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Digitech – Pivot Projects🐴🦈

Digitech – Pivot Projects🐴🦈

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This term in Digitech the students have been learning to how to use the Pivot program to create different types of animations. Pivot is an animation program on the tech lab computers where the students learn to move a stickman (or other figures) in a series of freeze frames. Once you combine all these frames together and push play this creates an animation.

The Preps have been learning to pass a ball between two characters, the 1/2’s are creating an animation about what the start of the day looks like in their classroom and the 3/4’s are creating an animation about an atheltics event.

Here are some pics of the different animations created throughout the school ….

These are the 3/4 animations …..

Here are the 1/2 animations ….

Here are two of the Prep animations ….

Overall, it appears like everyone is learning lots of new animation skills and we are excited to see how their animations turn out.

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Cross Country 2024

Cross Country 2024

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On Tuesday 7th of May the students in all grades participated in our annual cross country. This year the cross country took place around the school as Egan Lee Reserve is currently under renovations. Our Prep students ran one whole lap of the school including running through the car park and the basketball court whilst the 1/2 students ran two laps, the 3/4’s ran three laps and 5/6 students ran four laps. It was great seeing so many students being active whether it was walking or running all the way around the course. The Grade 6’s were luck enough to run an extra lap with their buddy which was really cool.

There were lots of amazing efforts throughout the school and the top ten students for each year level will get to represent HT in the district cross country.

The overall places for the house championship are as follows ….

Mackillop (Green house) won for spirit points which were earnt in sport class and at sporting events.

Dominic (Red house) came in 2nd place, Bunurong (Gold house) came in 3rd place and Mackay (Blue house) in 4th place.

Congratulations to everyone for your efforts with preparing and participating in our school cross country!

A big thank to Miss Humphris for all of her efforts with organising this event for our school.

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TORCH Bearers for Term 1

TORCH Bearers for Term 1

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At the end of last term our TORCH bearers of the term were awarded to one special person in each year level who displays each of our TORCH values. Our TORCH values of tolerance (T), optimism (O), respect (R), confidence (C) and honesty (H) are at the heart of what we teach at Holy Trinity and provide our students with practical examples of how to live out of school motto of ‘Love One Another’.

Congratulations to Aila (Prep), Kurshna (Yr 1), Audrey (Yr 2), Zach & Lily (Yr 3), Mila (Yr 5) and June (Yr 6) for being such fantastic recipients of the TORCH Bearers for term 1.

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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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Storybox incursion

Storybox incursion

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To consolidate their learning of “Then and Now”, Grade 1/2 s had the opportunity to participate in an incursion from “Storybox”. They were so eager and attentive much to the admiration from the teachers  and learnt how times have changed, clothes they wore, the games they played and the gadgets and the gimmicks they used. The best discovery was the bedpan which they thought was a mixing bowl!!!!!!

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Predicting before Experimenting.

Predicting before Experimenting.

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Today 1/2 s gathered together learning how different materials can be combined, including by mixing, for a particular purpose. They discussed similarities and differences between mixtures, explained why they thought different mixtures created different outcomes and also brainstormed what they already know about mixtures and their uses. The best part was predicting the outcomes before the experiments and some getting their predictions right! Definitely some future scientists in the making!!!!!! 

 

 

 

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Cross Country at HT

Cross Country at HT

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On Monday (8th of May) all the students at HT and St. Mary’s participated in our school’s annual Cross Country event. The students walked to Egan Lee Reserve to complete the run. Even though the weather wasn’t ideal everyone tried their best & had fun! The younger students ran 1 lap of the track (1km long), the students in the 3/4 level ran two laps and the older students ran 3 laps.

The preps were lucky enough to run with their buddies. Even though many students felt quite nervous leading up to the event it was great to see so many students doing their best and ‘getting active’.

Thanks to Mr D for organizing this day and for all the parent volunteers for helping with running the event!

Here are some pictures of a some of our ribbon winners after their events ….

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Prep – Yr4 Swimming

Prep – Yr4 Swimming

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Each Friday this term there has been lots of excitement amongst our Prep to Year 4 students as they have been have been participating in swimming lessons at Swim World in Glen Waverley. Each week the students dress with their swimming costumes underneath their school clothes. At their allocated time each class gets ready by putting on their swimming caps and goggles and then they go on the bus to Swim World.

During swimming lessons the students have been learning a variety of skills including floating, water safety techniques and practising the different swimming strokes.

Last Friday, the students brought along some old clothes to wear in the pool to practise what a person should do if they were to fall into the water. The students seem to really enjoy this adventure!

Overall, the students are having a great time at their swimming lessons and are looking forward to the last fun lesson this Friday.

Here are a few photos of the students in action …..

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School Production – The Land of Dance

School Production – The Land of Dance

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There is lots of excitement around HT & St. Mary’s at the moment (particularly around the Italian room) as 2023 is going to be a School Production year. The theme for this year’s production is The Land Of Dance and our school concert will take place towards the end of term 3. Each class is learning their choreography songs and theme and over the coming months they will learn about the dances and costumes they will be using.

The auditions of the different parts of our production have been taking place over the past couple of weeks. The 5/6 students were given the opportunity to audition for these parts.  Seniora Formichelli is filming each auditioning character and then these videos will be shown to the Italian Production Committee to decide on who will be the different characters. Some of the different characters in the production include nonna, nonno, the mayor and the bus driver.

Seniora Formichelli has been working on putting the whole production together since last year and we are very lucky to have her helping to create so much excitement for the concert.

There will be lots of different posts on the school blog over the coming months as the production gets closer.

Here are a few photos from the recent auditions …..

