Calling all buskers!

Students in Years 3-6 who play a musical instruments are invited to do some busking at our upcoming Country Fair in support of Bear Cottage. Please fill in the form by clicking on the link before September 6.
Country Fair Buskers

Spring Fair - Treasure Emporium

Year 5 Learning Festival

This week, the students have commenced preparations for our Learning Festival. They are keen to be part of the planning process and we are encouraging them to play a leading role in the organisation of this upcoming event. We invite you to step into our world of learning in Year 5 on Wednesday 11 September from 9 - 10 am.

Book Week Celebration Day - Photos

What a great day celebrating all things reading and literature! Year 5 students exercised their leadership skills as they (together with the Year 6's) led their peer support groups through simultaneous story time. They then had the wonderful Mrs Lucas come and teach them for a lesson and finished the morning parading their fabulous costumes around the valley.

YEAR 5 LEARNING FESTIVAL - Wednesday 11th September

The St Luke's Bayview Country Fair

The St Luke's Bayview Country Fair Art Competition

Some very talented Year 5 students

Congratulations to those Year 5 students performing in the IPSHA Performing Arts festival today. We are particularly proud of Harper, Amelie and Olivia who will be performing Elvis Presley's 'Can't help falling in love' on the ukulele in front of an audience of up to 1000 people.

Here they are serenading the school in assembly a few weeks ago.

Year 6 Diploma Bake Sale

Reciprocity in Year 5 - the SEAT project

This week in PD/H, Year 5 begun the SEAT project  - a values-based program that empowers students to explore their own potential to enhance the world in which they live.

As a class, Year 5 developed a common goal to develop as reciprocal learners over the course of the term. Their first challenge was to build a stool made of bamboo following simple instructions. This was a valuable lesson in following a procedure text, problem solving and collaboration.

Poetry Express

Preparations for the Poetry Express Competition are going well in Year 5.  All the students have selected their poems for recital.  They have indicated that their choice of poem satisfies the Stage 3 requirement of 3 stanzas and are aware that poems with some rhyming pattern or rhythm are easier to memorise than free verse. The class round of the competition will be held on Monday and Tuesday of Week 6.  It is expected that preparation for this competition will take place at home and we recommend that students start memorising their poems this week. When poems are learned by heart, students can focus on bringing the words to life with skilful intonation and articulation.

'A memorised poem is a great work of art that you own forever, a priceless piece of cultural capital'. 

Adam Foulds, Poet

Volume displacement and the cubic meter

Today in Maths, Year 5 students investigated the Archimedes principle of volume displacement. We remembered the picture book 'Mr Archimedes' bath', By Pamela Allen and discovered the relationship between volume and capacity through volume displacement.

Year 5's then collaborated to construct a cubic meter. They calculated the surface area and capacity of 1m3. We now know that the capacity is 1000 liters.
In our next lesson, we will look at the relationship between capacity and mass.

Father's Day Stall

Principal's Forum

Mid-Winter Movie Night

Book Week

Dear Parents and Caregivers,

We are so excited to be celebrating Book Week this Term during Week 5. We have already had our first taste of this excitement as Mr. Donaldson read the beginning of a story to us at Assembly. On Tuesday, he will finish reading it to us in the Learning Hub. In the weeks leading up to Book Week other teachers will share stories with us during Assembly.

Author Visits

The following author visits will also take place as part of this celebration:

Steven  Herrick- Years 3-6 (Monday 12 August)

Steven Herrick is Australia’s most popular poet for young people. He is widely recognised as the pioneer of verse-novels for young people, writing humorous books including Untangling Spaghetti and Pookie Aleera Is Not My Boyfriend. Students in Years 3-6 will enjoy his innovative and energetic performance and appreciate the vision and humour of Steven’s poetry. There will be an opportunity for students to purchase these two books after the performance if they wish. Books will be $14 each and students will be required to bring money to school on the day for these purchases.

Sam Derchie- Years C-2 (Wednesday 21 August)

Sam Derchie is a descendant of the Ashanti people of Ghana in West Africa. From the age of six, under the tutelage of his grandfather, he was taught the storytelling art of ‘Anansesem’ and the art of the Talking Drum. In traditional Ghanaian clothing, Sam introduces students to the simplicity of Ananse Stories and gives them an insight into the language, music, instruments and dance.

Book Week Celebration Day

The CBCA (Children’s Book Council of Australia) Book Week theme for 2019 is ‘Reading is my Secret Power’. On Wednesday, 21 August students are asked to come dressed as a favourite book character or in a costume that connects to the theme. Costumes do not need to be elaborate - a hat, basic prop or different hairstyle can help to portray a character.

We will be hosting a parade for all Junior School students from Cottage to Year 6, commencing at 11:10am in the Valley. All parents and families are warmly invited to attend from 10:30am where a coffee van will be available for refreshments.

To help with the preparation of the parade we ask that you fill out the below form with the costume that your child is planning on wearing before Tuesday 20 August.

http://bit.ly/bookweek2019bayview

Book Fair

This year we are also hosting a book fair where families are able to come view and purchase some quality children’s books. The book fair will be open Monday 19, Tuesday 20 and Wednesday 21 from 8:00-8:30am and from 10:00am on Wednesday 21, prior to the Book Week parade. 

Bathurst and Beyond.

We had a wonderful field trip to Bathurst and beyond. Although cold, the sun shone each day making our outdoor activities even more enjoyable. Our accommodation at Heritage Park was warm, spacious and comfortable. The extensive grounds provided our students with opportunities to explore the animal enclosures, play soccer on a full-size pitch and just hang out around the fireplace. Our first stop on Day 1 was Glenbrook. Here we learned about how the local Aboriginal language group, the Dharug, lived and used the land. Our guide narrated the story of the crossing of the Blue Mountains by Blaxland, Lawson and Wentworth. We then descended into the Katoomba valley to find out about early coal mining before heading off to Little Hartley to take part in a role-play in the courthouse.  A session of bush dancing that night gave us a taste of how the farming community take a break from their hard work.


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On Day 2, we had fun identifying the different breeds of sheep and cattle in the Drome. We then set off for Bathurst and spent the day learning about the Gold Rush, gold mining and panning and life on the goldfields. We finished the day with a round of ten pin bowling.

 

On Day 3, we explored the large property of Heritage Park in a hayride. Our final stop was Jenolan Caves where we toured the Lucas Cave.