Primary Ties Term 2 2013 .pub - St Margaret's Anglican Girls School

Highlights of Term 2 - 2013Each term, teachers plan units of work that serve as a doorwayfor enduring learning and challenges students to extractsophisticated ideas or connections. Central to these units arequestions, questions through which learners explore big ideas.A big idea is a concept, theme or issue that gives meaning andconnection and it is the focus of education for understanding. Infinding a solution to the proposed questions students are oftenoffered authentic learning experiences. It is through this processof actively “interrogating” the content that students deepentheir understanding.Central to many of the learning experiences in this term’sPrimary Ties, is the concept of community.The Prep Community was enhanced by the arrival of the petfish, Bubbles. The needs of pets were identified first hand as thePrep students worked together to care for Bubbles.The Pre-Prep students were very busy this term participating inmany activities with each one designed to achieve specificlearning outcomes.The Year One and two students explored the big idea ofcommunity. They gained a greater understanding of the needsof the local community when they explored Nundah Village.They employed their newly acquired geographical strategies tocollect and analysis data.The Year Three became part of the literacy community whenthey became poets. Their understanding of poetry structure andpoetic devices were reflected in the poems they created.A cry of distress was heard from the top floor of Dalhousie whenthe Year Four students discovered their jar of bananas wasmissing. This discovery was quickly followed by an investigation,an investigation that gave a real life purpose to their scientificskills. Thankfully the crime was solved – you need to read theirarticle to find out who was the thief?Year Six and Seven students explored the big idea of democracyand government when they visited our National Capital,Canberra. This camp was particularly significant as Canberracelebrated its 100 th birthday and two year levels for the first andlast time participated in this camp.The exploration of Canberra and the firsthand experience ofgovernment in action contributed to each student gaining adeeper understanding of the national community we belongto and the role each individual plays within Australian society.Year Five also participated in a camp but it had a differentpurpose- leadership growth and development. The camp tookthe girls on a journey of self-discovery as they participated inphysically challenging activities. As they trekked therainforest, climbed the high and low ropes, conqueredcanoeing they learnt to be a team player and leader within ayear level community.Many Year Four students took their Religious and ValuesEducation (RAVE) program to another level when theyembarked on a faith journey to become a communicantmember of the Anglican Church community.This term, students in Years 3-7 became more financiallyliterate when they participated in the Commonwealth Bank‘Start Smart’ program. I am sure many girls are thinking smartabout saving their hard earned money.This term we opened the door to the wider community to helpchildren in need. Two year seven students raised fundsthrough their involvement in the Oaktree Foundation.The whole school got into their pyjamas and raised money forPyjama Foundation which supports children in foster care.This Primary Ties gives insight into our school community.The teacher provides a doorway through which each childenters a classroom where learning is structured to stimulatethought, provoke inquiry and to spark deep learning.The school provides a doorwaythrough which each childenters a wider community, acommunity in which eachstudent can make a difference.Angela DrysdaleHead of Primary School

2 Primary Ties – Term 2, 2013‘For a small child there is no division betweenplaying and learning; between the things he or shedoes ‘just for fun’ and things that are ‘educational.’The child learns while living and any part of livingthat is enjoyable is also play’.Penelope LeachTerm 2 been full of play and learning forthe Pre Preps:• While making recycled paperhearts for Mother’s Day, we werelearning about recycling andlooking after the environment;• While drawing a picture of our Mummy, we werelearning about pencil grips, facial features, line,shape and space;• While playing ‘What’s The Time Mr. Wolf’, we werelearning about following rules, concepts of time,counting and taking turns;• While writing letters to thefairies in our garden, we werelearning about print concepts,exploring symbols and patternsin language, and exploring textpurposes and meanings;• While washing our hands before eating morningtea or lunch, we were learning about self-care,personal hygiene and managing routines;• While painting a rainbow, we were learning aboutprimary colours and the colour spectrum;• While listening to a story about Tiddalik the Frog,we were learning about respecting andunderstanding other cultures.These are but a few of the many moments the Pre Prepshave experienced this term.We look forward to the many more to come in Term 3.Amy DuncansonPre Prep TeacherPre-Prep

