Lyneham ELC News
Celebrating a fabulous BCC Twighlight Fete
A big thank you to all those people, P&F members, staff and parents, who put in so much time and effort to make Friday’s Twilight Fete such a huge success. Special thanks and appreciation to Suzie Fowler who gave up so much of her time to coordinate the entire event. This was my first Brindabella Fete and the sense of community and spirit that I witnessed on Friday was another highlight to what has been a very big year for Brindabella. Bruce Handley Principal Brindabella Christian College
Children are effective communicators - Easter Story
This is evident when children express ideas and make meaning using a range of media .
Last few days of 2015
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Last week, PK made some 'dinosaur footprints' with salt dough.
The most frequently asked question was, "Can I eat it?" Mrs Sarah promised that we would make something we can eat - so today we made 'dinosaur footprints' with gingerbread. They were yyuummyyy! :)
Let Them Run Wild
As the days are getting shorter and the weather is colder it is a good reminder that children still need to get outside and do exercise and activities. This is not only good for their health but also good for their mental health. Click here for recent research in this area.
Rhonda Malouf School Psychologist
Make your own Afternoon Tea Day
Today was 'make your own afternoon tea' day in PK, and we made jelly with fruit! We focused very hard to pour our jelly 'half way' and then added grapes and honeydew to our cup. We can't wait for this afternoon when we can gobble it up. :)
Maths & Science at ELC
Today we did a combined maths/science lesson. We discussed volume and measurement. We also used the observe (notice), predict (guess) explain (why did it happen) formula for exploring how and why the food dyes were diluted and spread throughout the water. Finally, we discussed the rainbow they formed and reminded P.K. what kind of behaviour is “Rainbow Behaviour”, linking to our behaviour reward system. It was fun
Miss Ann celebrates 60 Years
Our Miss Ann celebrated her 60th birthday over the Christmas break so we didn't get a chance to celebrate with her. Happy Birthday Miss Ann from your Brindabella family. Thank you for the blessing you are to our community. We love you.
Mobilo Creations in PK
In PK this week we used our imaginations and covered the floor with mobilo creations. We made patterns with bead boards and shapes, used play dough, and drew with pencils and textas outside and inside. Learning through play in this way means we are developing our fine and gross motor skills, learning to sort and sequence, which is getting us ready for maths and literacy activities later on, and also learning that symbols on a page have meaning.
P3 Tent Making
The highlight of the P3 class was making outside tents with Mr Kieran. We had great fun deciding how it would best work. Tents can be a wonderful place for imaginative play to develop and grow. They can become a cave, home, office, or anything in the world we want them to be. And they are great fun. :)
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PK 2015 Christmas Digital Art
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PK Harmony Day - 25 March 2014
This week the children in PK participated in Harmony Day activities. One of our favourite activities was the ice-cream shop. Children were very excited about role playing based on an ice-cream shop, as we created and tasted “ice-creams”.
PK Literacy Information Session and family BBQ
Last night’s Literacy for Little Learners (LLL) information evening was well attended by PK families. We enjoyed a BBQ dinner together in the new Charnwood Junior School yard. We then heard a presentation by Rose, who wrote the Literacy for Little Learners program.
PK's Archaeological Dig
PK's precious prac student, Miss Tessa brought in a wonderful activity for the children today. We pretended to be archaeologists carefully brushing away with our tools, searching for dinosaur bones. We took an ink wash over a blank page and - WOW - we discovered some dinosaurs. We matched them up with the skeletons we knew and then tried to name all of them!
This week PK made marble paintings!
We 'drizzled' some paint over our paper and 'rolled' the marbles around the box. Some of us made frames, others made spider webs and a few made 'explosions.'
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ENCORE: Festival of the Arts
Encore 2017 was a wonderful evening, showcasing the plentiful artistic talents of BCC students from both the Lyneham and Charnwood campuses. The College was ardorned with fairy lights, bunting and lanterns and the LLC and MS rooms were transformed into gallery spaces, displaying beautiful and though provoking art, sculpture and photographic works from students from Kindergarten to Year 12. Food technology students served delicious hors-d’oeuvre while families and friends admired our students work.
The evening’s entertainment opened with performances from our talented Senior Band and Chamber String Orchestra followed by Shaylies Dance group. A beautiful touch of Chinese culture was added to the night by the Year 5/6 Chinese Dance group’s stunning fan performance. We then heard from a number of our School of Rock ensembles, who got our toes tapping with performances of Treat You Better, Living on a Prayer
and Hey Soul Sister. The Middle and Senior Choir lifted the roof with their performance of Les Miserable Medley and Get Back Up Again from the movie Trolls. In MS1 the Year 2 and 3 classroom music shared with us what they had been learning, followed by performances from our talented College music students.
Resolving Conflict
Conflict is a normal part of life. It is the way we resolve conflict that is important. According to Kids Matter setting the stage for positive conflict resolution involves setting up WIN-WIN outcomes, having children state their own needs and concerns, helping children listen to the other person and understand their needs and concerns, helping children think of different ways to solve the problem,building WIN-WIN solutions and putting the solution into action to see how it works. These are all things we can do as parents and as educators to teach children how to develop the skills they need to manage conflict.
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Congratulations Felicity McLure
Felicity McLure, Head of Science, is currently at the European Science Education Research Association (ESERA) Conference in Dublin, Ireland presenting her paper Improving students' written explanations: The Thinking Frames Approach based on her research into using the Thinking Frames Approach for teaching Science at Brindabella Brindabella Christian College. The conference attendees include researchers in Science education from all European countries, but many researchers from other countries are also invited to attend. The conference is held every two years and is an amazing opportunity to hear about the latest research results and innovative ideas.