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http://seniorunit2014.blogspot.com.au/

Limerick Wall

In Literacy all classes have been looking at a range of poetry styles.
A limerick is a style of poetry usually with a bit of humour attached.
Have a go and post your own on the wall.

http://padlet.com/wall/seniorunitlimerick

Week 3 here we come

It has been a whirlwind start to the term and I think I am only just catching up. With so much going on I hope I can remember it all.

The Year 6's created disaster packs last week and the information about them can be found here:
http://seniorunit.blogspot.com.au/p/emegency-survival-packs.html

The Year 7's continue with preparing for Exhibition and with it being a week and a half away the Year 7's won't have spelling homework for the next 2 weeks.

The Dance team is in full swing and practice is on Monday at lunchtime in the Hub.

Bike Ed has been a success so far. Cow Corner is smelling more like a bike shop than a work area but storage has provided for more opportunities during bike sessions. For information on what the children have been doing check out our Bike Ed page.

Faith Challenge practice has taken off with the event fast approaching on November 15

This Friday is the Amazing Me night at the school. It is a couple of sessions looking at ourselves and human development. We encourage you to come along and join in an informative night.

This week is Miss Butter's last week in the Senior Unit and we wish her all the best.

I will leave it at that for now. Check back for further updates.

Exhibition

This term sees the Exhibition move into full gear. The Year 7's are busily working on their topics and getting themselves organised.

To start Exhibition the children had to create their own Central Idea and Lines of Inquiry. These are essential to knowing what to do and find out.

We thought it would be great to share these with everybody.

Uniform Change of Days

With our Bike Ed sessions happening on a Tuesday we have modified our  uniform days to better suit the needs of our week.
Sports Uniform: Monday, Tuesday and Friday
Formal Uniform: Wednesday and Thursday
This will be happening for the first 7 weeks of the term.

Welcome to Term 4

Welcome back to all for Term 4
The term has started off with a bang and things are moving rapidly. There is news to share.

First of all congratulations go out to Mr H and his wife on the birth of their son. Aidan Dwayne was born on Saturday. I am sure the proud Dad will be in some time to share his joy. Following on from this Mr H has 3 weeks off to spend time with his new family and coming to fill the void is Miss Alice Butter. Miss Butter will be taking the class for this time and she is a welcome addition to the Senior Unit.

Things that are happening:
-Dance group starts week 2 in the Hub at Lunch on Tuesday. From then it will be Monday Lunch in the Hub.
- Bike Ed on Tuesdays
- Year 7's are working on Exhibition
- Year 6's are working on Disasters

Keep checking back for more info as this week goes on.

Bike Ed

Bike Ed starts this week. Through newsletters last term we communicated about children who would be able to bring bikes along. Storage of the bikes is possible. The children will need to bring helmets too if they have them. It will be a great experience over the next 7 weeks to increase our bike safety. Parents who said they were able to help out will be contacted by the end of next week.

Sessions

Morning - 6/7S

Between Recess and Lunch - 6/7J

Afternoon- 6/7H

Disasters Assignment!!

Investigate further a form of disaster we have identified in order to show how people/communities responded to the disaster.

Demonstrate your understanding by writing an information pamphlet.
Include:
 - What the disaster is.
- How the disaster originated.
- How it affected the community.
- How individuals and communities responded.
- What could have been done differently for a better outcome?

Student Led Conferences

 

Thanks to all the people who were able to come to the Student Led Conferences. It was great to see parents and children talking about the learning together.

We have set up a wall for you to leave comments about the night. Join the conversation.

http://padlet.com/wall/studentled2013

 

Concert Wrap-Up

c/o the Newsletter

CONCERT WRAP UP!

A huge thank you to everyone who came and flew with the 4-7 students who put on an outstanding concert full of in-flight entertainment. We had an excellent attendance of approximately 450 people between both the Wednesday matinee and Thursday evening performances. It was a fantastic production with all students showcasing many of their gifts and talents. The in-flight entertainment started with 4/5 Newton and Siviour putting on a musical of Jack And The Bean Stalk. Miss Lytwyn's class presented A Tricky New Fool, full of aspiring jesters trying to impress the Queen. Miss Ross’ class performed So You Think You Are the Master Fiction Talent Factor Idol, a talent show where book characters battled it out to see who could take the ultimate prize.