Primary Ties – Term 2, 2013 3Can you say good morning in sevenlanguages? You can if you are in Prep.From reading and re-enactingfavourite stories, to identifyingthe properties of twodimensionalshapes; fromunderstanding the needs ofliving things, to sharing personaland family histories; frompainting magic counting beans, tomaking musical instruments to play in a Preporchestra; our learning journey this term has been asdiverse and multifaceted as our class morning song; asong we now sing in English, German, French, Italian,Spanish, Indonesian and Japanese.As such, what is shared with you on this page is only afraction of the Term 2 Prep Story.Welcome to Prep!This term we welcomeda new class pet. ASiamese fighting fish,called Bubbles. His namewas chosen as a resultof a very democraticvoting process involvingthe counting of tallymarks. Bubbles has helped us to learn aboutresponsible pet care as we follow a fish feedingroster, water replacement and bowl cleaning regime aspart of our weekly class jobs. Many a postcard, letter,painting and drawing has been made for Bubbles thisterm. He is much loved.The Prep OrchestraWhat began as one Prepcreating a shaker out of atube and some bottle tops,led to the creation of a classorchestra. The making ofinstruments out of collageand recycled materials tookcentre stage for manyafternoon sessions, withrequests to use thecomputers to search forimages o f particularinstruments to make surethe details were correct.What resulted was acollection of shaking, plucking, strumming andPrep Bdrumming instruments proudly carried to musiclessons and played with gusto.When two vowels go walking.... the first onedoes the talkingFurther to single letters andsounds the Preps have beenlearning about digraphs aspart of our phonics program.What are digraphs you ask?The Preps can tell you. Somevowel digraphs have been theinspiration for a class book aswell as a whole lot of singingand dancing, arm in arm withour partners. Yeehah!Name those ShapesWe’ve got Tracey triangle,Ricky rectangle, Sam square,Cindy circle, Hilary Hexagonand more. Learning aboutshapes was made all the morefun this term with thecreation of our own shapecharacters. With arms, legs,crazy hairdos and big smiles,the characters helped us toidentify the basic propertiesof two-dimensional shapes.Family...a link to our past and a bridge toour futureWho are the Prep families? Where were they bornand raised? What do they have in common and howare they different?Through sharing stories and photos, looking at birthcertificates, interviewing parents, reading world mapsand graphing data the Preps have learnt more abouttheir past and the important roles family play in theirlives.Miss Tamara GarveyWe celebrate our fabulousfamilies in Prep!

4 Primary Ties – Term 2, 2013World WarriorsTo celebrate World Environment Day this term Year Oneread stories, poems and newspaper articles about someof the environmental problems the world is facing. Wedecided on the actions we could take to improve andprotect our environment so that Earth can be a place forall of us to enjoy for the future.Using recycled materialswe made a tree of hopeand pinned on ourmessages of hope for aworld where we preserverainforests, recyclematerials, look afterwaterways and protectsthe animals. We wereinspired to look at what we could do in the classroom,playground, home and wider community to make stepstowards a cleaner, greener environment and madeindividual promises or pledges to the Earth, because allof our small actions can work together to make a bigchange.Dear Earth,Dear Earth,You are a wonderful place tolive!I hope people will stop puttingrubbish in your seas and I hopepeople will stop cutting downyour trees. I promise to lookafter you.Lots of love and care,Mia.I think you are a great place to live.I promise to recycle and never litter.It makes me sad when people are notcareful with their mess.Lots of love,Gracie.Dear Earth,I hope people stop throwingrubbishon the ground. I throw rubbishin the bin!Love from,Lucinda.Year 1BDear Earth,I think you are a wonderfulplace to live!It makes me sad when people donot care about the sea turtlesbecause theythrow plastic bags in the sea. Iwill alwaysthrow my rubbish awayresponsibly.Lots of love and care,Madison.Dear Earth,I am so sorry that people arethrowingrubbish on the grass and don’trecyclethe things that can be reused. Ipromisethat I will recycle the thingsthat can berecycled.Lot of love,Evelyne.‘Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committedcitizens can change the world, indeed, it is the only thingthat ever has.’Margaret MeadMiss Jacqui SmithYear 1BTeacher

