The Senior Unit

Welcome back to another week. This week sees us looking into Energy through the How the World Works Transdisciplinary theme. We will be exploring energy in nature and the concept of harnessing. Here is some gear you may wish to know The Wednesday Special Session This Wednesday we have been able to organise a classroom wellbeing session titled Managing Emotions. It will be brought to us by Kids Helpline.  The Learning intentions for students are as follows: Learn emotional self-regulation skills Learn "brain-basics" (psycho-education) Improve mental health literacy and wellbeing Know how to manage challenging emotions including sadness, anxiety and anger Spelling - List 22 Group 1: ‘ui’ and ‘u’ for the ‘i’ sound (busybody, cuisine) Group 2: ‘o’ for the ‘oa’ sound (anchovy, cocoa) Gratitude As a part of wellbeing and Circle Time sessions this term, we are looking at gratitude and filling a gratitude jar with things that we are thankful for. Thank you to everyone who was able t...

With the settling back in week out the way it’s time to get stuck in and demonstrate what a Year 6 student can achieve. Here is a few dot points for the week: Glass jars Keep them coming in please. We hope that every student will have one by next Monday so we can carry out the desired task. Spelling - List 20 Group 1: ‘m’ (autumn, tombstone, gruesome) Group 2: ‘e’ for long ‘ee’ sound (evil, female, chameleon) UOI - Where we are in place and time This week students are carrying out and completing an assignment on a person or organisation that has explored (invented, discovered) and changed our world as a result. The assignment is due Friday and students are encouraged to present anyway they would like to. If you wish to see the assignment, check their Seesaw account. Whole School Updates   P&F meeting  Tonight  1 August at 7pm  in Admin Building. All welcome    Parent Volunteers  We really appreciate parents and caregivers helping at Immanuel, howev...