In this issue
Diary Dates
June 3rd- Finance Meeting 3.15pm 10th- Public Holiday 12th- Grounds Meeting 3.15pm 14th- SAPSASA Boys Football Carnival 17th- Zones of Regulation Parent Session 6pm, Governing Council 7pm 25th- 28th JP Swimming 28th- SAPSASA Girls Football Carnival July 5th – Last Day of Term 2, 2pm Dismissal Road Crossing
Monitors Wed 22nd May – Tue 28th May Emma C, Sienna B, Lyla C Wed 29th May – Tue 4th June Arnav C, Rayeed I, Cameron D Wed 5th June – Tue 11th June Matisse F, Matisse B, Grace B Please arrive by 8.25am |
Understanding the Importance of ReconciliationThis week was Reconciliation week, an important yearly event where students undertake focused learning on the importance of building bridges between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. Reconciling means to resolve differences or to restore friendship or harmony and take responsibility. Many Aboriginal people experienced traumatic events due to the colonisation of Australia and their treatment by both individuals and systems. In Reconciliation Week students learn about the richness of Aboriginal culture and consider what actions can lead to fully restoring the harmony between Aboriginal people and all non-Aboriginal Australians.
One example of this is the work undertaken in Room 21, where students embraced the spirit of reconciliation by immersing themselves in meaningful activities. One highlight was the vibrant colouring of the Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and Australian flags, symbolizing unity and respect for Indigenous cultures. Through this creative expression, and discussions about the flags symbolism students deepened their understanding of the unique contribution that Aboriginal culture makes to our society. Building skills through the engagement with writers Writers’ week provides students not only with opportunities to hear from writers and illustrators but to also develop their own skills by applying what they learn to their own writing and illustrating. A great example of this was the work students from Room 21 undertook after being inspired by a range of esteemed authors and illustrators who shared their craft. By exploring the art of storytelling first-hand, students learned about the creative process behind crafting captivating narratives and vibrant illustrations. A special highlight was their collaboration with author Janeen Brian, where they delved into the world of poetry and crafted their own piece about kangaroos. An activity that ignited their imaginations and nurtured their love for literature. STEM Workshop at Modbury High School – Rockets and Racing Cars On Friday, May 17, twenty-four year 6 students went to Modbury High School to participate in an exciting STEM workshop. We got to see 3D printers, CNC machines and the F1 racing cars. Students also had the opportunity to test our reaction time using the starting trigger on the F1 track in the STEM building. The STEM activity we participated in was launching rockets. In teams we had to hypothesise what we thought might happen by using different volumes of water and air pressure inside the rocket. The aim was to see how long we could keep it up in the air. After that we tested our hypothesis, we then created our own parachutes to see if we could make the rockets stay in the air for longer. One of the teams lasted almost 9 seconds in the air with their parachute, and the winners scored a bag of Freddo Frogs to share. It was so much fun testing and launching rockets at Modbury High School. We would like to thank Mr Glen McKie and Mr James Dundon for being our amazing STEM teachers for the day. By Lucas Mentha and Bailey McLeod |
Canteen ROSTERTuesday 4th Chloe, Sovereign
Wednesday 5th Robyn C Thursday 6th Anna M Friday 7th Victoria, Carol Tuesday 11th Abbie, Molly Wednesday 12th Deborah M Thursday 13th Deneice P, Tui M, Jess C Friday 14th Carol, Anthea The canteen is looking for volunteers especially on Fridays. Only has to be from 10am-1pm. Please contact the front office if you are able to help.