Primary Ties – Term 2, 2013 5Year 2BCommunityOur studies in Year Two this term have been aboutcommunity and being responsible for the part we eachplay in our communities; our community of friends, ourlearning community, our local and global communities.Our Community of FriendsThe Year Two group is our own version of a communityand our class community is strengthened when we showcare and interact with respect. Getting along is always animportant key to success and one of the most importantaspects of a successful community. Thinking responsiblywhen we interact with our friends, family and teachers issomething we work towards every day. No bullying dayand Harmony day highlighted what we try to achieveevery day. We are learning to be responsible for ourselvesand how we manage disappointment and setbacks. Aboutgiving complements and considering feelings. ‘Cooperatingis when you are: sharing, kind, friendly. This ishow to get friends.’Our Learning Community‘If you set goals and go after them with all thedetermination you can muster, your gifts will take youplaces that will amaze you.’ Les BrownAs children grow older, they can become moreresponsible for their learning and their part in the classlearning community. In Year Two, we have been thinkingabout what and how we are learning and consideringgoals for ourselves. How can we achieve success in whatwe do? Gabbie Get Along, Organised Olivia, PennyPersistence, Conni Confidence and Rosie Resiliencehelped us to think about our personal success stories.Reflecting on our learning helped us to identify our goalsand how to achieve them.Our Local CommunityThe local community was the focus for geographicallearning this term. We exploredour local community, NundahVillage, and investigated howpeople are connected to thiscommunity. We expanded ourgeographical knowledge byfinding out about the features ofNundah Village, using maps tonavigate our way around thearea and interviewing the peoplewho use this localcommunity. We learnt aboutusing geographical toolsincluding tallies, fieldsketches and interviews andhad a lot of fun developingmapping skills and sortinginformation about the local area.Our Global CommunityInvestigating our precious resources this term, weconsidered how we can best reduce, re-use and recycle.We wondered if our resources might one day run out.What is our responsibility for our global community?‘Reduce is when you don’t use things too much. Reuse iswhen you use something again and again until you cannotuse it any more. Recycle is when you can make somethingnew out of something old.’ We thought about waterresponsibility and how we could reduce our water usage,designing posters, flyers and badges to encourage othersto also be water wise. We tried to be more conscious ofre-using or recycling the resources we use daily.Year 2BMs Melissa GarbuttYear 2B Teacher

6 Primary Ties – Term 2, 2013Year 3B & 3GWhy Term Two was the bestIn Year Three we passionately believe that Term Two hasbeen the best term ever! We are going to show you why byusing persuasion.Year Three has been exploring poetry this term. Throughreading, writing, and presenting poetry we have developedcreative and critical thinking abilities. We have learnt aboutstructure, sound, description, language, symbolism, visualelements and performance elements. We have also learntthat every person is entitled to their own interpretations ofany poem and all of these interpretations are equally validand should be respected.We hope you enjoy reading a selection of poems studentsin Year Three have written this term.CloudsWatching clouds whizzing by,Looks like diamonds in the sky.Wings, worms, fish too,Look there’s even a picture of you!Autumn LeavesSwoosh, whoosh, fluttering down,Moving, grooving ‘til they get on theground.Move and groove,Enjoying the wind that they had to move,Swoosh, whoosh, ‘til they land on the groundJasmineJasmine,There is a person called Jasmine,There’s Jasmine tea and Jasmine rice,Smells nice like rice,Jasmine.ChinaChina,Bright, beautiful blossoms blowing,Dumplings, pork, cakes, scrumptious,Temples galore,Peaceful.Falling LeavesLeaves, LeavesEverywhereLeaves, LeavesIn the air.Upside downRight way round.Topsy TurveyWhirly CurvyWhispering in the wind.Red, Yellow and BrownTumbling, Floating to theground.The ButterflyI’m a little butterflyFast and small,I have pretty wingsWhich are wonderful.When I fly aroundWith all my friends,I stand out brightlyWithout a sound.I’m a little PencilI’m a little pencilTall and straight,I have a pointWhich is very sharp.When I start writingI really shineWriting poetryWhich is all mine.Miss Jessica Affleck and Mrs Susan ForbesYear 3B and 3G TeachersSTART SMARTStart Smart is a program run by the Commonwealth BankFoundation which helps develop children financial literacyskills. Year Three really enjoyed having a visit from CoachCash, and wanted to share some great advice andinformation with you.Coach Cash taught us about the history of money. Shetaught us that people used to trade valuable things likegold, food and animals. People used to write I owe you…and that is how money began.Speed to your needs and wait for your wants - Buythe things you really need first and only buy wants if there’smoney left over. But, always make sure you save somemoney, don’t spend it all.Be aware, compare, there are better prices outthere - Look for the lowest price before you buysomething. Never keep your money under your bed, it issafer to keep your money in a bank. You can use a debit cardto buy things or get money out of the bank. A credit card isnot your own money; you are borrowing the banks money.If you do not pay the money back within a month, you haveto pay a fee.For the next 6 weeks, we have a goal to save a little bit ofmoney each week. This will make us financially fit!Written by the students of 3B

