MAJURA Have a happy long weekend!!! NEWS Public holiday this Monday. 5 June 2015 No 6
Majura Primary School acknowledges the Ngunnawal people who are the traditional owners and custodians of this land
DATES TO REMEMBER Monday 8 June Queen’s Birthday holiday Wed 17 ‐ Fri 19 June Yr 3/4 Camp Wednesday 10 June Yr 5 Combined Band Thursday 18 June Junior Assembly 2.15pm Friday 12 June CEIS Thursday 25 June Athle cs Carnival Monday 15 June ICAS Wri ng Friday 3 July Whole school Assembly Tuesday 16 June ICAS Spelling Last day Term 2
Dear Parents and Carers, Our year 2 students in Auroras, Vivid and Reflections had an excursion to Downer Oval on Tuesday as part of Majura Primary’s involvement in the National Museum of Australia’s Food Stories project. As part of their ‘Past In The Present’ inquiry, the year 2 classes investigated how the Downer area has changed, from CSIRO farm land to local oval. George Main, curator at the NMA and parent of MPS, organised an authentic Stump Jump Plough that was used at the CSIRO Dickson Experiment Station (Downer oval) from the 1940s to the 1960s.
For the students it was an opportunity to learn that before the suburbs were built much of the local area was a CSIRO agricultural research station. I am sure that for the children a special connection was made as this was the actual plough used here until the 1960’s.
Please use the following links to see news articles and pictures! http://www.smh.com.au/act-news/canberra-life/ganggang-the-national-museums-chatty-plough-20150602-gheotu.html http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-06-02/historic-plough-returnd-to-csiro-site-in-downer/6514526
ABC radio interview link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/hqh6wgodln1dq0k/666%20Afternoons%201259-1500.mp3?dl=0
The Food Stories project also aims to link local history with food production, and has links to the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden program, which encourages a very hands on approach to learning across the curriculum. History has been a big focus for the year two students this week, as they have also been making and cooking damper in our kitchen garden this week.
I have had a long interest in history; this was what I first studied at university, before specialising in prehistory and archaeology, and working in that area for some time. When children discover this I often have to explain that archaeologists study the human past, it is palaeontologists who study dinosaurs, a subject generally of much more interest to young children.
It has been a big week for excursions this week. On Tuesday with our year 5 students visited the National Library, and on Friday our year 6 classes are visiting Parliament House as part of their learning about government and democracy.
ICT at Majura Before next week’s P&C meeting we will be holding an information session about future plans for the use of ICT at Majura primary. Parents are invited to come along at 6.30pm to hear, and see, how schools are using ICT, including google apps for education. All parents are welcome to attend, and there will be an opportunity to ask questions.
Just a reminder that next Monday is a public holiday, and we look forward to seeing everyone back at school on Tuesday 9th.
Regards, Daniel
Knox Street, Watson ACT 2602
Phone 6142 3140 Canteen 6255 4441 Fax 6142 3141 A ers 6241 4767 [email protected] Web www.majuraps.act.edu.au
A group of EALD students from Kindergarten have been par cipa ng in lots of ac vi es a er reading the big book The Monsters’ Party. They talked about the pictures, described the monsters and acted out the story before making their own monsters and wri ng their own stories. They played a Barrier game giving instruc ons to their friends on how to make a play dough monster. During these ac vi es they are learning new sounds, words and vocabulary as they develop their skills and understandings of English speaking, reading and wri ng.
Reading the text. Making the monsters Monster stories.
Following instruc ons to make play dough monsters.
Our Year One EALD students enjoy wri ng and playing games with their high frequency sight words and building words using phonics and rhyme (E.g. bee, tree, see). They are responding to Where? When? and Why? ques ons and exploring posi on.
Where? When? Why? In, on, under, above, beside, next to.
