Holy Trinity Primary, Wantirna South

News from the Art Room

For the Olympic Games in Rio the Grade5/6 and Grade3/4 students made posters that were used to decorate the athletes rooms in Rio. The posters were bright and colourful and had messages of encouragement for the athletes. Go Aussies!!

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The 5/6s have been using art with their fractions. We learnt about Wassily Kadinsky and his passion for art, he believed that shapes and colours alone could be art. Take a look at what we did…

Preps have been reading “Piranhas Don’t Eat Bananas” this week. We have been doing various activities about the book including a piece of Art work.

We made the background using tissue paper, then we decorated Brian the piranha by rubbing pastels. We then gave him a tail and a fin.

The Grade 1 and 2 students were asked to bring their favourite books to library to share with each other during Literacy week. The students recommended books to each other to learn about new authors and book titles.   – Jacinta Haynes

This morning we had our dress up parade as a part of Literacy and Numeracy & Book Week celebrations.  It was great to see students, parents, teachers and toddlers join in on the fun. Students costumes looked amazing! Thanks to all parents who assisted their child in preparing for this day. Maths and reading are a part of children’s daily lives and it was a great opportunity for our students to embrace these in a fun and enjoyable way! We look forward to doing this again next year.

On Wednesday 31st August the Year 3-6 students were fortunate to be visited by a guest speaker. Matt Stevic is an AFL umpire and he kindly spoke to the students about his job. All of the students found the information he shared to be very interesting. They were also given the opportunity to ask questions.

Matt spoke about his journey from playing sports as a child to becoming an AFL umpire. Although he played football as boy, at the age of sixteen he stopped playing and focussed on umpiring. He also loved playing basketball when he was younger.

When asked if he had another job aside from umpiring Matt said that he used to be a teacher of Year 7-10 students and he now works in finance. Matt shared lots of details about his umpiring job. He was fortunate enough to umpire AFL Grand Finals in 2012, 2014 and 2015! To get to this elite level he had to progress through the ranks, starting with local footy, followed by regional. He then worked at VFL level and currently umpires AFL

Matt gave the students an insight into why playing sport with a positive attitude is vital. He encouraged the students to try a range of sports to build their confidence and skills. He spoke about the importance of hard work and perseverance to achieve their best in any endeavour that they are passionate about because if they love what they do it makes it a pleasure, not a chore!

As an umpire he trains each week by participating in a range of activities (running, swimming, gym work and bike riding). The umpires train for most of the year. When speaking to the students about their approach to sport he highlighted the value of sportsmanship regardless of the result or individual performance of team members. The focus is enjoyment and being a supportive team member who avoids negativity. Being an effective team member who achieves their goals and dreams does not involve negativity. Sport is hard and disappointment is part of the experience which can be used as motivation. When motivated, skills practice and team encouragement builds team spirit.

We are grateful to Matt for his insights and advice and wish him well as the footy finals draw closer!

Goodbye Winter (almost), the feeling of Spring is in the air.