Junior School Bulletin Issue 11 / 08 August 2014 learnt from its mistakes. It’s fantastic to see students so young writing position pieces and then justifying their position with evidence to back it up.
From the Head of Junior School Year 4 News Last week we had 3 students from Year 4 Lucy, Tanah and Teleah, initiate action as they wanted to raise money for research into brain cancer and to bring awareness of the need for more research in this area. We are very proud of their efforts as they spread the message and raised a significant amount of money for their chosen charity. The next paragraph is a thank you from the girls to all those who supported their bake stall. To the St Andrews Community, Thank you so much for helping us with our bake sale last week. We were able to raise $500 towards brain cancer research. We really appreciate everyone who bought items in the bake sale. Thanks also to our mums, and Mrs Gibson who baked goodies for us to sell. From Lucy, Tanah and Teleah in Year 4A.
The ELC The Early Learning Centre is starting to take shape, quite literally. The formwork is being completed to lay the concrete floor soon. All is on track for completion at the end of the year and to be ready for opening in early January. Mufti Day Next Tuesday the 12th August is our Mufti Day for term 3. The theme for the day is International Day of Hope – World Vision. As it is a rainbow theme, the children are encouraged to dress in bight coloured clothing, but please ensure the College Policy on Mufti day is adhered to. Class Coordinators A big thank you to the class coordinators who have organized many class events this year. Your work in building the community is really appreciated. Please look out for the flyers from the class coordinators and if you are available to attend, I would encourage you to do so. Disco Fun Last Friday night we held our annual Year 3-6 disco. The theme of jungle boogie was warmly embraced by the students who wore their animal onesies to the disco. There were some great moves by the students (and teachers too) on the dance floor. Thank you to Mrs McGilveray, Mrs Levey and the Go team for their work in organizing such a wonderful event. We now look forward to the Prep disco on the 5th September.
Last week I had the pleasure of visiting a Year 4 class who were learning how to write expositions. The teacher had a very good way of getting the students to remember what an exposition is. He said an “An exposition is a piece of writing that you get to expose your position on a topic.” The students were encouraged to use words that persuade the reader. After reading one student’s introduction on the need to have more school holidays, I was almost convinced that we needed more holidays. The summative task will have the students write a persuasive text on whether we should continue to explore. In their justification they will need to touch on the benefits of exploration and lessons
Darrin Schumacher Deputy Principal Head of Junior School