The Year 3 and Year 4 Sleepover is an annual event where students have the chance to pitch a tent at school or bed down for the night in a class room. It is a lot of fun. The excitement levels were very high even before any lollies so the teachers had to work hard to ensure everyone was well and truly exhausted so they would actually sleep!!
Enjoy just 48 of the over 400 photos from the activities. Thanks to parent Michael Lin for taking so many!
Thank you to the amazing teachers who turned around after a full week of lessons to come back for the afternoon activities and sleepover. There was also a wonderful team of parents helping set up and take down tents, cooking, supervising games and making great memories for our kids. Events like this are a great way to build and strengthen our school community.
On Monday, the sixteenth of March, year five and six went on a camp. Year five went to ‘Telford and Skinners’ in the Royal National Park. My mum came to camp with me as a parent helper. We got on buses at nine thirty. When we got there it was very beautiful. There was a big blue lake. I was in group A. Our first activity after lunch was to go on a cruise. That was lots of fun because the guy who drove explained about the Aborigines living along the lake which was really interesting.
Next was sailing. We took turns going on the boats and while we were waiting, we fished off the dock. When I was sailing it was fun because when it was tipping, we got to lean back and put our heads in the water. The next morning after breakfast we had Christian Discovery. That day we did abseiling but I didn’t like that very much because the harness hurt me a lot.
Next was the ….WATERSLIDE!!! The waterslide was one of my favourite things on camp. It was really fun when I went with Miss Hammond because I went really, really fast. The next activity was canoeing. I like it but it was a bit hard coming back against the wind. That night we had a great time. We had a talent show. I dressed up as a German because we had to dress up as something starting with your name. My talent was telling jokes with Danni. It was very fun seeing everybody’s talents. At the end of it we played some games in the hall.
On the last day we did low ropes. It was heaps of fun. My favourite part was the flying fox.
We left the campsite after lunch and we watched ‘Over the Hedge’ on the way home.
Hi Grace,
That was an excellent article about your camping trip. Thanks for your good writing and I looked at and enjoyed all the pictures. Bet your Mom was tired!!
Love you!
Pa
Marian Ensor commented on 27-Apr-2009 03:38 PM
Hi Grace, I finally saw all the pictures. I really enjoyed your story, and the pictures told more of the experience. I had fun picking you out of the crowd, saw your Mom at the Lake, but found you with your cute hat. Keep up the good work with the writing. love, Marian
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On the 16th to the 18th of March, Year 6 went on their camp in the Royal National Park and camped at Rathane. We were all divided into four groups, A, B, C and D. We all did different activities at different times. The activities Year 6 did were abseiling, rock climbing, canoeing, cruise, orienteering and the water slide. The food was great!
The cabins were AWESOME. They had new bunk beds, with one being a double bed. Some people fell straight asleep while others stayed awake till early morning. For most people the most fun thing was the water slide because we got so many turns!
The funniest part was when Lachlan D and Braden K were trying to be funny and Lachlan dived over Braden’s head while trying to stand up on the water slide. On Tuesday night we had a quiz night and had to answer 10 questions in 5 categories. The winning team was the Epic Fails.
Unfortunately we had to leave on Wednesday. As we sadly and tiredly got on to the bus, we said goodbye to all the instructors.
The school today conducted a Fire Drill to ensure our evacuation procedures were known and understood by staff and students. With so many new students and quite a few staff this is an important lesson. At least two fire drills are conducted each year. An emergency such as a fire is signaled by a siren or a continuous ringing of the fire alarm. On the alarm, each teacher with a class marshaled pupils out of the room and proceeded by the safest direct route to the allocated area and line up in class groups.
One child in Kindy wanted to know when we would see the drilling, so was probably a little disappointed with the lack of real action. Junior classes assembled on the tiered grass area outside Transition (Little England). Secondary classes went to the school oval and assembled in Home Class groups. Student rolls were then checked by their Home Class Teacher.