Primary Ties – Term 2, 2013 7Year 4B & 4GCharlotte’s Web Novel StudyThis term we read Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White. This is the tale of alittle girl named Fern, a friendly spider and Wilbur the pig. Wilburdoesn’t want to die, so Charlotte decides to spin a miracle. This bookhas shown us to be friends and be kind to everyone.FrenchThroughout the term we have been learning how to say animal namesand colours. We have also learnt how to ask and tell the time inFrench. Mrs Dodd also taught us how to say dinner time in French sowe could enjoy playing What’s the Time Mr Wolf?Dannii C, Katelyn M and Samantha CHealth and Physical EducationThis term in health we have learnt about growth and development. Sofar we know about what happens in the stages of life as we go from aninfant to a senior or grandparent. We filled a worksheet about caringfor babies and toddlers. We learnt what foods they like to eat, whatcolours they like to see and what else we need to provide for them. Wealso discussed what we would like to do in our future. We drewportraits of what we would look like in ten years time and what wemight be doing.Tara B and Tully BDuring PE lessons we have been going to Windsor Park to learn trackand field events. We have been doing activities such as, high jump,long jump, sprints, 800 metres and shot put. In high jump we havebeen working on our scissor kick skills. In long jump we have beentrying to jump further and further across the sand pit. In sprints wehave been trying our hardest to run our fastest. 800 metres it has beenquite a challenge for the year 4s but we have been soldiering on whenwe are tired. We have had such a fun time during HPE this term withMiss Richards.Jordana G, Alex B, Poppy W and Savina O’LArtJames Rizzi is an artist who makes funny faces. He makes one part ofhis art work enlarged and that’s why his paintings are so weird andinteresting. In Art we been learning to draw and paint James Rizzifamous faces of art. We have now leant to enlarge one or two thingson the faces to make it more interesting and funny. It has be so funmaking this paintings because there so original.Ashley G, Gabrielle A, Hannah C, Alesia A and Madeleine SMathematicsThis term we have been learning about multiplication strategies. Forexample, we have done things like 263x7 and 4186x25. We havefound that knowing all of our times tables off by heart helps make iteasier. To help us we’ve been doing times table challenges and we’regetting better and better.Zoe M, Charlotte H, Aiyana AHistory CompetitionThe Year Four students have been working on a history homeworkproject. We got to make a poster showing the voyages of an explorerwho came to Australia. First we researched our explorer and thenmade a map of their voyages. After three weeks of hard work the YearFour teachers choose ten explorer maps to be entered into the Ekkacompetition. It will be so exciting to see our work on display at theEkka in August.Ella Blanck, Greta Kasprowicz and Charlotte Hood.Science – The Case of the Missing BananasThe year four teachers bought a huge jar of banana lollies to help uswith our multiplication skills. We had to estimate how many werecovering the bottom of the jar and how many layers there were. Wethen multiplied the two numbers to get our guess. When everyonecame back to school the next morning the bananas were gone!However, the culprit carelessly left some evidence behind.Sophia H and Eva YAfter we observed the crime scene we determined what we were goingto do to find evidence and solve thecrime. The thief left behind one bittenbanana white powder and a note thatsaid ‘sorry Year Four I got a bithungry’ Our two classes cametogether to figure out what we shoulddo to find out which suspects wereconnected to the crime scene. Wegathered information, baggedevidence so it didn’t get contaminated and started planning a scientificinvestigation.Amelia Mc, Ada Mc, Eve E and Julia EThen Year Four studentsapproached the suspects andcollected samples to compare withevidence from the crime scene. Weasked the suspects for a writingsample on paper towel and weasked them bite into a banana lollyto get a teeth imprint. We asked thesuspects to give us a sample ofwhite powder if they had some and we asked the suspects if they hadany black pens.Georgia O’D, Matilda A and Annabelle HWe carried out scientific experiments on all of the evidence that we hadcollected and recorded our findings in tables. For example we mixedthe powders with vinegar and water and compared their feel,appearance and smell.Maddy W, Eloise W, Stella P and Eliza BIn order to analyse and process the data, our class put the data into atable. We looked at the results from the tests and, from the results, wenarrowed our suspects down. We decided which suspect was mostlikely to have committed the crime. Our class wrote summaries of ourfindings to support our accusations and to prove that our prime suspectwas guilty.Here is one of our summaries: All the tests indicate that it is likely thatthe suspect Mrs Devlin is guilty of the crime. Not only did we find thatthe teeth imprint on the banana lolly at the crime scene was identical toMrs Devlin ‘s teeth marks, but also, results from all other tests revealedmatches to evidence obtained from her office. Mrs Devlin not onlyadmitted to the theft and gave back the bananas but provided a realadventure for us all. THANKYOU!!Sarah K, Paige B and MercedesSMiss Louise Sands and Mr EvanChiaYear 4B & 4G Teachers

