar 1/2 G whose artwork won an award at the CEM Visual Art Exhibition.

Maya’s artwork ‘Goodnight Owl’ won the NationalGallery of Victoria Award for Creativity – Primary 

Maya completed this artwork last year in Foundation .

Well done Maya 

 

The details for the exhibition are as follows

Celtic Hall, Catholic Leadership Centre 576 Victoria Parade, East Melbourne 3002

The exhibition will be open for public viewing on the following days and times:
Tue 12 March: 9am – 4pm
Wed 13 March: 9am – 7pm
Thu 14 March: 9am – 4pm
Fri 15 March: 12pm – 7pm
Sat 16 March: 11am- 4pm
School Groups and family groups welcome.

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GARDEN CLUB

GARDEN CLUB

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We have been very busy in the garden this term harvesting our tomatoes, corn and zucchinis.

HT’s Environment Leaders for 2024 are Parthvi and Alexandria. They have been a big help with watering, harvesting and organising all the children that come to the garden.

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LIBRARY NEWS

LIBRARY NEWS

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HT’s Learning Leaders for this year are Alyssa and Charlize. They have been a terrific help when the library is open at recess.

Some of our students enjoyed reading in the library today (where it was lovely and cool).

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Congratulations – Catholic Education Melbourne Visual Art Exhibition 2024

Congratulations – Catholic Education Melbourne Visual Art Exhibition 2024

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Three amazing Holy Trinity artists have had their work accepted to be exhibited at the Catholic Education Melbourne’s Visual Art Exhibition this year.

Congratulations 

Maya Kansaker Year 1

Ellie O’Halloran Year 1

Benjamin Xu Year 3

The details for the exhibition are as follows

Celtic Hall, Catholic Leadership Centre 576 Victoria Parade, East Melbourne 3002

The exhibition will be open for public viewing on the following days and times:
Tue 12 March: 9am – 4pm
Wed 13 March: 9am – 7pm
Thu 14 March: 9am – 4pm
Fri 15 March: 12pm – 7pm
Sat 16 March: 11am- 4pm
School Groups and family groups welcome.

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Our First Assembly for 2024

Our First Assembly for 2024

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Hi everyone,

With our 2024 underway we have begun the new school year with a bang!

This year we are having our Friday afternoon assemblies in the Great Space (space in between the 1/2 and Prep classes). Last Friday (9 February) we gathered to welcome our new Prep students as well as to present our Year 6 students with their jackets and badges.

These are the videos of these presentations for your viewing pleasure.

Please feel free to comment (first names only) or give a thumbs up if you enjoyed this post.

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Stunning Stars For Christmas

Stunning Stars For Christmas

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This year Knox Westfield contacted us to ask if we were interested in decorating two stars to be displayed at Knox Shopping Centre. Of course we said “Yes”.

Some very talented and committed Year 5 and 6 artists spent several recesss, lunchtimes and afternoons designing and painting these beautiful stars.

The brief was ‘Starry Starry Night’, so we decided to paint one of the stars in the style of Vincent Van Gogh’s Starry Night. Nicky drew and painted Santa’s sleigh and reindeers flying across the sky. Lara, Cara, Alexa and Michaela added a Christmas tree, elves and presents. Everyone helped to paint the sky and stars in the style of Van Gogh.

We decided to do the Nativity on the other star, in keeping with the brief we went with a night time version. Marilyn designed the nativity scene and Emily S,  Yvonne, Parthi and Kayden drew and painted angels and the surrounding hills.

Well done everyone they look awesome.

We don’t know whereabouts in the centre they will be displayed, so if  you’re shopping at Knox keep your eye out and see if you can find them.

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THE BOOK FAIR IS HERE!

THE BOOK FAIR IS HERE!

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Look out for your child’s wish list in their school bag! They should be coming home on Thursday 16th or Friday 17th of November.

The book fair is open on Friday 17th Nov. from 3pm to 4pm.

Monday 19th Nov. from 8.30am to 9am & 3pm to 4pm.

Tuesday 20th Nov. from 8.30am to 9am & 3pm to 4pm.

Wednesday 21st Nov. from 8.30am to 9am & 3pm to 4pm.

Parents, Grandparents & students most welcome!

 

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GARDEN CLUB NEWS

GARDEN CLUB NEWS

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Yesterday in the garden we planted corn & tomato seedlings. We had a great crew of kids helping to plant, mulch & water the garden. Last week we planted pumpkin seeds in the garden bed closest to the mandarin tree. We usually plant seedlings, so it will be interesting to see how well they grow.

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Lego Engineering Program

Lego Engineering Program

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This term in Digitech the students in years 3 to 6 have been participating in the Lego Engineering program. The students work in groups to build the Lego model whilst learning about the forces that help to make it work. Most models require a motor and some use a special bluetooth motor that can can be controlled using the Wedo program on our Chromebooks.

The 3/4 students have built a variety of models including a crane, railroad barrier and a towing vehicle. The 5/6 students have built a forklift, battle-tank and a caterpillar robot.

We are all learning lots of skills and knowledge about how different machines work in our world as well as having fun with building the different Lego models.

Here are some photos of models that we have built recently.

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Keith Haring -Year 5 and 6

Keith Haring -Year 5 and 6

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Year 5 and 6 artists are just completing a unit on Street Art. The last artist they explored was Keith Haring and after drawing a joyful artwork in his style they created a clay wall hanging of a figure. These have been a lot of fun to make. Next week they will use Paint pens to decorate the figure. Super work

 

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3/4 GREEN ASSEMBLY

3/4 GREEN ASSEMBLY

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During our reading lessons the Year 3’s and 4’s have been working on Readers Theatre.

Readers Theatre is a reading activity that involves reading a script aloud in small groups.  It is a fun and interactive way to improve our reading skills, such as improving our fluency and expression as well as developing our confidence when speaking in front of an audience

The first group is called ‘The Foiled Robbery’. The second is called ‘The Science Experiment’. We hope you enjoy our presentation.

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