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TORCH Bearers of Term 2

TORCH Bearers of Term 2

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This afternoon at assembly our TORCH bearers of the term were awarded to one special person in each 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 Owen (Prep), Tyler (1/2), Olivia (3/4) and Anneliese (5/6) for being such fantastic recipients of the TORCH Bearers for term 2.

Art Show ….. Sneak Peek

Art Show ….. Sneak Peek

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This years our Art Show theme is Feathers, Fins and Fur. The show will be taking place in term 3 (week 10) so the students are busy preparing their pieces of art to showcase during this event.

Here is a sneak peek of what the Grade 1’s have been working on. You’ll see lots of animals. Shhhhh!!!!!!

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‘Watch, step, kick the ball’. This week in PE

‘Watch, step, kick the ball’. This week in PE

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Over the last few weeks all students have been having fun in PE lessons. They have been developing their kicking skills, knowledge and game sense related to soccer. Each Monday we have been lucky enough to have Melbourne Victory development officers assist me in PE and with training our Senior Inter school Boys and Girls soccer teams at lunchtime. Overall, the students are having lots of fun as well learning lots of new skills.

 

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Art Room News

Art Room News

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Students in Grade Two were  working super hard last week as we begin to start thinking about our 2019 Art Show -Feathers,Fur or Fins.  Here’s a sneak peek of a Tiger you might see at the show, he’ll be hiding in the jungle they have created.  So exciting ……..

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Twilight Sports

Twilight Sports

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Last Wednesday (13th of March) the students of Holy Trinity and St Mary’s participated in our annual Twilight Sports event. Our four houses Bunarong (Gold), Mackay (Blue), Mackillop (Green)  and Dominic (Red) all did a great job for the event. These houses were well led by ….. : Thomas and Niamh (Bunarong), Archie and Chloe (Mackay), Lachlan and Bella (Mackillop) and Nik and Caitlin (Dominic).

The evening began with our field house events where teams competed together to try to gain points for their team. We then went onto the Sprint events which were completed by the students in Prep to Year 2. We then had some relays and finished off the evening with the Fran Rascas races.

The house who ended up winning the Spirit Shield for Good Sportsmanship was Mackay.

The overall winning team for Twilight Sports was Bunarong so congrats to all the Gold team!

Here are some pictures from last Wednesday ……

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Pen Pals

Pen Pals

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This year in Year 2, we have been lucky enough to take part in a Pen Pal program with two Year 2 classes from a school in Queensland. The students received the letters today and are very excited about writing and sending letters back and forth throughout the year! 

1/2 Ceres Excursion

1/2 Ceres Excursion

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On the Wednesday, 24th of October the 1/2’s went on a Excursion to CERES to learn about the different nationalities and what they do. They learnt that the Africans collected water, the Indonesians dressed up in their national costumes, the Australians painted their bodies in ochre and lastly the Indians made bracelets and candle holders. The students also got to paint rocks.

Here are some pictures of what the 1/2 students in action ….

1/2 Level Maths

1/2 Level Maths

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On Monday all 1/2 classes contributed in level maths.

Miss McGing’s  group was learning how do an array by using dice and playing array bingo.

Miss Rooney and Mrs. Rodrigo’s maths  groups were learning how to complete repeated addition by showing them how many smiley faces are in the bag .eg. 4+4+4+4+4=20

Mrs. O’Brien group was learning how to solve worded problems .eg. John had 8 cookies  and gave 5 two Eliza how many does he have left?

Overall, it sounds like all the 1/2 students learnt a lot of new Maths skills whilst having lots of fun.

The 1/2 Students are Typing Champions!

The 1/2 Students are Typing Champions!

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In Digitech, the 1/2 students are developing their touch typing skills using a program called Typing Tournament. In this program the students complete a series of skills and activities practising different letters and symbols on the keyboard. They start with the ‘home row keys’ where the students learn about where to place their fingers and then as they become more efficient the activities become more challenging. At the end of each level the students complete a test on the keys they have been practising and if they reach a certain level of words per minute they can progress through to the next level. The students get very excited when they reach the goal and progress through to the next level of the program. The students have their Typing Tournament details on their computer cards. This program can be found at https://www.typingtournament.com/

Here are some of our 1/2’s in action …..

               

 

1/2 O learning 3D shapes!

1/2 O learning 3D shapes!

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1/2O have started to learn the features of 3D shapes. They used geometry kits and ‘clixi’ to explore and create different 3D shapes. Students created such shapes as cubes, triangle based pyramids, rectangle prisms and triangular prisms.

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Gamers Weekly Tips #1

Gamers Weekly Tips #1

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Hi Holy Trinity Jack and Will here.

We are going to begin a weekly blog post for gamers.

Please keep a “lookout’ on the blog for tips and game recommendations over the coming weeks.

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1/2 Maths Groups

1/2 Maths Groups

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Today some students in the 1/2 Level played a game called ‘Reversi’ during Maths Groups today. It involves trying to block the other player’s counters so that you could capture them as your own. It was a bit of a combination between connect four and chess. Our brains were really working throughout the session.

Here is some of us at work ……

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1/2 O Data

1/2 O Data

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This term 1/2O have been learning about data. They collected data from other classrooms and then created graphs to represent this information. This is them at work …..

Carnevale!

Carnevale!

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Last Friday, we celebrated Holy Trinity’s Feast Day and Carnevale!

We started the day with a school parade and then got to the watch each year level preform a dance they had been working on in Italian. The dancers were great! Next all the students got to show of their costumes by doing a lap around the basketball court, it was great to see everyone’s wonderful costumes.
The other highlights of the day were the gelati van, the making of the italian masks and the comedy and singing show at the end of the day.

It was a wonderful day and everyone has lots of fun!

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Reading in the Morning

Reading in the Morning

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Today the 1/2’s used the Chromebooks to read a story on Sunshine Online called My Sad Skeleton. Sunshine Online is a website with a huge range of interactive books at different reading levels. It also has activities about each book which the students find highly engaging and secretly they learn a lot from.

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Learning about Lions in 1/2M

Learning about Lions in 1/2M

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In 1/2M we are learning how to write an information report and we have been learning about lions. We have done lots of research about lions. We have learned that lions live in a group called a pride and they are carnivores which means that they eat meat. The male lions have manes and they eat first because they need energy to protect their family. Lions are mammals and they feed their cubs milk. Some of the keywords we are using in our information reports are habitat, carnivore, omnivore, herbivore, breeding and endangered. The photo of the lions was taken in Africa by Miss McGing and we labelled it with their features. We are having lots of fun taking turns labelling photos on the Interactive TV.
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Let’s read about Diversity!

Let’s read about Diversity!

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On the 23rd of November, 5/6 W, 1/2MC and 1/2C gathered together in the library to share books that show Diversity. The 5’s and 6’s each got assigned to a couple of the 1/ 2’s each and shared our thoughts on diversity in our library books. The 1’s and 2’s listened to what the 5/ 6’s had to say and they answered questions they asked. The next activity was to find a book on the shelves that showed diversity. The 1/ 2’s task was to show the older students where the diversity was and to prove it using the text or illustrations. The 1/ 2’s did very well answering the questions and proved their thoughts about diversity in picture books quite well. They showed deep thinking and were well behaved. The 5/6s enjoyed sharing their learning and spending their afternoon with the 1/2s.

By Chloe and Rosh (5/6W)

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