8 Primary Ties – Term 2, 2013This term has been a fun-packed rollercoaster of anexperience with the Year Five girls experiencing manychallenging and enjoyable experiences. Life is certainlynever dull in the elevated classrooms of Year Five orindeed throughout the corridors of the school andbeyond. During the final weeks of Term Two the studentsparticipated in a camp designed to assist them in theirpreparation for being the leaders of the Primary Schoolnext year. In this article, some of the students discusstheir most enjoyable experiences on this camp.CanoeingOn camp we really enjoyedcanoeing even though it wasreally cold. The purpose ofthe activity was to increaseour ability to work in teams.We played some gameswhich were really funincluding: Duck Rescue, Races, Capture the ball and aCapsizing game. All of these activities were great and allof us enjoyed them except for the capsizing gamebecause the water was freezing. We had to eat afternoontea in our freezing cold wet clothes before we got to havea nice warm shower. Some of us asked for the first showerbut we got the last shower instead. Canoeing wasdefinitely our favourite activity on camp.Georgia H, Anabelle H and Camilla HBirthdaysAt Tyalgum Ridge Retreat, Year Fivewas lucky enough to enjoy threebirthdays on camp. The kitchen ladiesat Tyalgum were very kind andprepared delicious cakes for each ofthe birthdays. On 6 June (Charlize’sbirthday) an adorable, black alpacawas born. The instructors decided tocall her Charlize because of the event.The meals were magnificent and it’ssafe to say that every girl loved it. Year Five camp isdefinitely the most enjoyable and exciting camp we havehad so far.Sophia C and Leilani C.Rainforest WalkThe waterfall walk was one ofthe many exciting activitiesthat we experienced whilst onYear Five camp. We got quitedirty and wet but we stillenjoyed the amazingadventure. There were somebits that challenged our fitnessand our ability to analyseYear 5B & 5Gwhere to step! Many of us fellover but we laughed about itafterwards, after our hardwork we got rewarded with anice refreshing dip in abeautiful waterfall. We alsofound some small fragmentsof jade stone, precious rocks and crystals as a souvenir.During the walk our guide showed us some unusualharmful plants. We all enjoyed the amazing wildlife andnatural features. Overall it was one of the best activitiesat camp in our opinion.Isobel B, Mercedes B and Georgina A-HRock hoppingOn Year five camp we experienced a wonderfuladventure, trudging through mud and destroying oursandshoes. After fifteen minutes of cow manure andunexpected leaches we finally reached a wonderful riverwith volcanic rocks to climb over. We were walkingthrough freezing cold water and climbing over slipperyrocks but we didn’t really notice, for we were looking forthe Australian Jade and the amazing gem stones.Although the tickling sensation of the cold water in ourshoes was quite nice when walking up the creek, itwasn’t that great for their scent afterwards! Everyone atleast found one gem- stone or jade and we were allhappy to go home with our own crystals.Olivia M, Amelia S and Margot DLow RopesOn camp we discovered new experiences, met newpeople and had a lot of fun. On low ropes we discoveredto trust our team mates and build our confidence. Wefell off once or twice but we knew our trusted teammates were there to catch us. Low ropes is a series ofobstacle courses 30cm off the ground which are madeto test our balance. We all enjoyed this new activity.Ella W and Aanjalii ABack to BaseTrudging through mud and avoiding leaches we foundourselves on our way backfrom the rain forest walk.We leapt over rocks pushingour way through stickymud, and tree rootsforming stairs. We returnedto the rope that had beentied to a tree and turned toand said good bye to thelovely waterfall.Natalie B, Alexandra F and Maddi W

