Hi Carrum Families,

This week our teachers and students celebrated Education Week. We had a big celebration day on Wednesday as our student leaders and specialist teachers ran Expo Day. The students had a great day completing activities that showcased the great learning programs we have In Mandarin, STEAM, Art and PE. It was great to see the way our older students supported the younger students to participate in the activities in their multiage groups. Thank you to our amazing specialist teachers for organising a great day for the students.

Well done to all the students who competed at the District Cross Country last Friday. They all did their best and represented the school very well. We are excited to share that we have 11 students from Grade 3-6 competing at the Division Cross Country next Wednesday 27^th May, at Cornish College. This is a great achievement, and they all should be proud. We wish the students all the best for Wednesday and Ms Ami will be there to support them during the event.

The Prep transition sessions we have held during term 1 and 2 have been going well. We have had great participation in our school tours and information sessions. It has been so fantastic to meet new families and see lots of siblings who will be coming to school next year. In a change to the enrolment process this year enrolments need to be entered via the Departments Student Insight Platform. Information relating to the new enrolment process is on our website at- https://www.carrumps.vic.edu.au/page/3/Enrolment.  Thank you to the families that have already completed this process if you need any assistance with completing the enrolment process, please contact the office.

As part of our transition program, it was lovely to have the students from PB visit Carrum Family and Day Care Centre to participate in a session last week. Later in the term we have more visits planned and we will also be visiting Hope Early Learning Centre. These visits are a great way for our school to continue to connect with our local kinder and childcare centres. Our students love visiting the centres and participating in different developmental play activities. Later in the term we will also be offering some Step into Prep sessions for families to book into that will support with their transition to primary school. More information about these sessions shared over the coming days.

Looking ahead to next week, on Monday our Grade 3/4 and 5/6 students will be participating in a Think U Know session that will focus on being safe online. This session will be run by Moorabbin Police Proactive Policing Unit are a follow up to the parent session run earlier in the year by the Federal Police. The topics discussed in the presentations are linked to the relevant year level within the current Australian Curriculum. More information about this session has been shared on Compass this week. Please contact Mrs McGregor at the school if you have any questions about these sessions.

Finally, please remember that we have a Curriculum Day on Tuesday 9^th June. This is the day after the King’s Birthday Public Holiday and will be a moderation day for staff as they complete Semester 1 reports. TeamKids will be running a Curriculum Day program for families that may need to access this service.

Thank you for your ongoing support and I hope you have a great end of the week and weekend.

Kind regards,

Clem Langford

STEAM This Term

In our STEAM sessions this term, in every year level, we are having fun working on our projects. 

In Prep, the students have been learning to code! They have been enjoying doing some offline coding and programming Blue Bots.

       

In Grade 1/2, they have been learning different ways to join cardboard together without using tape. Instead they use slots and tabs in creative ways to connect objects.
           
In Grade 3/4, they have been learning about Geocaching. This is like a treasure hunt using maps and coordinates. They are designing their own geocaches using recycled materials. This is so exciting and they have been loving it.

In Grade 5/6, they have been building vehicles in the Green Grand Prix Challenge. Using spheros as their engine, students are planning and prototyping the frame of their vehicle, trying to reduce the friction and air resistance against the cars.



Thanks
from your Steam Leaders
Lenny, Thomas and Georgia

What's cooking this week...

Hi everyone,

This week in cooking we are learning all about chicken and how to make a rich, flavoursome chicken stock.

Students will then use this as the base for our cooking.

Our menu will be: Asian chicken and corn soup (made with our homemade chicken stock), banana muffins, and polenta chips with rosemary and parmesan.

We are also using fresh produce from our school garden, including herbs (parsley, chives, thyme and rosemary) and green vegetables (borage, spring onions and leek, bak choy).

Looking forward to another great cooking session!

Sandra


Recipes we used in the kitchen

 Banana muffins
Chicken and Corn soup
Polenta Fries
chicken stock

Carrum Primary are involved in cleaning up pur beautiful beach.
We would like to ask for volunteers for our Beach Patrol coming up on Sunday 24th of May at 10am. 

Hope to see you there. Miss Derix and team

Thanks to our amazing volunteers from our previous sessions, we couldn't do it without you!

Local Community Events, things to try and Sports Clubs