Auslan & Cultural Studies – Ms Hawkins
Term 2 in Auslan has been fun and busy! There have been several highlights across the year levels…from watching the Preps learn how to sign colours, through to Year 6 students signing numbers into the 1000s. However, my two favourite highlights have included art and a choir!
In collaboration with Art lessons, all students across the school had a photo taken signing a favourite colour, food, animal or transport. Mr Wheelton then guided them in using that sign to create some amazing abstract art.
Finally, it has been exciting to start the Auslan Choir. Every Monday lunch, up to 20 students from Years 2 to 6 have been learning to sign songs including ‘What A Wonderful World’ and ‘Ghostbusters.’ They will have their first performance at assembly on the last Friday of this term.
Health & Physical Education – Mr Pearce
Term 2 has been a busy and successful term in Sport and Physical Education, with students participating in a variety of activities and competitions.
Our junior students focused on developing their fundamental movement skills through games and activities involving throwing, catching and kicking. Years 3 and 4 students completed a Hockey unit, while Year 5 and 6 students participated in Squash. Students in Years 3–6 also developed their Athletics skills across a range of events.
There were many highlights throughout the term, including Winter Sport for our Year 6 students and selected Year 5 students, as well as eight students representing Regency Park at the Divisional and Regional Cross Country Carnivals. Another standout achievement was the Year 5 and 6 Hoop Time Basketball Competition, where both our All-Star Boys and All-Star Girls teams were crowned champions and will now progress to the Regional Finals in Term 4.
Music & Performing Arts – Mr Meeking
S.T.E.M. (Sciences, Technology, Engineering, Math) – Mrs McGowan
Wind, lightning, sunshine and rain was the talk of Prep STEM this term. Students explored the wonders of the weather, building up their specific word knowledge and finishing off the term as weather reporters, filmed in front of the green screen!
The rest of the school learnt all about different aspects of the human body. Years 1 and 2 learnt about bones and some of our major organs, Years 3 and 4 explored how our brain, heart and lungs work through research and hands-on exploration.
Body systems was the focus for Years 5 and 6. These students explored parts of our brain and looked at some of the specific systems such as our respiratory system, digestive system and nervous systems, researching and producing items for an expo.
Visual Art & Design – Mr Wheelton
It has been a fantastic adventure in the Art room this term as the whole school did a deep exploration into the world of abstract art and being creative in this particular genre.
As students were introduced to new hand signs in Auslan, students used photos of themselves communicating through hand shapes and created inspired abstract art. Preps focused on colours, Years 1 and 2 students had transportation, Years 3 and 4 looked at fruit and vegetables, while Years 5 and 6 had their topic centralised around Australian animals. Students learnt about Vasily Kandinsky and how he connected art with sounds and transposed this on canvas through lines, shapes and colours. All classes had fun with this and really pushed their creativity as they explored “visual-sound art”. From there, students were introduced to a contemporary artist, Janet Skates, and watched her workflow as she created bright and beautiful abstract art using different media. This was a great time for students to put what they viewed into practise as they painted, drew, cut and pasted to create their own visually stunning pieces for the upcoming Crazy Camel fundraiser later this year!
