FROM OUR PRINCIPAL MRS LEANNE SMITH

Wow, Week 7 is already half way through.  Only three weeks until term break.  Thanks to all families who continue to support the current guidelines around physical distancing.  With the early introduction of Stage 2 we are hopeful that Stage 3 will be in place ready for Term 3.  We will let all families know of any changes as soon as we are informed.  Continue to stay connected to your child’s class and teacher through Seesaw.

 Some wonderful examples of learning shared via seesaw this week:

• The Kinders have been busy completing self-portraits on wood ready to be displayed in the kinder playground.
• The preps were looking at the letter P and Finn found lots of items around his house.
• Some grade 1/2's were busy planning a new town while Adam published his own board game.
• The grade 2/3's shared their wonderings for today – “I wonder why Miss Gourlay is setting up for PE on a Wednesday? and “What is a good sport?, just to name a couple.
• The grade 3/4's have been busy settling back in with Mr Hay and completing their bug art.
• The grade 4/5's shared who they think are real super heroes.
• The grade 5/6's have been reflecting on the book Holes.

 As we head towards the end of term teachers are busy preparing a brief report of your child’s learning in English, Maths and Wellbeing so far this year and their future learning.  The midyear report will be sent home in the last week of term and will look quite different to the usual report.  At the moment we will not be having parent-teacher interviews but you are more than welcome to contact your child’s teacher if you have any questions. 

Our first two weeks back to face to face learning have been filled with enjoyment, excitement and a whole new appreciation for cooperating with others in our learning space. We have been having meaningful discussion in relation to Reconciliation Week and the importance of respecting each other despite our differences. We had the pleasure of having Mrs Smith challenge our thoughts by sharing a book that left each of us wondering who am I? It helped us to realise that we are all from the same place, and made up of the same stuff, but see ourselves as individuals.

We continue to learn about respect by learning about the difference between ‘Welcome to Country’ and ‘Acknowledgement of Country’ and why it is important to acknowledge the relationship between traditional Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander custodians and the land. Together we created a leaf collage using a range of different symbols, colour, line and pattern to represent the parts of the land as part of our own acknowledgement of country.

The Preps have been investigating what makes things Fizz, Foam or Pop. We made some bubble mix and observed how the soap and water mixed together to make the outside skin of a bubble that held the air until it popped.

The SRC are up and running again selling Icy-Poles and Ice-Creams every Thursday from the roller door at the top of the ramp near the Prep room.  Last week was very successful and this will be running every week until further notice.  The proceeds from this goes towards the Year 6 Leavers Day in Term 4.

Kinder Unicorns are very happy to be back at school, playing with our buddies and exploring the world around us at Molesworth.  We have embraced the cooler weather and loved being out and about in our wonderful gumboots - they are especially good for jumping and digging!  We have loved building on our friendships developed throughout the year and we have quickly settled into being part of the Kinder Unicorn team.