Fire wardens are responsible for checking each building prior to going to the evacuation areas. After each fire drill a review is conducted to see where the exacuation procedure can be improved.
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the event of a fire at Lunchtime or Recess, everyone is to assemble in
the same areas. Naturally for a Lockdown the procedure is different and drills for this will also be conducted during the year.
Year 4 are discovering the wonderful and often bizarre world of mini beasts. Miss Spence's 4S class expressed what they have been learning with a great display of creativity.
Mrs Morton, teaches our Primary School children art. Here she shares some of what the children are creating in class.
Kindy are doing an Art Unit this Term on People. The portraits are of themselves – "God made me I am Special". I taught them how to draw a portrait dividing the face into regions and placing their features in the correct spots. The results were fantastic. They are now hanging proudly in the Junior Library.
The bodies with their photographed faces were our first 2 lessons. Another part of God made me. We talked about what we wear and colours. Warm and Cool colours, the shoes are meant to be in cool colours. Very cute.
Year 1 – are doing an art Unit on Celebrations and Events. I have taken a number of photo’s of their completed artworks. The first represent a Personal Event/Celebration – their Birthday Party. The children were asked to include a number of things they might find at their birthday party. It is a crayon masterpiece.
The 2nd is an Historical Event – Man landing on Moon. After discussing Astronauts, Neil Armstrong and the meaning of Historical the children used a number of mediams to create their rocket landing on the moon. They look fantastic.
Year 2 - are doing a Unit on Other Living Things. The photo’s taken are of their pencil sketches of Australian Animals. Emu’s and Koala’s. We discussed different drawing techniques. How to shade and cross hatch. How to look intently and how to be detailed.
Year 3 – are doing a Unit on Places and Spaces. The artworks photographed show their first work – a sketch and then water colour of their family home. (Exterior). The 2nd group of photo’s show the kids doing an (interior) sketch/collage of their bedroom. Both turned out brilliantly.
If your child comes home and tells you they went in a police car today, don't worry! As part of learning about workers who serve our community, Senior Constable Lynne Kennedy, a Youth Liaison Officer from Chatswood Police Station, visited Infants. Constable Kennedy answered children's questions and let them try out the police car and hat. They learnt all about the roles of different types of police officers as well as how kids can help them to do their job. We are grateful for her time and the willingness of NSW Police Force to serve our school in this way
Last week's General Staff meeting at Covenant was dedicated to training staff on Anaphylaxis. This training is a regular reminder to staff of the importance in dealing safely with students (or staff) with life threatening allergies. In the coming weeks many students will be attending camps so the meeting was scheduled as a refresher in recognising danger signals and using the epi pen. The training was conducted by Geraldine Dunne from Westmead Children’s Hospital. As a school we are fortunate to have two sick bay rooms and two nurses, Mel and Jacqui, who job share. Having an onsite nurse is a great comfort to parents who have children requiring treatment. All the staff are now skilled in using an epi pen and more alert to the dangers of allergies and severe reactions to foodstuffs or insects.
Year 4 this year are studying Mini Beasts. This subject explores the wonderful world of insects. What better way than to have some insects in the classroom. Like all classes students have certain roles of service but Mrs Eatough's includes "Zoo Keeper". Last week the insects escaped into the class room overnight so the search was on. Fortunately Garry and Belinda were quickly found and returned to their class cage under increased security. However Billy the Stick, a very large stick insect remained at large. After several days Billy the Stick, also know as Sticky, was discovered in the spelling books holder - not far from the Lost Property. As you can see from the photos some kids are more than happy to handle these amazing creatures.
When children come home and tell you they had fairybread at school you would normally think it was a party. Yet 1N's teacher Mrs Newton used this very popular children's food to teach her class procedure. Yes even with fairybread there is a correct procedure to follow. We all know the sprinkles will not stick to the bread before you spread some margarine or butter.
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