With 45 minutes a week of French, students have been busy and are enjoying learning about French cuisine and cooking. Years 1‐ 4 are watching the film ‘Ratatouille’ and years 5 and 6 Luke Nguyen’s ‘Food Adventures Around France’. Students have been reflec ng on some of the interes ng cultural similari es and differences they observe; for example, Luke cooks pigeon and goat meat which are not too common in Australia, although quite a few students have tried goat before. Students’ reflec ons include how old the buildings are, how beau ful the architecture is, that the French are quite religious and that they walk everywhere! We have been looking at the pronuncia on of French words and word endings, words that are borrowed from French (eg mousse) and from English to French (eg le sandwich) and adding them to our ‘Word Wall’ (Le Mur des Mots) as we find them. A couple of weeks ago, year 1 performed a great rendi on of ‘J’aime les Fruits’ (‘I like fruit’) at assembly, having had lots of prac ce thanks to the year 1 teachers. Well done to all, and ‘merci beaucoup’ for the beau ful cards. Year 5 created a poster using ‘collage’ (s cking or gluing in French) about ‘Ma maison idèale’ (My ideal home) and there were some interes ng and crea ve responses. Students labelled their rooms and the objects in their room in French and presented their posters to the class. Year 6 wrote some lovely le ers to the kids in Vanuatu affected by Cyclone Pam, and I have sent them off to the Port Vila Alliance Française. We are hoping to receive some le ers back! Next term students will be looking at some French literature and poetry. In par cular, the fairy tale genre in the form of ‘Puss in Boots’ wri en by Charles Perrault in 1697 in his ‘Tales and Stories of the Past with Morals’ (Histoires ou Contes du Temps Passé), or ‘Tales of Mother Goose’. The Carousel Puppet Show will be again visi ng Majura Primary to perform this play for Kindergarten to year 6 in week 2 of term 3. Permission notes will be sent home in the next couple of weeks, and the cost remains the same as last year ($7 per child). As always, please come and see me in purple room 1 in the senior corridor if you have any ques ons about the French program. Merci! Madame Lamb
ROSTRUM PUBLIC SPEAKING Congratula ons to the following students who represented their classes in the school final of the Rostrum public speaking compe on.
Year 4 Lulu Coleman Thomas Gray Oliver Dunn Year 5 Irene Merlino Cassia Cunningham Maddie Hade Year 6 Ben Clifford Lily Kelly‐Ebbeck Ella Lester Dooley O'Leary
Congratula ons to the winner Lily Kelly‐Ebbeck and runner‐up Irene Merlino. Lily will represent Majura Primary School at a quarter final at Kaleen Primary School next week. We wish her all the best!
Majura Primary Awards This Week’s Awards for Excellence, Respect and Responsibility go to: Tobias Newbury 3J Owen Radajewski 3M Makhaya Talbot-Hogg 3P
Tessa Bond 4S Ida Shopen 4R Braidyn Cummins 4H
Irene Merlino 5S Callum Durnell 5N Asher Light 5L
Matilda Field and Leah De Gier 6T Stella Sanixay Molland 6F/VG Angela Kim 6H
Uniform Shop Labels
Following on, have you seen the lost property News around the school this term?! The Lost Edition Now that winter is here and jumpers come off and
on and not mention the beanies, gloves, scarves,
shoes (you’d be amazed at what we find!) please be sure you label everything. Nothing fancy
needed, just an old fashioned marker and a name in clear bold print.
Lost property
Lost property will be sorted during week 9, just to give the Tuesdays baskets a chance to really overflow! .30 — 30am 8 9. Labelled items will be delivered back to classes.
Non labelled items will be on display in the office corridor, please Can’t make it? Use the order forms take some time to recover your lost items. Anything unclaimed by and locked box found in the front Wednesday week 10 will be donated to the next second hand sale or charity. foyer, for delivery to your classroom.
Check your uniform. Before we sort the lost property please go home and check that your uniforms are your own. If you have accidentally taken something that is not yours please leave it in one of the lost property baskets and we will make sure it finds its home. Second hand sale Help Needed Last week’s sale raised I’m sure you have seen the lost property baskets $284.00 and can imagine that sorting it is a massive task Thank you to everyone who this time of year - we really need more help. made a donation of clothing. We have been
delighted by the quality. Can you make it? Tuesday week 9 from 8.30am in the office Don’t forget we have a sale in week 4 of every term so please continue to leave your clean, pre corridor to sort. -loved uniform in the box in the front foyer. Wednesday week 10 from 9.30am to pack away. Please text 0410 870 054 if you can make it, or come and see us in the shop. Lastly, a big welcome to Tash, who It takes a bit over an hour (and is strangely fun) joined our team a few but the more we have the quicker it will be done. weeks ago, it is great to have your help.
