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Minecraft Club for the Students in Years 2 and 3!

Minecraft Club for the Students in Years 2 and 3!

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The Grade 6 Digitech leaders leaders have some exciting news for students in Year 2 and 3.

We will be helping to run a Minecraft Club for students in Grade 2s and 3s (who haven’t participated before). We have been working hard in lunchtime sessions to help set things up and I am sure the students who participate in these sessions will learn lots of new skills as well as having a lot of fun.

Information for our new Minecraft club will be sent out in a letter shortly after the holidays.

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Amazing Designers and Creators

Amazing Designers and Creators

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This week in the art room we went back in time and worked on practising the paper folding skills we had begun before COVD19.
The aim was to use these skills to  design and created a 3D bird using 2D paper. The brief was to create a bird that could stand, sit or be hung.

I am so proud of the way they approached design problems and persisted to create these awesome birds. They were very proud of themselves too.

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YEAR 3 PLANNER (TERM 2 WEEK 4)

YEAR 3 PLANNER (TERM 2 WEEK 4)

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Hi Year 3 families.

Here is the learning that the Year 3 are planning to explore over the coming week. The best way for your child to touch base with their class teacher is via Google Classroom which they will be able to access in their Google account.  The teachers will be online at regular times during this week to support the student’s learning so please continue to regularly visit the school blog for ongoing updates.

If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to contact the Year 3 teachers at the following addresses …..

wahresa@htws.catholic.edu.au / cbooth@htws.catholic.edu.au (3 Blue)

amcging@htws.catholic.edu.au  (3 Yellow)

Thank you for your ongoing support!

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YEAR 4 PLANNER (TERM 2 WEEK 4)

YEAR 4 PLANNER (TERM 2 WEEK 4)

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Hi Year 4 families.

Here is the learning that the Year 4 are planning to explore over the coming week. The best way for your child to touch base with their class teacher is via Google Classroom which they will be able to access in their Google account.  The teachers will be online at regular times during this week to support the student’s learning so please continue to regularly visit the school blog for ongoing updates.

If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to contact the Year 4 teachers at the following addresses …..

jjamieson@htws.catholic.edu.au (4 Blue)

sobrien@htws.catholic.edu.au / cbooth@htws.catholic.edu.au (4 Yellow)

Thank you for your ongoing support!

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Google Meet Timetable & Demo Video (using the app)

Google Meet Timetable & Demo Video (using the app)

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Hi everyone,

Here is this week’s Google Meet timetable for whole class sessions.

In addition to whole class Google Meets some students may have smaller group sessions as well and may be asked to use the Google Meet app to enter their session. If you are asked to enter a special code or meeting name you may need to check in your emails for what the code is. This video may assist you with how to use the Google Meet app to do this ……

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YEAR 3 PLANNER (TERM 2 WEEK 3)

YEAR 3 PLANNER (TERM 2 WEEK 3)

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Hi Year 3 families.

Here is the learning that the Year 3 are planning to explore over the coming week. The best way for your child to touch base with their class teacher is via Google Classroom which they will be able to access in their Google account.  The teachers will be online at regular times during this week to support the student’s learning so please continue to regularly visit the school blog for ongoing updates.

If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to contact the Year 3 teachers at the following addresses …..

wahresa@htws.catholic.edu.au / cbooth@htws.catholic.edu.au (3 Blue)

amcging@htws.catholic.edu.au  (3 Yellow)

Thank you for your ongoing support!

YEAR 4 PLANNER (TERM 2 WEEK 3)

YEAR 4 PLANNER (TERM 2 WEEK 3)

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Hi Year 4 families.

Here is the learning that the Year 4 are planning to explore over the coming week. The best way for your child to touch base with their class teacher is via Google Classroom which they will be able to access in their Google account.  The teachers will be online at regular times during this week to support the student’s learning so please continue to regularly visit the school blog for ongoing updates.

If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to contact the Year 4 teachers at the following addresses …..

jjamieson@htws.catholic.edu.au (4 Blue)

sobrien@htws.catholic.edu.au / cbooth@htws.catholic.edu.au (4 Yellow)

Thank you for your ongoing support!

