Prep

The Preppies wrapped up the term with a delightful range of activities. Our families and beloved teddy bears joined us in the prep playground for a Teddy Bears’ picnic! We immersed ourselves in all things bear-related including painting sessions, constructing cosy homes for our bears, reading bear-themed books, crafting cute bear ears, and sharing delicious treats. The Evergreen puppet show introduced us to the wonders of rainforest animals and taught valuable lessons on how to care for this special place. To complement our Term One theme, ‘God Made Me Special’, we shared stories about our families, talked about our talents and made photo albums to show how we have grown and changed. We loved listening to Easter stories and celebrating Jesus by making wonderful Easter crafts and decorations for our families.

Amidst all the excitement this term, we explored numbers and sounds and are even starting to read and write words and sentences! We are so proud of how much the preppies have learned this term, and we can’t wait to continue this amazing journey with our friends and families next term. We wish you all a safe and happy Easter!

Year 1

As we bid farewell to Term 1, we can’t help but reflect on the incredible journey we’ve had together. From our inaugural Year 1 chapel to the mesmerizing puppet show exploring the wonders of Australian Rainforests, each moment has been nothing short of magical.

Our students embraced challenges head-on when exploring physical and chemical changes through S’mores in a solar oven, melting ice blocks and making popcorn. The students later on in the week put their learning, creativity and problem-solving skills into action as they constructed and tested boats from recyclable materials. Amidst the excitement, we delved deep into the world of numbers, mastering counting up to 100 and honing our skills in skip counting by 2s, 5s, and 10s.

Term 1 was a testament to the enthusiasm, curiosity, and dedication of our students and staff alike. As we look forward to the adventures that await in Term 2, let’s carry forward the spirit of exploration and learning that made Term 1 truly fantastic!

Year 2

Year 2 has enjoyed a splendid second half of term 1!

Our biggest highlight was our visit to Wolston Farmhouse. What a treat it was to head out on a bus and visit a historic landmark. The farmhouse took us back in time to the 1800’s and we got to experience first hand what life was like and how different technology was long ago. The children were fascinated by all the various items and especially liked washing the clothes!

Along with our day to day school work, we have enjoyed taking a closer look into the meaning of Easter over the last couple of weeks. The children have come to appreciate God’s greatest gift, His Son, and have been learning about how we can continue to share God’s amazing love with others. It is always such a blessing to see our kiddos demonstrating kindness to one another daily and working hard to bring smiles to others in our school community.

Year 2 would love to send big blessings out to all our families this Easter. Enjoy the break and we look forward to seeing you all in Term 2!

Take care!
from Year 2!

Year 3

Year 3 has had an exciting and super busy March! A major highlight for us this month was our Science incursion. Students entered a cosmodome and were able to consolidate and continue learning all about how God made day and night and also how shadows change. It was a fun way to end an engaging and hands on Science unit!

We also all loved swimming! Students get to travel together to the pool and have some time learning to swim and having fun together in the pool. We also learnt about water and bus safety during this time. It is always fantastic fun, despite it being tiring!

3B had a super special time with having a Preservice Teacher, Miss Forbes for the last 5 weeks. It is always great to have another teacher to love and another way to learn and 3B was super blessed to have Miss Forbes for all of March. We want to say a big thank you to Miss Forbes for all her hard work and for bringing something extra special to 3B during her prac at Parklands, we will all miss you!

Year 3 also had a fun time writing their persuasive flyers and presenting their persuasive speeches to their classes, trying to convince their peers (and the staff) that they should be class captain. In line with our HASS unit on democratic decision making, the students then voted for who they would like to be class captain! It was great to see their presentations and we look forward to our class captains serving our classes for the rest of the year!

Harmony Day this year was really fun (and busy). Students were able to wear orange and year 3 completed a collaborative colouring about belonging and how we are all made in God’s image – all different and all wonderful! The highschoolers also put on some special activities during break times with face painting and hand print art. It is always great to celebrate difference.

We hope and pray you all have a blessed, safe and relaxed Easter and holidays. We can’t wait to have all the students back rested and ready to start Term 2. Thanks to all the parents who have helped this term, especially with swimming but also in many other ways.

Year 4

This month our students have consolidated their term’s learning while creating  Easter cards for local Nursing home residents, celebrating Harmony Day and engaging in our clubs and other whole school activities such as our World Environment Calendar. Congratulations to William and Blake, whose entries have been submitted as our Year 4 winners! The students have worked exceptionally hard this month finalising their digital portfolios in Maths as well as completing other assessments.

The students had so much fun at our Camp/ sleepover with exceptional participation and best behaviour. We are so proud of how they bravely engaged with each new activity.

Overall, it has been an awesome term. The Year 4 team prays you have a wonderful break, enjoying all the blessings God gives to us daily.

Blessings, Miranda, Julie, Janine and Alicia.

Year 5

Term 1 has been a term of “new things” for Year 5, we have had new experiences, new responsibilities, our first camp, a new classroom, our first online NAPLAN, and new iPads. We are discovering just how difficult it can be, being responsible for our own devices, our own homework, and our own Math Modules. Yet we have grown and leaned to shoulder these responsibilities with dignity.

With Easter just around the corner, we have hunted for Easter Eggs filled with scripture relating to the Easter Story, we have coloured Easter Cards and images, we have made Easter crosses and completed Easter activities, and we have remembered the real meaning behind Easter. We have remembered all that Jesus sacrificed on the cross for us and worshiped Him because He first loved us. We look forward with excitement and anticipation to the remainder of our year and wonder what “new things” still lay in store for us!

Easter is a special holiday that we celebrate to remember that Jesus Christ, the Son of God, came to save us from our sins. We are all sinners because we have disobeyed God. God is holy and just. He cannot let sinners enter Heaven. God sent Jesus Christ, His Son, into the world to live a perfect life in our place and then to die in our place, to take the punishment for our sins. Jesus did that because he loves each one of us. If we believe in Jesus Christ as our Saviour, we can be saved from our sins and look forward to spending all of eternity in Heaven with God. We should celebrate because Jesus has conquered the grave and given us new life!

Happy Easter

From Mrs Edwards & Mrs O’Callaghan