10 Primary Ties – Term 2, 2013Year 7B & 7GYear 7 has had a very busy term with NAPLAN andour greatly anticipated trip to Canberra. We hopeyou enjoy the poem.Canberra RapHey yo, we went to Canberra,Yeah, right to the centre,One hundred years old,And you know that it’s meant ta …Be a place for debatingAnd making new laws.What a lot we learnt in Canberra,We Maggies of Year 7.The history and the changes, yeah,The learning was pure heaven!One cold week in June madeA camp we won’t forget.Yo!Mrs Nan Dodd,Mrs Ros Lawrence and Mrs Marilyn IversYear 7B & 7G TeachersHey, it’s Parliament House,That’s the old, not the new,And ya have to wear these white glovesCause it’s very precious too …And you sit in the chambers,That’s the green and the red.Up on the hill, we couldn’t wait,New Parliament House, built in ’88.It’s marble, glass with tapestry tooAnd gum tree colours - looking great!Walked the famous corridorsPrime Ministers on the walls.Seen portraits of our iconsAnd walls of poppies red,Trod the tracks of Aussie athletes,Met the dinosaurs long dead …And we stood atop Mt AinslieSa Burley Griffin’s plan.

Primary Ties – Term 2, 2013 11Visual ArtsThe Mother Daughter Breakfast of 2013 was a hit! Allthe mothers looked amazing in all their wonderfulhandmade creaons! The weather wasn’t what we allhoped for but that didn’t stop the mothers fromshowing off their creaons and comparing them toothers and most importantly- sharing the morning withtheir daughters. All the mothers looked spectacular withthe splashes of different colours here and there and allthe different creave pieces. I hope next year is as greatas this one.Primary ArtsSpectacular themed ‘postcards from the Universe’.Primary Spectacular is going to very excing this year,with both Year Six and Year Seven students involved withwearable art and performing together on stage.We have started working on our dance moves withMiss Kate. She is a fantasc choreographer and we allenjoy her classes immensely.All the students are excited about decorang andembellishing the wonderful costume templates designedand produced by Mrs Rider and some very helpfulvolunteer mums. Primary Spectacular is earlier this yearand we are under pressure to meet the deadline.Mrs Rider is pung on workshops aer school onTuesday, Wednesday and Thursdays to help girls toprepare.It’s going to be crazy in the Art room this term as we allfind new decorang uses for plasc spoons, garbagebags, fruit bags, cupcake wrappers, buons, sequins andother household items. I’m sure when it all comestogether it will be visually amazing – who says you needto take a plane to see the world.MUSICChoral ProgramElizabeth Fowler & Victoria FranklinVisual Art Captains 2013This term the choirs have been working extraordinarilyhard on their music; all choirs throughout the school havebeen preparing for Choral Night and Classics in theCathedral.Choral Night is a wonderful concert which features all thechoirs in the school. The Primary girls are preparing somebeauful songs, but they are especially enjoying ‘OneVoice’ the joint song with Encorah and the Finale song‘Circle of Life’, which will be performed by the Junior andSenior Choirs, the Chorale, Elevasi, Encorah and theCommunity Choir.We were lucky to have our arst in residence SkyeAnderton from ‘Ruby Olive’ to guide us with designideas. She was an outstanding arst in residence and thegirls enjoyed her guidance.This term we have started to design and decorate ourwearable art pieces for the 2013 Primary SchoolThe Community Choir is made up of teachers, parentsand students, and they are rehearsing one day a week forFive weeks prior to Choral Night.‘Classics in the Cathedral’ is another concert we arelooking forward to. The Chorale is performing ‘TheWanderer’ and they are also joining with Encorah to sing‘The Prayer’ as a Finale song.