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How to Access Google Meet

How to Access Google Meet

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Hi everyone,

Here is a short video with how your child can access Google Meet sessions from their Google Classroom. All whole class sessions (except the Prep Level) will be eventually accessed from the Google Classroom via the link on the page.

Thanks to Mrs. Wahrenberger for putting this informative video together.

Year 3 Planner (Term 2 Week 2)

Year 3 Planner (Term 2 Week 2)

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Hi Year 3 families.

Welcome to the new world of learning from home!

Here is the learning that the Year 3 are planning to explore over the coming week. The best way for your child to touch base with their class teacher is via Google Classroom which they will be able to access in their Google account.  The teachers will be online at regular times during this week to support the student’s learning so please continue to regularly visit the school blog for ongoing updates.

If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to contact the Year 3 teachers at the following addresses …..

wahresa@htws.catholic.edu.au / cbooth@htws.catholic.edu.au (3 Blue)

amcging@htws.catholic.edu.au  (3 Yellow)

Please feel free to leave a comment that follows our online protocol of keeping all comments positive and keeping student’s personal identities off the Internet as much as possible.

Thank you for your ongoing support!

Year 4 Planner (Term 2 Week 2)

Year 4 Planner (Term 2 Week 2)

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Hi Year 4 families.

Welcome to the new world of learning from home!

Here is the learning that the Year 4 are planning to explore over the coming week. The best way for your child to touch base with their class teacher is via Google Classroom which they will be able to access in their Google account.  The teachers will be online at regular times during this week to support the student’s learning so please continue to regularly visit the school blog for ongoing updates.

If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to contact the Year 4 teachers at the following addresses …..

jjamieson@htws.catholic.edu.au (4 Blue)

sobrien@htws.catholic.edu.au / cbooth@htws.catholic.edu.au (4 Yellow)

Please feel free to leave a comment that follows our online protocol of keeping all comments positive and keeping student’s personal identities off the Internet as much as possible.

Thank you for your ongoing support!

Google Meet Timetable

Google Meet Timetable

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Hi everyone. With the first week of our home learning almost completed here is our Google Meet timetable for everyone to refer to for Week 2. Google Meet is our videoing platform for students to connect with their teachers and classmates.

Try to remember the following guidelines each time you participate in a Google Meet session …..

  1. Suitable clothing.
  2. Suitable backdrop. Open learning space (not in your bedroom) and ‘interruption free’ during the session.
  3. Be on time. Open up the Google Meet link and have everything ready 10 minutes beforehand.
  4. Microphone on mute. Turn this on red unless you are speaking.
  5. Keep our Digitech Rules eg. think before you post (or speak).

Please note that whilst we try to keep to these times as much as possible that our Google Meet timetable is subject to change. Any changes to the timetable will automatically update on this page once you have refreshed the blog page. This timetable can always be accessed via the Student Portal (just look under the Announcement section of this webpage).

Photos of our first day of Learning from Home

Photos of our first day of Learning from Home

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Hi everyone,

One day down without hopefully too many meltdowns or technical issues. Thankfully, we all survived and we lived to share the story. Thanks to all the families who shared their photos from during the day. If only we could have a similar document for how the parents looked at the end of the day. …..

Feel free to keep sending your photos in to me at smullavey@htws.catholic.edu.au and I will update this document as they come through.

Cheers and keep up the great work!

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Home Learning is ‘up and running’

Home Learning is ‘up and running’

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Hi everyone,

Welcome to term 2 – a completely new way of learning from outside the four walls of the school classroom. Today is a ‘settling in’ day like most of us would normally do for a new term. Our parents (who are also our first teachers) may need some guidance during the day as many of them have not been to primary school since the dinosaurs roamed the Earth (well maybe not that long).

Today, here is a simple activity for all parents to try to do sometime during today’s day of learning. I would like parents to take a picture of their child/ren completing some of their learning. It may be of them working at a desk, practising some meditation skills, watching a video that their teacher has shared with them or having a brain break doing one of Mrs. Harrison’s fantastic PE exercises.

