Resources Arrive At School

This week both the Coles Sports For Schools and Woolworths Earn and Learn Resources were delivered to the school. Thanks to the wonderful suppport from the school community in 2012 collecting vouchers, St Patrick's now has lots of fantastic new sport and classroom supplies.

 

Each of the 14 classes and the library were given a variety of resources and games and the sport shed now has a new supply of balls, ropes, ribbons and other sporting goods. The students and staff are very lucky indeed. Many thanks to yr 6 Diamonds class and the Sport Captains who helped unpack and distribute the equipment.

Woolworths Earn and Learn resources waiting to be handed out to classes.

Back in Full Swing

Already the weeks of Term 1 feel like they are ticking away.
The library, as always at St Patrick's is a very busy place. Computer and library lesson are held Monday to Thursday and all the children are really enjoying spending some time in the library reading and working on the computers. Library borrowing is always popular too!
Here are some photos of Year 1 Venus on their borrowing day.

 

 

Welcome Back For 2013

 

Oh..... how the holidays seem so long ago!!

 

Like all the children and teachers at St Patrick’s, Mrs Woods and myself are working hard at setting up the library for another year of productive, fun learning.

Programs are being created, books catalogued, class folders put together and the list goes on.

Just like last year, St Patrick’s children attend the library at least twice each week, once for a library lesson and a second time for borrowing. Class teachers can also take their children to the library when it is free, such as on Fridays, for extra computer lessons or research work.

I look forward to sharing our fantastic library with the children and school community in 2013.

Keep checking back regularly for future posts.

Resource Website

The Federal Government in conjunction with the ABC has launched a new website full of resources linked to the new National Curriculum.
The site is easy to navigate and has a range of resources like videos, audio and images that can be used during lessons or by the children at home.

 

Click on the link to access the site.

http://splash.abc.net.au/

Kindergarten in the Computer Room

During Term 3 and into Term 4, Kindergarten have been learning how to use programs such as Microsoft Paint and Tuxpaint. Both programs allow the children to use drawing, clip art and text to create wonderful pictures.

Koalas and Bilbies have had lots of fun learning to log on, find and open programs and  use the mouse and keyboard to draw and type. Smiling faces are always present in the library and computer room.

 

 

 

 

Read To Remember

Coming up on the 11^th November is Remembrance Day. St Patrick’s has been registered to take part in the Read to Remember initiative. Read to Remember is a free event designed to promote the wellbeing of children and young people by engaging them in the importance of Remembrance Day. This years theme is courage. As a part of the package, the school received a book to read to the classes called “A Quest for Courage” and access to study guides, lesson plans and activities. As Remembrance Day draws closer, classes may take the opportunity to read the story and complete some of the activities. Parents and carers could possibly take some time with their children to discuss the importance of Remembrance Day and the significance of Australia's current involvement in military and peace keeping missions around the world.

Welcome Back for Term 4

Term 4 in the library is shaping up to be very busy from start to finish.

This term in library lessons the children will continue learning how to be more skilled with age appropriate computer applications, take part in cybersafety lessons and learn how to use the library inquiry database to locate books and research information. As always too, stories and books related to lessons will be shared and enjoyed with the children.

Mid Term 4, as part of library / computer lessons, Children in years 2 to 6 will also be taking part in the online ACER (Australian Council for Educational Research) Progressive Achievement Tests as part of St Patrick’s data collection and assessment program. The online assessments for reading comprehension, vocabulary and mathematics will provide assessment data for teachers which will be used for planning purposes for 2013.  

Woolworths Earn and Learn and Coles Sport For Schools

Many thanks to everyone who collected and returned the Coles Sports for School and Woolworths Earn and Learn Vouchers last term. Thanks to the effort of the school community, St Patrick’s had a total of 39000 Coles voucher points and a 73000 Woolworths voucher points. In the last two weeks I have been having great fun over many hours online shopping to redeem the points for sport and school resources. With such a large amount of points to use, St Patrick’s sport shed, classrooms and library have been well resourced again for 2013. As in previous years, I have ordered a wide variety of equipment and resources that the school needs to update on a yearly basis as well as ordering new items that will be able to be used in the school for years to come.

Once again, thank you very much to the school community for your support with these initiatives.