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Shrove Tuesday

Shrove Tuesday

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All the Grade Ones and Twos gathered together in the Great Space and celebrated Shrove Tuesday. They learnt about it’s connection to Lent. The students watched how pancakes were made and completed a procedural writing afterwards about how to make pancakes.  The best part was they got to eat delicious pancakes too!

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Prep – 2 Melbourne Zoo Excursion

Prep – 2 Melbourne Zoo Excursion

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Two weeks ago on a bright Monday morning (10th of October) our Preps, Grade 1’s and Grade 2’s had a special excursion to the Melbourne Zoo as part of their Science Inquiry topic. The journey was an exciting one for our junior students who were able to travel by bus with their friends for one of the first excursions many of them have ever had. They saw the big cats, elephants, snow leopards, hippos, monkeys, butterflies, all sorts of sea life and of course lots of Australian animals such as kangaroos and koalas. They also had a unique opportunity to get a close up learning experience at the educational centre. Despite all of this for many of the students their favourite part of the day was when they got to eat their food and play with their friends in some of the beautiful green areas of the Melbourne Zoo.

For many students this day could be the highlight of their time at school.

We would like to say a big thank you to our wonderful parent volunteers who assisted throughout the day and to the Prep to 2 teachers for helping to organise the day.

Here are a few pictures of our experiences at the Melbourne Zoo …..

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Zentangles

Zentangles

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2 Yellow have recently started a new mindfulness activity this past few weeks called Zentangles. It allows the students to calmly draw patterns, practice focusing and taking their time. The students have enjoyed this activity, particularly towards the end of the day when we all need some quiet time. Take a look at some of their amazing patterns.

 

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Push Race Cars

Push Race Cars

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In Science at the moment the Year 1 students are learning about the forces of push and pull. As part of this topic the students built a Lego car model that used an elastic band to power the car a bit like a wind-up toy. Our Year 1 students were lucky enough to build this model with the Year 6 students and then they got to test and race them against other students in the class.

Overall, the students learnt a lot about how you can power a car without needing a motor to get it to work just like the forces of push and pull.

Here are the students in action …..

This is one of our races between the different Lego models that the students built ……

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Year 2 learning

Year 2 learning

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This term in the Year 2 level there has been a big focus on developing their skills in writing and Maths.

In writing, the students have been writing information reports about some of the animals they have studied.

In Maths, the Year 2 students have been learning about addition and subtraction there has been a huge improvement in there overall mental maths skills.

Overall, it sounds like the year two students are really developing their skills well and it is awesome to see how much they have learnt.

Here are a few pictures of some of the work displayed in the Year 2 classrooms.

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Peer Feedback in 2 Yellow

Peer Feedback in 2 Yellow

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This morning in Writing, 2 Yellow had a go at providing peer feedback to each other. The students were asked to listen to their partners information report and provide a star 🌟 (something they did well) and a wish (something they could improve on). Giving peer feedback is a useful skill as it allows the students to reflect on the learning intentions and success criteria of the lesson, and provide useful feedback, rather than it just coming from the teacher. Very powerful stuff!

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House Cross Country 2022

House Cross Country 2022

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On Friday 18th of March all students from Prep to Year 6 participated in our annual House Cross Country event at Egan Lee Reserve.

This year we had a number of firsts including the students in Prep to Year 2 having an opportunity to participate in the event for the first time and the event taking place in term one (it usually happens in term two).

Mr. D had measured out a one kilometre circuit for everyone to follow which began on the training soccer fields and followed a track around the back of the main soccer field before returning back to the starting line again. Each class has been preparing for our cross country during their PE sessions this term.

Our Prep to Year 2 students completed one lap of this circuit (1km) whilst the 3/4 students completed two laps and the 5/6 students completed 3 laps.

Our District Cross Country team is chosen from the students who compete in our cross country and usually include students from Years 4, 5 and 6.

Thank you Mr D for organizing amazing fun day and thank you to our wonderful parent helpers and staff for assisting with the running event. Everyone overall did amazing and it was great to see everyone doing their best to keep active.

Here are the results of the students who came first in their Years 3 to 6.

Year 3’s: Jackson & Avery

Year 4’s: Luke & June

Year 5’s: Eden & Darcy

Year 6’s: Ella D & Nathan

Here are some photos from the day ……

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Cooking with Kids

Cooking with Kids

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The Year 1/2’s have been learning about how to keep their mind and bodies healthy! Some 1/2 students and parents were lucky enough to be involved in Cooking with Kids last Wednesday afternoon. Cooking with Kids is a parent and child cooking class, celebrating and encouraging cooking with children at home using fresh vegetables. Families prepared a simple dish together and children had the opportunity to taste some different veggies! 

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P-4 Swimming

P-4 Swimming

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The students in Prep to Year 4 are very excited at the moment because this Friday they will all be starting our school swimming program at Swimworld Aquatic Centre in Glen Waverley. Each Friday in term one the Prep to Year 4 students will dressed in their PE uniform (students wear their swimming costumes underneath their uniform) and they will bring everything they will need to be able to swim including their goggles, towel and a bag to carry their wet clothes in afterwards.

Each year level has a set time to catch the bus from school, participate in their swimming lesson and then catch the bus back to school after the lesson. The first students to leave are the year 4s who will depart school at about 9.10 am and the final students (Preps) will return to school at about 1.15 pm.

I spoke to a couple of year three students about their thoughts with the upcoming swimming  lessons and they said that they will looking forward to practising how to dive, learning the different strokes such as freestyle and backstroke and also all the fun safety activities you do such as treading water with extra clothes on. 

We will keep you posted with our swimming lessons over the next few weeks.

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