It has been a fantastic term for the Performing Arts at BNPS. Students It has been a productive term in LOTE.
OTE. Foundation children have been
were heavily involved in celebrating the arts and showcasing our
achievements during Education Week. The State Government
encourages celebrating the arts as it reflects their target of 'Learning
for Life', which aims to improve learning outcomes for all children in
all circumstances. It was highlighted in the government planning for
Education Week that student engagement in the arts can help
improve educational outcomes by boosting motivation and creativity,
building confidence and self-esteem, leadership skills, cooperation and
collaboration, as well as forging friendships and a sense of belonging.
During Education Week, the BNPS choir performed “This Is Me” at the
Monday Resilience Project assembly – a song encouraging children to
be proud of who they are. On Tuesday morning, the BNPS band had an
open rehearsal before school and then performed “Don't Worry” at
recess to roaring success. On Wednesday morning, students in Year 5
became a live ukestra (ukulele orchestra) welcoming families to our
school for open morning. Then on Thursday we had a special concert
for Grandparents’ and Special Friends’ day.
They Year 5 and 6 students are continuing to prepare to stage the
musical Aladdin Junior at Doncaster Secondary on 26th and 27th of
June. Tickets can be purchased through the Trybooking website:
https://www.trybooking.com/UUXU. It is not a show to be missed!
BNPS students have had a tremendous term in both
Physical Education & School Sport. In P.E, the students
in Foundation to Year 2 have been exploring key
fundamental motor skills that support development. The
students have particularly focused on the ball bounce and
kick. It was very pleasing to see rapid improvement this
term. Students in Years 3-6 have been exploring
'invasion games'. They have loved the opportunity to
work together as a team to develop strategies to try to
gain a competitive edge over their opposition. There has
been a a plethora of opportunities for students
to participate in sport in Term 2. Earlier in the term, we
celebrated the success of the whole school Cross Country
event. The Senior School have got off to a fantastic start
with the Winter Interschool Sport season. It has
been particularly exciting to see the two levels work
together as a team, especially as many have not played
their sport before. It is amazing to see students push the
limit of their comfort zone, to grow as learners. Camp
season has also begun for our Middle Years students! The
Years 3s had a spectacular time at Phillip Island. We were
incredibly lucky to have blue skies during our time on the
island.
busy learning about pictograph characters. They used mini
whiteboards and pompoms to write and form these
characters. Students in Years 1 and 2 have been building their
vocabulary and understanding sentence structures with the “Three
Little Pigs” story. Year 3 have designed, created and written sentences
in Chinese for their own porcelain piece. They made a willow plate to
show their understanding of the meanings of the patterns, symbols
and colours in Chinese porcelain pieces. Year 4 have looked into the
evolution of payment methods and how technology has affected this
evolution. They drew and wrote a prediction of a future payment
method. To make this inquiry unit more realistic, each LOTE session,
students in Year 4 have been working at their best to earn “Panda
Money”, in order to be able to purchase items (prizes) from the LOTE
store at the end of the term. Year 5 have really enjoyed exploring the
Chinese reality show “Keep Running”. They have answered a list of
questions about the show, linking the actor’s and actress’s competitive
spirits to the learner profile attributes, and they used their findings to
make connections with their own language learning experiences. Year
6 students have been busy exploring Chinese calligraphy. They have
worked in small groups to investigate different areas of Chinese
calligraphy and completed a group oral presentation. Now, they all are
looking forward to producing their own piece of Chinese calligraphy.
It has been a very busy term in Visual Arts. The students
have all been delighted with seeing the Pachuca
Rainbow City evolve outside the library with a great
sense of achievement from their personal contribution.
Visual Arts was celebrated during Education week, with
lunch time activities including chalk mural drawing,
mural making and friendship band creations, which
students signed up for. The corridors are full of new
displays of student work from the term, including Year 1
POP art posters of brain food, as well as Year 2
explorations
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enjoyed finding new ways to turn mistakes into creative
solutions, inspired by the book 'Beautiful Oops!" Year 3
have just completed exploring cycles through art, which
will also be up on display soon. Year 4 are completing
designs to decorate the Fairy Garden by painting their
clay designs and exploring ways to decorate the garden.
They will soon launch into an inquiry of how forces can
be explored through art. All classes are working
on building their skills of working with clay. Foundation
students have just begun their inquiry into looking at
Nature, as inspiration for ideas for artworks.