12 Primary Ties – Term 2, 2013Primary ArtsWe will tell you all about these performances in nextterm’s Primary Ties.Hilary McKie, Amelia Stapley Charlotte Wala’, EmmaWood and Jordan SmallPrimary Choral Captains 2013Strings ProgramThe girls in String Ensembles were very busy Term Twopreparing for the mighty Strings Concert at the end ofterm. The Ama Strings girls have been grooving alongwith Mr. Ng to prepare their three groovy pieces fromthe ‘Five Lile Grooves’ Suite.This year two of our primary girls have been parcipangin Guarneri Strings, conducted by Miss Williamson. Theyhave been focusing their aenon on ‘Fireworks’ ByKaty Perrie.The fabulous Year Three Strings group will make theirdebut performance at the Strings Concert playing theirown music but also joining in ‘Paladio’ which is the finalepiece. Mrs. Williamson also teaches Beath Quartet andthey have been working on the basics of performing in asmall chamber group.informal lunch me concerts. One was performed byRegale Percussion and Elayne Jones Percussion, and theother was our very own Rock Band, ‘Highly Strung’playing a bracket of songs to entertain the students.These girls aracted a huge lunch me crowd which thegirls appreciated. We would like to congratulate the girlsin Regale Percussion and Highly Strung on a job very welldone.The Year Five girls are sll very excited to be playing inthe Year Five band, and are enjoying their instruments.They will make their debut performance at PrimarySpectacular.The girls in the Wind Ensemble have been working on‘Jai Ho’ and ‘Sway’ and are feeling excited about thelovely sound that they make together as they prepare forPrimary Spectacular.Laura Manly, Meghan Roxxburgh, Justine Solomon,Sadie Call and Bella Reynolds CampbellPrimary Band Captains 2013As Primary String Captains we would like to say a specialthank you to all of our conductors and to Mrs. Cohen. Allof our teachers help us to succeed in our music.Amira Ryan and Claudia BosworthPrimary Strings Captains 2013BandThe bands have all been rehearsing well in preparaonfor Primary Spectacular and Band Night in Semester Two.This term the Primary School were treated to two

Primary Ties – Term 2, 2013 13HPE — SportHPE IN PRIMARYAthletics has been the focus this term in Years Two,Three, Four and Five. The girls have been practisingand trying their hardest at a variety of Track and Fieldevents. Relays and Ballgames have also been a part ofthe Athletic programs in each year level.The Year One and Prep students have undertaken theirperceptual motor rotations as well as some basicathletic techniques. We have been focusing on how tostart a race properly, our actual running technique andhow to run in a relay team.The Pre-Preps have been learning about and practisingtheir foundation motor skills. These skills includelocomotor skills (movement skills) such as running,jumping, hopping, skipping and stair climbing. We havealso been working on many different ball skills, likechest passing.During Health lessons this term, the Year Three girlshave continued to investigate what it means to behealthy. The girls worked individually to create acollage of the ‘Healthy Eating Guide’. The collageswere extremely colourful and full of healthy, nutritiousfoods.The Year Four girls have studied growth anddevelopment. The girls looked closely at different lifestages, from being a baby to being a grandparent. TheYear Five students examined the amazing humanbody. The girls learnt all about various body systems,such as the skeletal system, the muscular system andthe circulatory system.Bring on Term Three and the Athletics Carnival!Miss Lauren RichardsCLUB NETBALLSo far this year the primary club netball membershave all worked hard to play their best on the weeklySaturday games. As netball captains we are so proudof the girls as they have received great resultsthroughout this term.We have girls from Year 3 all through to Year 7 participatingin the club netball season. Every fortnight wehave been holding skill sessions for the girls fromYear Three to Year Five to help them improve theirtechnique. We are all so excited for Andrews Cupnetball next term and we hope all girls have fungetting involved.Ella Hochen, Georgia Lloyd, Lilly Devlinand Katie FlemingClub Netball CaptainsCross CountryAll the girls were very excited to hear that the crosscountry season was about to start. We started with50 girls all ready to go, at first we all found it hard torun without stopping but the coaches soon got us allup to speed and soon we could run the whole distancewithout difficulty. The more we trained the bettercross country runners we became.Then the day we had all been waiting for finallyarrived. With our Maggie’s singlets and our brightorange drink bottles, we were unstoppable. Withsun screen on our noses andnumbers on our arms, we wereready to race. With the age divisionsnine and under and 10 yearolds, we came fifth The 11s cameseventh and the 12s ended upwith a smashing second. Overallwe came fourth and camesecond in the Percentage Cup.We would like to thank the coaches for putting in alot of effort and time into training us. We would havenever been able to perform as well as we did withoutthem. And we would also like to congratulate thegirls for putting in the commitment to train and theyall did exceptionally well.Lara Crouch andImogen HortonCross CountryCaptains