I then would like parents to send this photo to their class teacher as a quick way of touching base with them. Class teachers may not necessarily reply to these emails as they will be teaching throughout the day but it is a nice way to show them that your child is engaged in our home learning program. I would love to put some of these photos onto the school blog as well so if you give permission for me to post a photo of your child/ren please CC me in on the email to the class teacher. My email address is smullavey@htws.catholic.edu.au

Please also note that the Prep to Year 2 online program will begin after the students have made their way through the pack that was provided at the end of last term.

Below is a list of all teaching staff’s email addresses for your reference.

Cheers and have a great day with your beautiful families.

Year 3 Planner (Term 2 Week 1)

Year 3 Planner (Term 2 Week 1)

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Hi Year 3 families.

Welcome to the new world of learning from home!

Here is the learning that the Year 3 are planning to explore over the coming week. The best way for your child to touch base with their class teacher is via Google Classroom which they will be able to access in their Google account.  The teachers will be online at regular times during this week to support the student’s learning so please continue to regularly visit the school blog for ongoing updates.

If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to contact the Year 3 teachers at the following addresses …..

wahresa@htws.catholic.edu.au / cbooth@htws.catholic.edu.au (3 Blue)

amcging@htws.catholic.edu.au  (3 Yellow)

Please feel free to leave a comment that follows our online protocol of keeping all comments positive and keeping student’s personal identities off the Internet as much as possible.

Thank you for your ongoing support!

Year 4 Planner (Term 2 Week 1)

Year 4 Planner (Term 2 Week 1)

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Hi Year 4 families.

Welcome to the new world of learning from home!

Here is the learning that the Year 4 are planning to explore over the coming week. The best way for your child to touch base with their class teacher is via Google Classroom which they will be able to access in their Google account.  The teachers will be online at regular times during this week to support the student’s learning so please continue to regularly visit the school blog for ongoing updates.

If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to contact the Year 4 teachers at the following addresses …..

jjamieson@htws.catholic.edu.au (4 Blue)

sobrien@htws.catholic.edu.au / cbooth@htws.catholic.edu.au (4 Yellow)

Please feel free to leave a comment that follows our online protocol of keeping all comments positive and keeping student’s personal identities off the Internet as much as possible.

Thank you for your ongoing support!

Google Hangouts (Meet)

Google Hangouts (Meet)

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Yesterday, my class (4 Blue) were lucky enough to try out Google Hangouts (Meet). Google Hangouts is a bit like Skype or FaceTime which is connected to our school Google accounts and is a way to chat to others via video.  The reason we tried this is this is a way that teachers are going to connect with the students in their class if the school needs to close and we learn from home.

Yesterday Mrs Jamieson invited different students from 4 Blue to join as well as Mr. Mullavey to test out how well this program works. My class was really excited to try it and and thought it was cool how we were still able to connect with others even if we were not all in the same room together.

Here is a photo of us during our Hangout session yesterday……

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🏊 DISTRICT SWIMMING 2020 🏊

🏊 DISTRICT SWIMMING 2020 🏊

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On Friday 21st February some students from years 3 to 6 were selected to represent HT & St. Mary’s at Kilsyth Centenary Pool to compete in the District Swimming competition.

This event was the culmination of many weeks of hard work where the students have been going to swimming training every Tuesday morning at 7.30 am at Knox Leisureworks.

The competition was really intense with lots of students getting very nervous before their races. Many of the students did well and it was amazing how well everyone did despite feeling so nervous.

After all the freestyle, breastroke, backstroke and butterfly events we participated in relay events which our school did really well at. Some of the swimmers were lucky enough to make it through to Divisional Competition which will take place on Wednesday 4th of March.

Well done to Tyrone who was rewarded for all of his hard work by earning the Age Group Champion for 12 year old boys.

Overall HT & St. Mary’s came first for the 10th time in a row with 105 points!

Congrats to everyone who represented HT at the District Swimming.

Here are some photos of us in action…..

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