JS News, 23 Oct 2019
Andy Gordon - Deputy Principal, Head of Junior School
DIARY DATES
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Thurs 24 Oct |
Year 3 Camp departs |
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Fri 25 Oct |
Year 7 Orientation Day Kindergarten Incursion – Fire Station Visit Year 1 Excursion to National Zoo and Aquarium Year 3 Camp Returns |
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Mon 28 Oct |
Kindergarten and Year 2 Swimming StartS |
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Tues 29 Oct |
RTC Giving Tree Shopping |
This week saw the culmination of the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Program in the form of the Year 6 Exhibition. Students tuned in to the overarching concept, ‘Pushing the limits.’ They worked with parents, mentors from throughout the school, and their dedicated teachers, to explore important concepts such as foresight, advancement, poverty, balance, performance, wellness and inequality.
Our Year 6 students displayed passion, energy, perseverance, insight and creativity. It was a wonderful celebration of the process as well as the product of learning. The students articulated their knowledge and understanding skilfully to an audience that included students, teachers and parents from throughout the Radford community, as well as teachers from the other PYP schools across the ACT.
We enjoyed our Celebrations last week and it was really wonderful to encourage one another. Moving on from celebrating the character strength of ‘zest’, this week we have ‘teamwork’ in the spotlight: what a powerful strength to encourage and grow. I reflected on the closeness that teamwork is to community. We work together, in community, as a team. We have different parts to fill in the team, and each part of the team is pivotal for the success of the team. Our community relies on teamwork.
I am sure we have all heard the saying, more is caught than taught. The most powerful tool we have at our disposal, as adults, is what we model every day. As we model teamwork, our learners will catch our spirit and intention.
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Week 1 |
Shout outs |
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K |
KCH – Grayson Szigetvari for demonstrating curiosity and commitment to his learning. KSG - Hamish Growder for demonstrating curiosity and making great connections. KLP - Amruth Arun for showing greater focus during group discussion times. KAS – Emma Weenink for making a great improvement with self regulation and responsibility. |
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Year 1 |
1MH – Joey Boorer Approaching learning with zest and enthusiasm 1RJ – Blossom Cameron for demonstrating zest and being a risk-taker 1AT – Eloise Collingwood for displaying empathy towards others as well as being kind and generous. 1AJ-Maya Travers for using spirituality as an approach to guide her learning.
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Year 2 |
2KH – Sebastian Costanzo for being principled and showing a love of learning when writing his narrative. 2SD - Hannah Bettison for demonstrating that she is a thinker during classroom discussions and showing enthusiasm when writing narrative texts. 2DG – Henry Moss for demonstrating great enthusiasm and zest toward his learning and to each day. 2LM – Mikayla Huang for showing kindness and respect to her classmates. |
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Year 3 |
3MK – Justin Zhang for being an open-minded learner and demonstrating integrity and commitment to learning. 3JC - Syna Kataria for being a principled and knowledgeable inquirer who dedicates herself to the task at hand. 3RS – James Bromley for beginning Term 4 with zest and positivity towards learning and Camp. 3HO – Daisy Cao for always showing gratitude towards others. 3RB – Menghan Jiang for demonstrating bravery and love of learning when presenting her research on Alice Springs. |
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Year 4 |
4NK – Ethan Zhong for demonstrating zest and excitement towards his learning in Maths. 4JC - Madison Grigg for her commitment to taking action on sustainability issues. 4KP - Emma Casson for demonstrating enthusiasm and commitment to her learning 4BF – Anya Malhotra for showing zest and enthusiasm in her learning 4TM – Matthew Song for being a continuous critical thinker in all areas of his learning. |
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Year 5 |
5TM – Hayze Shepherd for his improved confidence and thoughtful connections. 5RR - William Wang for his insightful connections to the class novel 5BL – Lincoln Uren for his Zest and enthusiastic approach to school life 5SW – Isabel Erickson for demonstrating zest in her writing of poetry. |
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Year 6 |
6TW – Paige Le Lievre for showing zest and leadership skills in her Exhibition group. 6DM – Katherine Maundrell for demonstrating zest as a writer, consistently producing her best work throughout the year. 6HB – Hamish Whithear for being kind and generous towards others. 6TF – Henry Oliver for being a principled learner, taking initiative when needed and always showing respect. |
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Specialist teachers |
Library – Jessica Buttsworth (3RB) for being a risk taker by selecting and reading books that challenge her (Mrs Hind) |
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Others
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Mrs Ross - Josiah Zhang for being an inquirer when researching information on palm oil. |