On Wednesday Second Class learnt a lot in the Y-Safety talk at school, and parents could learn about this too through a parents online Y-Safety talk. These talks give practical ways to be safe at home with children online. Second Class learnt some important lessons about safety online, such as the Three Questions for Safe Players online: Do you know their first and last name? Have you met them in real life? Do your parents know them? They also learnt ways to make a safe user name: Favourite Sport + Favourite Song + Favourite Food.
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This week in 3rd Class
Third class thoroughly enjoyed yesterday’s History excursion to West Head. We couldn’t have asked for better weather to spend a day outdoors enjoying the bush and learning about Aboriginal connections to Country. The children participated in a number of hands-on activities and learned many interesting facts about Aboriginal culture and traditions. The excursion also informed the work we are currently doing in English – Dreaming stories – as well as in Art. Today the children started writing a recount about their experience. Photos from the excursion have been shared on Class Dojo.
The Maths focus this week was two-dimensional shapes. When discussing the features of 2D shapes, we looked at parallel and perpendicular lines and we learned how we can show that an angle is a right angle. We learned about regular and irregular polygons, and explored quadrilaterals, understanding that there is a subgroup that are called parallelograms. The children learned
On the vegetarian lunch menu for Week 10
Monday Penne pasta served in a tomato and basil cream sauce topped with fresh parmesan
Tuesday Cream of tomato and basil soup served with crusty sourdough and butter
Wednesday Bean burritos Mexican style beans served with tortilla wraps Guacamole and sour cream
Thursday Vegetable, egg and tofu fried rice with sweet soy chili
Friday Cheese and spinach puff pastry rolls served with tomato chutney
(Chefs’ selection of fruits and vegetables provided daily)
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Great performances at IPSHA Cross Country
The IPSHA Cross Country Carnival was held on Wednesday, 2 April, with independent schools from across NSW competing at The King’s School, North Parramatta. Ten students from John Colet School had qualified for the event, and all gave their best, tackling a challenging course with determination and grit. The weather was perfect with blue skies, creating an ideal atmosphere for the competition.
Standout performances included:
Declan W (10-year-old boys) with an incredible PB of 7:05min, finishing 16th out of 114 students.
Roland S (11-year-old boys) achieving a PB of 12:11min, placing 37th out of 124 students.
Jessie L (12-year-old girls) with a PB of 14:07min, finishing 49th out of 118 students.
Congratulations to all our students for their hard work and fantastic achievements!
Anika Davey
PDHPE and Sports Teacher
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Deputy Head of School’s Comment
Next week we will celebrate two very important events of a very different nature, Anzac and Easter. The children have been preparing for both the events through singing and discussion. There will be hymns for both occasions as well as traditional readings. Both events in their own way celebrate sacrifice, honour and human dignity. Often the very best of humanity rises from the very worst of circumstances.
Di Renshaw
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Thank you to everyone who attended our 40th Celebration! While we are still finalising the total amount raised, the true success of the event was bringing our school community together to celebrate our shared journey—past, present, and future.
A special thank you to our Parents and Friends Association, everyone who helped on the evening, and those who generously donated auction items. Your support and dedication made this event a resounding success!
Julian Wilcock
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This week in Lower 1st
We’ve had a wonderful and engaging week in Lower 1st. The children enjoyed reading The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle and explored the life cycle of a butterfly before beginning to write a recount of the story. They also took an important step in their writing journey by learning how to use a lined book.
In Science, we investigated different types of clouds, discovering how they relate to the weather, and used Cloud Identification Frames to observe the sky alongside our 6th Class buddies.
As a school, we marked Persian New Year, placing Sabzeh on the Haft Seen Table and learning about this special tradition. We would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to Nyla and Niki’s family for organising the beautiful Haft Seen Table for our school.
During Art lessons, the children have been busy creating ceramic pieces, carefully sculpting and painting birds in a nest. This has been a wonderful
On the vegetarian lunch menu for Week 9
Monday Fresh salad rolls served with tomato, lettuce, tomato, carrot, cucumber and cheese.
Tuesday Vegetable ratatouille served with buttered basmati rice
Wednesday Vegetable tagine served with lightly spiced couscous
Thursday Lentil soup served with crusty sourdough bread and butter
Friday Penne Boscaiola in a rich cream sauce topped with fresh parmesan and garden peas
(Chefs’ selection of fruits and vegetables provided daily)
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International Permaculture week
This week is International Permaculture week! Permaculture is a design system for creating sustainable, self sufficient and resilient ecosystems, inspired by the natural environment. These are the principles that the school Kitchen Garden operates by. To celebrate, we cultivated community with the parent volunteers, the year 6 garden monitors harvested 15kgs of produce for the kitchen and lunchtime Gardeneers planted seedlings for the season ahead.
Laurie Green
Gardening educator and facilitator
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Deputy Head of School’s Comment
Today we had the first of our Inter-generational visits at Glenaeon retirement village. Eight children from 3rd and 4th class spent half an hour conversing and playing games or doing craft. The visit is engaging and uplifting for both the residents and the children. It gives children the opportunity to widen their circle of communication which also increases their confidence. Their behaviour is always exemplary. Our next visit will be at the end of May.
I would also like to take the opportunity to pass on the comments of the visiting ceramics teacher who wanted to commend the children’s behaviour. She teaches at a number of primary school across Sydney and said that the behaviour of John Colet students is outstanding.
Di Renshaw
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