Hello All

Public Holiday 22 September

As you will be aware, the Prime Minister has announced a public holiday as a national day of mourning for the late Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday 22 September. This means that the school will be closed on this day.

It is important to note that the school term officially ends on Friday 23 September and students are expected to attend school on this day. All previous arrangements for Friday 23 September remain in place and it will be “business as usual.” I appreciate that this may cause some inconvenience but given the circumstances I appreciate your understanding. I look forward to welcoming students back in Term 4.

Faction Carnival

What an exciting week this week is! We have our faction carnival, which is the chance for the students to demonstrate their sporting talents, show their ARBOR values and have a fun day away from the classroom.

It will be fantastic to have parents on site cheering students on. Parents are reminded that they are not allowed in the bays during the day.

Students are reminded to bring hats, sunscreen up, bring a water bottle and wear faction colours.

Colour Run

Last Friday we had the ARBOR Colour Run. This was a great fun time and allowed the students to celebrate demonstrating the ARBOR values. A big thank you to the staff and parents that helped with set up and pack up.

Planning 2023

If you are leaving Arbor Grove PS at the end of the year we would appreciate if you could let the office know at the earliest opportunity. This information is very helpful when we start organising class lists etc.

Evacuation Drill

We tested our evacuation processes this week. Drills undertaken in the past week are an important part of keeping our community safe, particularly as we near the bushfire season.

Glen Purdy

Mathematics

Maths Game

Here’s another Maths Game for all the family to enjoy.

“Build It Big or Build It Small”

Skills learned: Number recognition, place value, and strategic thinking.

Equipment Required: 6, 8 or 10 sided dice, scrap paper or a whiteboard

Decide whether we are trying to make a larger or a smaller number. It’s easier to start big and switch it too small for variety.

Decide on the what place value your number will be (tens, hundreds, thousands…). Players place dashes on their paper/whiteboard to indicate the value of the number. If you’re working on hundreds, players would make 3 dashes, 4 for thousands, and so on.

Players take turns rolling the dice the same number of times as the dashes. Each time a person rolls, he/she must think logically to place the number shown on the dice, on one of the dashes. For example, if you are working on a large number and roll a six, it would go on the largest place value space but if you were working on making a small number, it would go on the smallest place value space. Once players have placed a number, it cannot be moved.

The person with the highest (or lowest, depending upon the game’s goal) wins a point.

Variation:

• Make this a decimal place value game by having the kids draw a decimal before or within the dashes.

Kym McCabe

Physical Education

Throughout this term in physical education, the students have primarily focused on preparing for the upcoming athletics carnival to take place on the 14 and 16 of September. Students have practised individual and team events including shot put, turbo javelin, long jump, flag relay, leader ball, baton relay and many more. Students have not only practised these events during their physical education lessons, but they have also had the opportunity to practise these events in junior, intermediate and senior sport. These sessions were used to determine which students from each year group would represent their faction in the carnival. All the students have practised very hard and are all very excited for Friday’s carnival. We encourage families to come and support their children on Friday as they compete.