14 Primary Ties – Term 2, 2013Highlights of Term 2OaktreeOur 50 Primary Oaktree members are busy with theirfirst contract of the year: Service to Others. We havesome girls helping our busy teachers in the classrooms,some Year Five girls reading and playing games with thePreps at lunch time while others are helping elderlyneighbours with chores.Two of our Year Seven Oaktree members, Natasha Licinaand Isabella Pugliese decided to organise a fundraisingcoffee morning to raise money for a very worthwhilecause, aeiou which is a charitable organisation, dedicatedto providing a highest quality, full time early interventioneducational program for children with Autism SpectrumDisorders. Natasha and Isabella organised speakers fromaeiou to give a short presentation at the coffee morningwhich was very well attended. The girls raised anamazing $500 on the day, what wonderful ambassadorsfor our Oaktree Foundation!Mrs EmmettOaktree CoordinatorMothers’ Day BreakfastOn May 10 we celebrated Mothers’ Day with theMothers’ Day Breakfast. We all enjoyed giving our Mumsthe necklaces that we made especially for them in artclass.The food was great and everyone loved the Year Fourchoir. We would like to say thank you to Mrs Rider, MrsBruce and the caterers. It was nice to see Ms Curtis thereas well.All together, the Mothers’ Day breakfast was a greatsuccess and it will be a lasting memory for the Year Sixand Seven girls as it will be their last year of PrimarySchool.Sofiah Beach and Sophie CosgroveHoly CommunionThis Term Year Four have had a lot of special visits fromRev Di. She taught us all about Holy Communion. Wehave been working through a book called Going to theSupper of the Lord. We learnt about God’s family,baptism, holy days, special prayers and lots more.After deciding if we would like to make our First HolyCommunion we prepared with lessons in the Chapel. Inone of our lessons we practised receiving HolyCommunion by eating unblessed bread and water.On April 28 it was the night that the Year four girls wereadmitted to Holy Communion. We were very nervousbut at the same time excited! We knelt down at thealtar to take the bread and the wine. Some of the girlsthought it tasted funny. We were very lucky to learnabout Holy Communion and now we can receiveCommunion at school chapel services.Charlotte Simpson, Eliza Quayle, Priscilla Russell,Gracie Zillman Wilson and Charlotte AralarPyjama DayOn Monday May 6 the Atrium was filled with girls intheir colourful pyjamas ready for the school day – not anavy middy to be seen.Each year St Margaret’s students give generously to thePyjama Foundation which transforms children’s livesthrough literacy. The Pyjama Foundation offers alearning – based mentoring program free of charge, tochildren in foster care. Together, the Pyjama Angel andchild read books aloud, play educational games andform a positive relationship.So what happened at St Margaret’s on Pyjama Day?Some brave members of Staff also joined in the fun anddonned their cosy PJ’s. Within classrooms stories wereshared and favourite books read together and we evenwent to chapel in out pyjamas. This year the girlsbrought $5.oo and in return were given a book by theSRC.5B Students

Primary Ties – Term 2, 2013 15Year 6Highlights Years 6 & 7 Canberra TripYear 7

Primary Ties – Term 2, 2013 16Important Dates to NoteTerm 3JULYMonday 15 JulyTuesday 16 JulyFriday 19 JulyTuesday 23 JulyThursday 25 JulyWednesday 30 JulyThursday 26 JulyStudent Free DayTerm 3 commencesSt Margaret’s DayAndrews Cup AthleticsChoral ConcertNew Parent and Class Rep Morning Tea - Primary Library 8:30-10:00amExtra Curricular PhotosAUGUSTWednesday 7 August Private Music Students’ Recital - 3:30-5:00pmFriday 9 AugustPrimary House AthleticsTuesday 13 August Classics in the Cathedral - 7:30-9:00pmWEDNESDAY 14 August EXHIBITION HOLIDAYThursday 15 August School Open Morning - 8-10:30amThursday 15 AugustMonday 19 - 23 AugustTuesday 20 AugustThursday 22 AugustFriday 23 AugustFriday 30 AugustSchool Open Morning Thursday 15 AugustPrimary Book WeekPrimary SpectacularAndrews Cup Netball - Metro CoorparooAuthor - Dr Roseanne Hawke VisitPrimary Book Week Parade - Sports HallSt Margaret’s Primary Breakfast - 7-8am ACF TerracesSEPTEMBERMonday 2 SeptemberThursday 12 SeptemberThursday 19 SeptemberFriday 20 SeptemberAndrews Cup Netball - Metro Coorparoo (Wet Weather Day)Primary only -- Sports PhotosInterhouse Choral CompetitionYear 5 Japan Trip departTERM 3 CONCLUDESPRIMARY PARENT TEACHER INTERVIEWS 10AM - 3PMOCTOBERMonday 7 OctoberTuesday 8 OctoberLABOUR DAY HOLIDAYTERM 4 COMMENCES