After the in-flight refreshments were served, the senior unit students put on a late show with Luke and Halfback Darby. Starting off were some girls dancing the Can-Can. We then found out the Top 10 Four Square rules at Immanuel, followed by mime artists from the Hueppauff Academy Of Arts at the bus stop, Minnie The Moocher with some talented singers and then Things To Do With Random Objects (A Frisbee and Pipe). To finish the senior unit’s performance, there was a late night story from grandpa. Closing the evening was the entire years 4-7 cast singing Lean On Me.

A massive thank-you to all the parents who helped out the classes in preparation for the concert - whether it was painting and constructing props, sewing costumes or cooking. Thank-you to all the class teachers who helped students to learn their parts and organize their class and also thank-you to all the other staff who helped out at the evening performance. Finally, a huge thank-you to all the students who performed and made it a fantastic concert along with the helpful flight attendants who ensured the flight ran smoothly. Without everyone's contributions the concert wouldn't have looked as good. We really appreciated all your hard work!

We can't wait to see what the R-3 students put on next year!

By Nikeisha (on behalf of the Flight Crew)

 

Student Led Conferences

Student Led Conferences are being held this Thursday from 3:30-5:30. These conferences are a wonderful opportunity to share in your child’s learning. At a student-led conference, your child has an opportunity to spend some individual time with you or other family members. They will be able to share their work around their classroom, in their Learning Journey folder and take part in some games or activities with you.

We invite you to come to the Senior Unit and see what we have been doing.

Student Initiated Learning

During the school year students initiate their own learning and through this gain a deeper understanding of the topics covered.
We love to share the work they do so as they come to us we would like to share it with everyone.

With our disasters unit we have had a website created to share about disasters.

http://worldcatastrophes.weebly.com/

Check it out and as more comes in we will post that too.

How The World Works

 

Units of Inquiry ar kicking into full swing now that Concert is over.

The Year 7's have been talking topics for Exhibition and have agreed upon 6.

It will be interesting to see when their investigations lead.

 

The Year 6's are talking disasters.

The Central Idea is...

Disasters destroy lives and challenge people’s ability to survive

 

The Lines of Inquiry are ....

Extreme events create disasters (natural and man-made)

Disasters impact on communities in various ways

Preparation and response to disasters continues to evolve over time

 

It will be an interesting topic to investigate.

Post your thoughts on the wall.

http://padlet.com/wall/htwwdisasters

 

The Results Are In

The results of the natural disasters pole is in with Tsunamis being voted the most dangerous.

New poll is up. Have a say by having a vote.

Concert 2013

Concert is over for another year and we would like to thank everyone for their support and work to help it all happen. The children did a wonderful performance on both ocassions and showcased their performing skills.
We would like to hear what you thought of the show. Tell us what you enjoyed, thought was funny or  where we could improve.
For this we have created a wall to share thoughts on. Post and tell us what you think.

http://padlet.com/wall/concert2013

 

 

Housing Assignments more added.

Just an update that more assignments have been added to the housing assignments page.

http://seniorunit.blogspot.com.au/p/uoi-housing.html

Bike Ed

Way2Go Bike Ed in coming to our school!

Sponsored by the Department for Transport Energy and Infrastructure the way2go Bike Ed program gets students active on bikes and teaches a variety of theory and practical road safety skills.Immanuel Lutheran school has been awarded with way2go Bike Ed programming for our "continual commitment to road safety and rider education within the school curriculum" by Bike SA. Selected students will be participating in way2go Bike Ed in weeks 1-8 of term 4 this year. So keep an eye out for the permission slips we will be sending home and be careful on the road around the school ground during this time.

 

$50 Challenge Stalls

The stalls were set up today for the $50 challenge and the children are ready to sell. Stalls will be around tomorrow night for you to purchase some of their products.
Here are the stalls.

 

 

 

Stalls will also be open at the Friday markets until the end of term or until sold out!

 

Another website in the making.

http://www.cardsonacob.weebly.com/

$50 Challenge

The $50 Challenge groups have been working hard at making their products and will have them for sale at both sessions of the concert.
The challenge the groups have had is to create a product and sell it to make their $50. Any money they earn over that they have decided to donate to charity.
They have created a range of products. Check them out.

 

 There is also a website where you can see some of the key rings.

 http://razziekeyrings.weebly.com/index.html

A Busy Time of Year

 

It is a busy time of the year and this week is no exception.

With concert this week and the focus on practice and refining it has been decided not to do spelling this week.

All things will be back in place next week when we go back to some sense of normal.