It's been an exciting start to the term, with groups of students in Years 4 and 5 participating in online lessons run by the Sydney Opera House in the areas of Writing - Hunting for Inspiration and Making a Music Track.

The Writing lesson focussed on creating a narrative using the structure of: Orientation, Complication and Resolution, along with a range of props. Unbelievably it was our can of tuna that was used by the facilitator to be the antagonist in the story collaboratively created by the participating schools!

The Making a Music Track lesson was facilitated by Luke, whose band is called ‘The Vegetable Plot’. He showed us how to use the free program, Band Lab. He went through all of its features and we suggested the title for one of the two tracks that were created - Candyland. We also created a soundscape and made suggestions about instruments and speed. Band Lab is free to use, with no copyright restrictions.

This week, after a term of enhancing our skills, we officially began our Chess Tournament. By the end of this term our Semester 2 Chess Champion will be announced!

Students in Years 4-6 will have seen some enrichment opportunities appear in their Google Classroom or Seesaw Platforms. There is a Write On Competition and a Short Story Writing Competition that they may like to be involved in.

On Tuesday afternoon our staff was involved in creating tiered tasks with the support of Amanda Nascimento from CEO who works in the area of High Potential and Gifted Education. This is one way that we enrich the curriculum and provide differentiated tasks to support all learners.

Attached to this newsletter is information about the ICAS assessments that students may wish to be involved with. These assessments occur next term, with the information included now for your planning.

Keep an eye on our social media for photos of various enrichment activities.

Michelle Lace

Leader of Enrichment