Dance Competition Results
Well done to our dance teams who recently competed in a dance competition. Hip hop scored 70.6 which is great score. This is one of the highest hip-hop scores for our school. Future legends came third place which was only 3.4 points behind first place. You couldn't wipe the smiles off their faces when they came off stage!! Primary Cheer done a fantastic job! We are very proud of all the teams. They did so well. All teams made it to the state finals in June. |
Soccer Carnival
On Friday 24th May, 40 students participated in the SAPSASA soccer carnival, making up 3 boys’ teams and 1 girls’ team. When we arrived at the Modbury Vista soccer club, team 1 went to play their first scratch match, followed by teams 2 and 3 playing their actual games and the girls team playing later in the day. Everybody that participated at the carnival had a great time and had lots of fun. Throughout the day all teams tried hard, unfortunately the three boys’ teams did not make it into the top 3. The Ardtornish girls team came 2nd place, Congratulations girls, what a fantastic result! Thank you to Mr Wheaton, Jon, Arran and Pete for coaching the teams and Mrs Collier for supervising the day. By Isaac and Ryan Recognising those who give a little and change a lot. National Volunteers Week commenced Monday 20th May to recognise and thank more than 25,000 volunteers who dedicate their time and energy to help out in schools, preschools and children centres.
Ardtornish Primary School had a morning tea this week to thank all of our wonderful volunteers. |
We are excited to have the Pedal Prix trike up and running again for 2024. We have a team of 10 students, 7 year 5’s and 3 year 6’s, they have all been extremely committed and are really enjoying the experience. All families have been very supportive and pitched in with helping whenever they can, it’s a great group to be involved with.
We have held three training sessions at the school on weekends with the trike and most kids have been attending fitness training sessions at Modbury High School with their pedal prix teams and fitness coach on Tuesday evenings. This has been a great experience for the students who may be transitioning to Modbury High School in year 7.
To train, we marked out a route around the school with chalk and a designated pretend 'pit' area. We taught the kids how to get in and out of the trike safely and to make sure they were safely in position before taking off. For the duration of the training session the kids would take turns getting in the trike, doing a lap and then getting out of the trike. We have a pretty good routine down making for quick pit changeovers. The kids also did simulated roll over training to ensure they were familiar with the sensation and knew what to do if this happened during a race.
The race day at The Bend was fantastic. Everyone worked well together to get set up and the kids all listened and followed all instructions. We started at the very back of the grid in 175th position, 22nd position in our category (primary schools’ category) and finished 158th overall and 15th in our category. This is a super effort for our new team! We were advised that as none of our team were experienced, we could probably expect them to do a lap in about 10 minutes - in actual fact every one of our kids did under 10 minute laps, some even smashed out approx. 6 minute laps! One lap was 2.8km and a couple of the team managed 4 continuous laps before coming into the pits.
We are now preparing for the Victoria Park race on 14th June. This track is shorter (1.35km) so we are going to adopt a different strategy to the bend and let the kids stay out for up to 20 minutes rather than up to a certain number of laps.We are taking the trike to Victoria Park on Saturday the 8th of June for training, so the kids get to try out the track before the race.
Claire Perperidis – Team Manager
We have held three training sessions at the school on weekends with the trike and most kids have been attending fitness training sessions at Modbury High School with their pedal prix teams and fitness coach on Tuesday evenings. This has been a great experience for the students who may be transitioning to Modbury High School in year 7.
To train, we marked out a route around the school with chalk and a designated pretend 'pit' area. We taught the kids how to get in and out of the trike safely and to make sure they were safely in position before taking off. For the duration of the training session the kids would take turns getting in the trike, doing a lap and then getting out of the trike. We have a pretty good routine down making for quick pit changeovers. The kids also did simulated roll over training to ensure they were familiar with the sensation and knew what to do if this happened during a race.
The race day at The Bend was fantastic. Everyone worked well together to get set up and the kids all listened and followed all instructions. We started at the very back of the grid in 175th position, 22nd position in our category (primary schools’ category) and finished 158th overall and 15th in our category. This is a super effort for our new team! We were advised that as none of our team were experienced, we could probably expect them to do a lap in about 10 minutes - in actual fact every one of our kids did under 10 minute laps, some even smashed out approx. 6 minute laps! One lap was 2.8km and a couple of the team managed 4 continuous laps before coming into the pits.
We are now preparing for the Victoria Park race on 14th June. This track is shorter (1.35km) so we are going to adopt a different strategy to the bend and let the kids stay out for up to 20 minutes rather than up to a certain number of laps.We are taking the trike to Victoria Park on Saturday the 8th of June for training, so the kids get to try out the track before the race.
Claire Perperidis – Team Manager