Hello everyone and welcome back!
We are so excited to see all the Prep, Grade 1 and Grade 2 students returning on Tuesday 26th May and looking forward to seeing the Grade 3-6’s on Tuesday 9th June.
Here is a welcome back video made by the teachers for you!
We hope you like it!
All I can say is WOW!!! The entries for the Leaning Tower of Pisa family challenge were just ECCELLENTE!! You all made the job of choosing one so much harder! Many thanks to all families that participated in the challenge. Check out the video link for all the entries:
Ciao from Signora Formichelli
Our next Activity Challenge is a FAMILY one that you can participate as often as you like and travel as far as you want in the week.
VIRTUAL WHEELS AROUND VICTORIA FAMILY CHALLENGE.
How far can we as a school community travel using our bikes, scooters, rollerblades, exercise bikes… any self propelled wheels may be used.
Challenge starts today and finishes next Friday.
Good luck and have fun.
Click on this link for all the details.
Looking Forward’
The students were asked to sketch an eye and in the iris of the eye
draw a picture of something they would love to do once Covid isolation is over.
Click on the link to view a slide show of their work
Amazing Art work Grade 5 and 6
When you come back to school you may notice a few changes in the library…
We have expanded and moved the favourite series shelves to include some book boxes by popular authors. Wimpy Kids books have moved to these shelves as have other books by your favourite authors…take the time to have a look next time you visit.
We have been very busy purchasing new books and getting them ready to borrow.
Have a look at the photos – you will see just some of the books we have added to the library in the last few weeks.
Currently, with a higher focus on using devices to help support our learning from home the ability to be able to efficiently type the correct letters on the keyboard is a skill that all students need more than ever. All students have the opportunity to participate in an online learning program.
The Prep students are encouraged to use BBC typing. This can be accessed from the Student Portal or be clicking on the following link bit.ly/3fCGeGV. Students don’t need any logon details to access this program but the program.
The students in year 1 to 3 use typing tournament. The students again access this from the Student Portal and the students have their own logon details on the computer cards. In this program the students undertake a series of different ‘missions.’ Once the student completes these missions they get the chance to sit a typing test where the aim is to type as accurately as possible at a certain speed limit (wpm or words per minute). Once the student reaches this goal they get a picture on their map and go to the next level.
There are a number of students doing amazing things in this program but one class worth noting is 3 Blue who are coming along well in their touch typing skills. As you can see many students who are progressing through the levels as evidenced with the ticks.
Here are a few of our Prep and Year 1 students developing their touch typing skills during our term 1 Digitech sessions ……
The students in years 4 to 6 practise their touch typing skills using typing.com which again can be accessed from the Student Portal. The students use the Login with Google option when logging into this program. In this program the students use a combination of accuracy and speed to progress through the levels. This was the achievements of a couple of our great touch typers using this program recently ….
Developing our keyboarding skills is necessary skill for all students growing up in the 21st Century, I would encourage all students to spend even 5 to 10 minutes a day developing their touch typing skills by participating in one of these engaging programs. They will reap the benefits of this practise in the future.
Overall, I would like to thank everyone for their hard work during our home learning program and look forward to seeing your happy faces when we return soon.
Keep up the great typing!
Grade 5 and 6 Artists were inspired by the poppy or a flower in their own garden to create an artwork.
Click on the link to view the beautiful work. them. Awesome work amazing artists.
Hi everyone
As you all know this week our school Virtual Fun Run begins. In this blog you will find video links with messages from your House Captains and some ideas for your family chants and cheer dancing moves. Looking forward to seeing your photos and videos! Don’t forget to send your photos and videos to: sportsadmin@htws.catholic.edu.au
GOLD HOUSE VIDEO:
BLUE HOUSE VIDEO:
GREEN HOUSE VIDEO:
RED HOUSE VIDEO:
Over the next two weeks your Italian family challenge will be to build a replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa! Watch this video with some information about La torre pendente – The leaning tower:
You can use this idea to build your own replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa:
OR you might like to come up with your own ideas! You can use anything you have at home – be creative! Once you have completed your Leaning tower of Pisa email me a photo: jformichelli@htws.catholic.edu.au
Remember there will be a prize from Signora!
Buona Fortuna! Good luck!
Signora Formichelli
Ciao a tutti!! I hope that everyone is going well. I have missed seeing you all at school! For the past two weeks Signora has been running an Italian family challenge. In this challenge families were asked to create the Italian flag using objects from around the house. The entries were FANTASTICO and it was very hard to decide so Signora asked Mr Downie and Mr Harvie to help. Please watch the link to find out who the winner is:
Well done to everyone who had a go – we were very impressed with your entries and it was very hard to only choose one!
Keep your eye out on Monday for your new Italian family challenge!
Ciao a presto! Signora Formichelli
Hi everyone
Today’s online assembly will be pre-recorded and posted as a video on the school blog, Google Classroom and Class Dojo. Please return back to one of these platforms just before 3pm to view this video. It may be worth refreshing your browser just to ensure you get the most up to date version of this webpage.
Catch many of you back here at 3pm this afternoon.
Mr. M
Welcome to week 4 of our home learning program. I hope everyone had a nice restful weekend and are energised for the upcoming week of learning. Just a reminder if you have not already done so to please download the Moovosity app (if you are using a tablet) as this will be used for our PE learning this week. We will be sending home more information about how to use Moovosity early this week.
Also, below is our Class Google Meet timetable for week 4 for your information.
Just a reminder for any student who might be joining a Google Meet with an LSO you may wish to view the following video …..
Have a great week everyone!
Last week the Year 3 students read the book “Bounce Back”, on the Epic website, as insipration for posters which they created. The posters include positive messages about how to bounce back from challenges. They chose different groups within the school community to focus on. Take a look at their creative and uplifting work…
Well done to all my amazing artists. Here is a sample of the fantastic work students are creating at home. We had begun learning about the art element Space and students created Negative and Positive Space Artworks. I love seeing the individual creativity students always show in their responses to an art element. This happens in the art room, the individuality and creativity shown by the students is my favourite thing about being an art teacher.
Here is a selection of some of the artworks done in the last two weeks at home.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LYWncAFHDfNoqlcobYgquYu4eLReii8ViM5cR3LoR00/edit?usp=sharing
Looking forward to being back in the art room with everyone.
Mrs. Laming
Hi everyone,
This is a video from Robyn (the school crossing lady) who is still working outside our school before and after school each day. She is looking forward to everyone coming back next term !!!!!
Thank you to the wonderful families in our community who take the time to send me these videos.
La bandiera d’Italia: What does the Italian flag look like?
The Italian Flag is a vertical tricolour flag with 3 equally sized bands. It has 3 colours; green (left), white (centre) and red (right). In Italian it is called il tricolore – verde, bianco e rosso. Each colour has its own meaning:
verde – speranza (hope)
bianco – fede (faith)
rosso – carita`(charity)
Your challenge is to create your own Italian flag using objects from around your house. The family with the most creative Italian flag will win a special prize from Signora Formichelli.
This is what the Italian flag looks like.
This is an example of some objects that were used from around the house to create the Italian flag.
Once you have created your ‘bandiera’ please email a photo of it to me – jformichelli@htws.catholic.edu.au
I can’t wait to see each families flags!
Buona fortuna! Good luck and have fun creating!!
Ciao Signora Formichelli
