Mrs Bateson's Class Newsletter
Newsletter Thursday 12th October, 2023
We the staff of St Patrick’s acknowledge the traditional owners, the Kulin nations, of the land on which we learn and play.
We pay respects to the Aboriginal Elders, past and present, who are our teachers.
We thank them for taking care of children and country for countless generations.
Luke 11:5-13
Ask, and it will be given to you
Jesus said to his disciples:
‘Suppose one of you has a friend and goes to him in the middle of the night to say, “My friend, lend me three loaves, because a friend of mine on his travels has just arrived at my house and I have nothing to offer him”; and the man answers from inside the house, “Do not bother me. The door is bolted now, and my children and I are in bed; I cannot get up to give it you.” I tell you, if the man does not get up and give it him for friendship’s sake, persistence will be enough to make him get up and give his friend all he wants.
‘So I say to you: Ask, and it will be given to you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you. For the one who asks always receives; the one who searches always finds; the one who knocks will always have the door opened to him. What father among you would hand his son a stone when he asked for bread? Or hand him a snake instead of a fish? Or hand him a scorpion if he asked for an egg? If you then, who are evil, know how to give your children what is good, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!’
2NB Newsletter
Welcome to 2NB's newsletter. We are very excited to share our learning with you! It has been a busy time in our class with lots to learn.
Indigenous Art - Shay, Mehar, Khoi, Akuoch
We were painting our dot painting using a map of Australia. It was very tricky to use the small cotton sticks to get a small amount of paint and do many small dots. We had to be patient and careful not to smudge the dots.
Data & Statistics - Maluil, Shay, Akuoch, Mehar
We have been creating bar graphs to show information we have collected. First we had to decide on a topic, then we had to pose questions and survey the class. We had to tally the answers and find the total. Next we ruled up a bar graph and entered categories and totals. The graph tells us what most people like and the least favourite category. So it was fun drawing the graph!
Month of Mary - Kyra, Audrey, Rebecca, Khoi, Aluk
October is the month of Mary. We are learning about the Rosary and the special prayers we pray during the Rosary. Every morning we join together to sing the hymn Hail Mary using Auslan signing.
Reading - The Very Cranky Bear by Nick Bland - Khoi, Aluk, Akuoch, Esther, Shelly, Amelia, Isabella, Ruth
We got to experiment with our character voices to act out The Very Cranky Bear. We enjoyed using the microphone and dressing up to be the characters in the story: Zebra, Lion, Sheep, Moose and the Cranky Bear. We practiced our expression for other books by Nick Bland.
Touch Typing - all 2NB
We are beginning to learn touch typing on the ChromeBooks. We are learning touch typing and get used to using chromebooks because in grade 3 we will be using chromebooks all the time, not ipads! It's been tricky to position our fingers over the letters and look at the screen. We think this will be a handy skill for next year. We need LOTS of practice!!
