IMPORTANT SCHOOL DATES

Important school dates to remember:

Grade 5/6 Aussie sports expo –

The grade 5/6 Aussie Sports Expo Day has been postponed to Thursday 24^th June, the last week of Term 2.

Payments can still be received via QKR!, new permission forms will be distributed over the coming week with the updated information

Last day of Term 2 – Friday 25th June

Hi Badger Creek Community.

This week our students were involved in finding many different ways to be physically active whilst at home. Thank you to all the students that jumped on the blog and participated in this weeks activities.

Remember: It is recommended that all children should be physically active for 60 mins every day! So lets get creative and find different ways that gets our body active!

We hope you are all making the most of your remote learning, and I look forward to seeing you all back at school very soon.

Until then, take care!

David Pitts and Jen Hunter

Colour Fun run!

Last few days to get your fundraising in online! visit myprofilepage.com.au to create your profile page and share with family and friends to spread the word!

Students can now start ordering their prizes online, if they have a online profile page linked to the school. Once school returns on onsite, students are asked to return their hard copy sponsorship forms along with any cash donations raised.

Thank you to everyone for their involvement in the colour fun run and for your efforts in raising much needed funds for the school.

Again, a huge thank you to the PFA and parent volunteers for running the BBQ and assisting in the set up and pack up of the event.

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact David on David.Pitts@education.vic.gov.au

District Cross Country

Congratulations to the following students that participated in the District Cross Country in May and finished in the top 10 of their age groups and will now represent Badger Creek Primary School in the upcoming Division Cross Country on Wednesday 16^th June at Yarra Glen Racecourse

Pip Congreve

Lily Congreve

Henrietta Moore

Bryce Granger

Ryder Holman

Monty Forbes

Kieran O’Neill

Sam Keath

Griffin Harley

Robert Pavic

Hello everyone,

Well done to all of our students for getting through a week of remote learning. I was so excited to see how many of you participated in the online art lesson and shared your work with me.

This week we explored the concept of art elements and how artists use them in their work. Our Junior students focused on the element – colour whilst our Seniors explored the element – shape, looking at both positive and negative space.

Our Junior students created nature collages by foraging in their garden for a collection of natural materials including leaves, twigs and flowers. They then created artworks out of these materials with a focus on colour. They explored warm and cool colours, complementary colours as well as primary and secondary colours.

Looking at the art element shape, our seniors made a Notan design. They looked at both positive and negative space and cut interesting shapes out of paper to create their design. In some instances, they tried doing a double or multi-cut which added intricate detail to their work.

Have a great week.

Vanessa Imberger

Art Teacher

Thank you to all our Prep families for the wonderful effort you have put in this week transitioning to remote learning.

It has been wonderful to see all your faces on WebEx in the morning. We do like seeing you all singing our morning song!

We hope you have all been using your reading strategies and are enjoying reading with your loved ones.

Keep writing in your workbook, we can’t wait to see your amazing sentences.

Take care and look after each other,

If you need anything at all, please don’t hesitate to contact us!

In grade 1/2 this week we have been impressed by the quick transition back to remote learning. Students engaged in morning check ins to connect with their teachers and peers and completed a range of learning activities in reading, writing, maths, and inquiry. One of our favourite activities this week was our nature collages in art! We were so impressed by our student’s creativity!

This week has been one of mixed emotions for us all.

We have returned, once again, to our old friend/foe remote learning.

There is no doubt that these times do not sit with complete ease in our repertoires of comfort but as a wise person once said (I have no idea who), “In every cloud there is a silver lining.”

For the Grade ¾ teachers, the silver lining is that we can slow down our morning check-in and get to say hello and listen to responses from each child in a relaxed and present way. This is such a treasured time of our day, being one of the few times that we get to see each other, albeit via a screen.

This week, we have been playing some games and participating in some activities such as…

• Heads or tails
• Fake news,
• Random object
• Directed drawing
• 5 second rule,
• Share one learning task and convince others
• Show and tell

The children really seem to be enjoying these activities and I know that the teachers are as a result of this enthusiasm.

We hope that this is helping the children to settle into their remote learning day.

Hopefully it is not too long before we can all be back onsite, enjoying each others’ company in person once again.

Until then, keep participating and well done to you all😊

Hello to all our Grade 5/6 Families!

We hope you are all well and looking after yourselves and one another during this trying time. An especially big shout out to all our amazing students who have adapted so well to being back in an remote learning environment and tackling their assigned tasks with such dedication and enthusiasm, awesome job everyone!

This week, for our reading, students have been challenged to move beyond simply focusing on the events and characters of the stories they’re reading and tune into the impact of their selected texts on themselves as a reader. They have commenced exploring how authors use a variety of tools and techniques to influence their audiences, with a view towards adapting some of these into their own future writing.

In writing, we’ve been focusing on using the Writing Process to look for ways to develop our writing. In addition, student’s have been using prompts to help them generate ideas and respond to ques in creative ways. They have been especially focused on producing high quality work through the use of devices such as sizzling starts and high quality verbs and adjectives.

For maths, we have been focused on continuing to explore our understanding of numeracy and it’s links to student’s every-day lives by working through financial based problems which allow students to take control of their own decisions and work within a certain budget.

Finally, to help students focus on and address their own well-being, we’ve asked that they spend some time this week engaging in some non-academic activities, such as cooking a meal for their families, completing an workout routine or going for a walk and collecting natural materials to create a mural.

Wishing you all the best!

The Grade 5/6 Teaching Team.