SHAPES, SHAPES, SHAPES
Room 16 have had a busy end to the term, especially in maths. We have been learning about a range of 2D and 3D shapes and objects. Have a look at some of our learning.
We have been practicing recognizing two dimensional shapes around the classroom and using some of these shapes to create tangram pictures.
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It was certainly a ‘hot, 40 degree Friday full of excitement as classes from across the whole school shared their Term 4 Performing Arts work. Playing to a smaller audience (just students and staff) than we’d originally hoped, it was still a great occasion. The costumes were fantastic and we salute the efforts of Mrs Theodosi and Mrs Angel for all of their preparation for the day.
At the beginning of this term, the Year 3’s from Room 17 enjoyed our ‘Zoo Snooze’ camp. This event tied in with our Sustainability learning that has taken place throughout the year with Green Adelaide, Natural Resource Management, Trees for Life, Holdfast Bay Council and Aboriginal Community Education Officers.
South West District Athletics
At the end of Term 3 we started to prepare ourselves for the South West District Athletics Carnival. We were thrilled this event was still happening because of the delay in Term 2 due to COVID-19.
As we have numerous talented students, we planned our trials for those who wished to be in our athletics team. There was some great talent shown in our trials but it was tough competition.
The Year 4/5 students of Rooms 10 and 11 have been engaged in HASS studies related to the geography of the continents of South America, North America, Europe and Africa. The focus of this work was on natural and man-made land forms, populations, location, area and environmental change over time.
As a final assignment to demonstrate their learning, students created their own map of an imaginary country; including the many features that they had learned about throughout the Unit of Work.
Last term, Bunnings at Marion created a spring art competition for schools in our local area. Schools were invited to create a spring themed art work on a large piece of MDF board supplied by Bunnings. Room 2 and 5 worked together and Room 13 and 19. Room 2 and 5 created a Bunnings homestead artwork piece with some 3D aspects to it.
Soccer remains one of the most popular school sports at Seacliff and in 2020 we had six teams, including two in under 8. Our teams competed on Saturday mornings and also at an evening lightning carnival during the season. To ensure the success of the soccer program we had many parent volunteers. We thank them for their outstanding contributions to school sport at Seacliff.
This week the students at Seacliff Primary were afforded the opportunity to participate in an incursion which involved students from Reception to Year 7 doing plenty of interesting Maths related activities at various stations.
Although we live in the age of digital technology, it was a terrific opportunity to observe students engaged and challenged with hands on tasks.
Recently, Seacliff Primary staff have had the opportunity to participate in a six-week after hours Professional Development programme in Kimochis. Twenty staff including SSO’s, classroom and Specialist teachers and Leadership attended the sessions. Kimochis = means ‘feelings’ in Japanese.
Our canteen has had a makeover! Over the course of 3 days during the recent school holidays staff, parents and students painted our canteen a lovely new cool blue to lighten and freshen up our amazing space!