Majura Primary School P&C Fundraising Committee Presents…….
HOT DIGGITY DOG DAY Hot Lunch Fundraiser Tuesday June 16th
Order through the Flexischool website OR Return order form & cash payment to the P&C mailbox, opposite the Front Office By Friday 12 June
*A note/order form has been sent home this week
Next P&C meeting!
Wednesday 10 June
We will be holding a HOT TOPIC informa on session immediately before the next P&C mee ng to discuss the planned use of new personal laptop computers (Chromebooks) by students in classrooms. Parents can hear from Majura teachers who have just returned from a summit on the use of Google Chromebooks in schools.
The informa on session will start at 6.30pm ‐ so please come along and hear how they will be used in the school day, ask your ques ons, and share your views.
Also, we encourage you to s ck around for the P&C mee ng that will follow where we will be discussing the trivia night, Playscapes, and the canteen ‐ so come along and bring a friend and be part if shaping the school community for our children!
Lifecycle 2015 Attempts Guinness World Record!
Every two hours, someone loses their life to blood cancer. Lifecycle is a community cycling event in its fourth year that raises awareness of the essential work of the Leukaemia Foundation and is raising funds towards the operation of a purpose-built Village in Canberra that will provide care and accommodation for patients from the ACT/NSW region, the John James Foundation is covering the construction costs.
This year the event will be held from 9am on Saturday, 24 October 2015. The event encourages riders of all levels to enjoy a leisurely cycle, whilst raising funds and awareness for the Leukaemia Foundation. Participants can ride as individuals or as part of a team, and can choose the time/s within the event window in which to ride. It is totally flexible, we would just love to see you get involved!
Your school community can enter the Team Challenge – come up with a creative way of standing out from the crowd by costuming or decorating the riders and the bikes! The funds you raise from participating in Lifecycle will go towards the signature program of the John James Foundation – The John James Village.
This year’s Challenge will include a host of exciting events – watch our Guinness World Records attempt to break the current record of the longest single moving line of bicycles as riders do the “two bridges” loop around Lake Burley Griffin.
For more information visit our web site www.life-cycle.org.au or contact Regina via 0400 531 055 or [email protected]
Majura Canteen Winter Menu 2015
Open Thursday & Friday Ph. 6255 441
RECESS and lunch ITEMS for over the counter ONLY – healthy op ons and these may vary weekly *op ons include sweet muffins and quiche, smoothie of the day, fruit, homemade sausage rolls, yoghurt cups etc
*Prices from 50 cents to $1.00 – however these will vary week to week depending on availability
REGULAR LUNCH and MUNCHIES ITEMS are only available for pre order on Flexi schools
G Plain Milk $1.50 G Chicken Macaroni & Cheese $4.50
G Vegemite Sandwich on $2.50 G Warm Ham & Cheese Macaroni $4.50 Wholemeal Bread
G Toas e(one filling) on Whole‐ $2.50 A Pasta with Napolitano Sauce $4.50 meal Bread
G Toas e – Addi onal filling $0.50 A Sweet Muffin $1.00 (ham, cheese, tomato etc.) Each G Fresh Popcorn $0.50 G Savoury Op on $1.00
G Fruit of the Day G Pasta Bolognaise $4.50
****Gluten Free options available upon request
How to place a lunch order? Food Rating System
All lunches need to be ordered through G = Green (can be consumed daily) FLEXISCHOOL system, or placed in brown paper bag with Name and Class before 9am. A = Amber (should be consumed in mod‐ era on)
All meals are prepared with fresh produce and healthy products wherever possible. Volunteers are always welcome, please come and join in the fun!!!!