Inside Week 8 Newsletter

Premier’s Debating Challenge.....1

EA Southee Tour.….……………..…..2

Team 3 Collaboration....…………..3

Project Based Learning..…...…..…4

K & 1/2 Gymnastics……….….…..…4

Up Coming Events

Stage 2 Excursion - 27/06

Year 3 Assembly - 01/07

Parent-Teacher-Student conferences week 10

Last Day Term 2 - 05/07

Athletics Carnival 26/0

P & C News

Wood Raffle tickets to be return sold or unsold by 10 am Monday 24/06

BBQ Lunch Monday 24/06

Mega Cash raffle tickets still available. Will be drawn Monday 1st July

The P&C will be running a canteen during the school Athletics Carnival on Friday 26th July. Hot foods, cold drinks, tea and coffee will be available.

Friday 21st of June 2019 Term 2 Week 8

Poole Street, Cootamundra NSW 2590

Phone: 02 6942 1166 or 02 6942 1669

Facsimile: 02 6942 4190

E-mail: easouthee-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Principal: Mrs Leonie Stevenson

In the Wiradjuri language

Cootamundra means ,

‘many long-neck turtles’.

Premier’s Debating

Challenge On Thursday the 30th of May EA Southee Public School competed

in the Premier’s Debating Challenge for Years 5 and 6. The EA

Southee debating team has 5 members who rotate for different

debates as each debate can only have a maximum of 4 debaters.

The first debate was against Temora West Public School on the

topic that “All assignments and homework should be completed as

group work”. The second debate was against Cootamundra Public

School on the topic that “All unhealthy advertisements should be

banned”. Our debating team was the Negative team for both

debates. This was the first time that this team had debated and

they did very well in both debates. They have learned lots of new

debating and rebutting strategies to use when they compete

against Temora Public School and Ariah Park Public School at the

end of the term.

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EA Southee in the Spotlight

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EA Southee Public School was one of the schools in the Riverina highlighted on a Riverina Tour

by Education Directors from Temora, Wagga and Junee Networks along with Principals from

Sydney, Wagga, Humula and Cootamundra.

Each school showcased innovative and powerful learning opportunities for the students at their

school. EA Southee showcased the New Flexible Learning Space for Stage 3 and the Positive Be-

haviour for Learning process that have improved student learning outcomes at our school. Al-

pine Learning Network focused on the diversity of small schools and their environmental edu-

cation outdoor learning projects. Sturt Public School showcased Science Technology Engi-

neering and Mathematics Programs (STEM) and the impact this has had across their school.

The Directors and Principals all agreed it was a valuable opportunity for executives to see

firsthand the excellent learning opportunities offered to students across the Riverina Region

and especially at EA Southee Public School.

Photo taken at the Environmental Education Outdoor Learning Centre at Humula Public School

L/R Russell Graham Junee Network Director, Paul Nash Oatley West Principal, Jenene McGrath Wagga Network Director,

Leonie Stevenson EA Southee PS Principal and Carolynne Merchant Temora Network Director

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Collaboration in Team 3

Friday 21st of May 2019 Term 2 Week 8

In Team 3 we do a lot of collaborative group work. This term we have been learning about Forces

in Science. As part of this unit Team 3 had to work in small groups to design and create an

effective “marble run” using only newspaper and tape. The “marble run” had to be created on a

chair and safely transport the marble from the top to the bottom of the chair. Team 3 discovered

that they had to cooperate to re-evaluate their designs multiple times. The groups had to make a

range of adjustments before testing their final design. Team 3 then reflected on their designs and

the forces and factors that were impacting on the marble runs such as gravity, direction, speed,

friction and slope. The forces unit will continue this week with the students designing and

creating catapults in pairs or small

groups.

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NRL Clinic

Years 3 & 4 have been working collaboratively together over the past term through project

based learning. Project-based learning is an approach to teaching and learning that engages

students in rich and authentic learning experiences. During this project students have been

gathering information about an animal they had been assigned. Using mind maps and

information report templates the students have had to use their research skills to collect

information about the animal. The students are now in the process of creating presentations

and information booklets and then will create a diorama. With the knowledge gained, students

are then going to visit Altina Wildlife Park in Darlington Point where they will get to see some of

the animals they have been researching.

Kinder & 1/2D Gymnastics

Stage 2 Project-based Learning

Kindergarten & Year 1/2D are participating in gymnastics every Friday until the end of

Term. We are learning how to control and move our bodies. Forward roll, balancing and

rolling are a few of the gross motor activities involved in the program.

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