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Junior
School
Weekly A Message from our Head of Junior School
Ms Harold
Assalamu Alaykum,
This week I would like to introduce our Early
Stage 1 Leader, Miss Cardinale. Miss Cardinale
coordinates our Kindergarten teachers and their
teaching and learning programs. She also leads
our newly established Cultural Diversity Team.
She has been working tirelessly with her team
planning the upcoming Harmony Day events
scheduled for Friday 20th March, and what an
event it will be! We look forward to you joining
us on the day.
In other news, our judges met today to select our winners for
the Book Fair
best dressed. The decision was difficult as there were so many
fantastic
outfits over the week of the fair. As a result, we have selected
a total of 12
best dressed students! Winners will be announced at a morning
assembly next
week. Students are also reminded to submit the colouring
competition entry.
Competition closes next Friday.
Congratulations to Mr Khreizat!
Our class of the week is 6K. Please enjoy reading about their
learning
experiences this term and the wonderful and kind words the class
has about
their teacher, Mr Khreizat.
Have a wonderful weekend.
Ms Harold
Term 1, 2020
Week 7
Coming Up in
Week 8…
Walkathon 5th of April, 2020
10am-2pm
Things to come
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In the Name of Allah the Most Compassionate the Most
Merciful
Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.) said “Every one of you is a shepherd
and is responsible for his flock. The leader of people is a
guardian and is responsible for his subjects”
Bellfield College’s K-2 classes gathered for an exciting Student
Representative Committee (SRC) assembly last Friday. The assembly
program commenced with the recitation of a Surah from the Noble
Quran followed by presentations from Year 1 and 2 on the exciting
songs and projects they have been working on in class.
Awards for exceptional behaviour and achievements were handed
out in the presence of our wonderful parents and teachers. Finally
our four K-2 SRC members were announced and presented with their
certificates and badges. Congratulations to our little role
models!
1. Ibtihal Zahra Bonyadi / 2M 2. Marima Elzein/ 2C
3. Aftash Abbas Hussein/ 1B 4. Moussa Nehme/ 1M
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Term 1 Year 6 Experience This is the experience of several year
6 students from 6K during Term 1. In
English, we have been learning how to write informative texts
focussing on
newspaper articles. We have also been learning about complex
sentences, topic
sentences, objective and subjective language and the difference
between facts and
opinions. We learnt how to apply comprehension strategies such
as monitoring,
questioning and making connections.
We have also been learning about main and subordinate
clauses. It was kind of confusing at first, but Mr. Khreizat
explained it in a way that made it fun to learn. He said to
imagine the independent clause as Batman and the
dependent clause as Robin because batman can survive
on his own just like an independent clause whereas
Robin is the sidekick and he relies on Batman. This made
it fun and easy to learn.
In Maths we have been learning about multiplication,
division, addition, subtraction, fractions, decimals and
integers. We have also learnt how to do word problems
by focussing on the language, length and long division.
Many kids found long division hard but as we kept on
going and spending our lunches with Mr. Khreizat we got
the hang of it and had a lot of fun with long division.
In Science, we have been learning about sustainability
and how to grow an avocado in a sustainable
environment. We have learnt about how seaweed and salmon are
grown, how they
go from the sea to your table and how they are farmed in a
sustainable way.
By 6K
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How stress influences future behaviour For more than a century,
scientists have known that acute stress activates the
fight-or-flight response. When your life is
on the line, your body reacts instantly: your heart races, your
breath quickens, and a cascade of hormones sets off
physiological changes that collectively improve your odds of
survival.
More recently, scientists have come to understand that the
fight-or-flight response takes a toll on the brain and the
body—particularly when stress is chronic rather than acute.
Systems designed to handle transient threats also react to
stress that occurs again and again, for weeks, months, or
years.
It turns out that poverty, abuse, and other forms of adversity
repeatedly activate the fight-or-flight response, leading to
long-term effects on the immune system and brain, which in turn
increase the risk for an array of illnesses, including
asthma, diabetes, arthritis, depression, and cardiovascular
disease. Pioneering neuroscientist Bruce McEwen called this
burden of chronic stress “allostatic load.”
Ethnic studies scholar Jeff Duncan-Andrade has done a lot of
thinking about how allostatic load plays out in the lives
of adolescents.
“What do students who’ve experienced chronic stress do in your
classroom?” Jeff recently asked a group of experienced
teachers.
“Go to the bathroom!”
“Right,” said Jeff. “They escape. They look for ways out.”
Longitudinal research shows that when adolescents are exposed to
increased stress—in the form of arguments between
their parents, say, or a friend moving away—they feel anxious
and overwhelmed, which in turn predicts more impulsive
behavior.
After discovering allostatic load, McEwen dedicated himself to
its undoing. Each time we met, he was excited to share
examples of how positive, supportive relationships with adults
can protect against, or even reverse, the effects of chronic
stress.
Don’t assume you know what’s worrying the young people you care
about.
Do ask. Jeff suggests making a two-column chart. List current
worries on the left and available resources on the right. I
suggest you make your own list first and then invite the young
people in your life to do the same. Then talk. And listen.
Why? Because what counters allostatic load are relationships
that make you feel seen, heard, and loved.
With grit and gratitude
Angela Duckworth
Shaykh Hamid
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Wests Non-Competitive Football Gala Day
On Thursday 12th of March, a group of Year 5 and 6 students
attended the NRL Wests non-competitive tackle
football gala day. Students competed against several different
schools throughout the day. Students
undertook a ‘safe tackling’ workshop on Tuesday 10th March with
Daniel from the NRL and Lopini Paea, an
ex NRL Sydney Roosters player. It was great to see students use
the skills and strategies learnt in their games.
Both teams did exceptionally well, with the girls’ team coming
out as ‘most improved’ for the day.
Our most valuable players from the day were Yasmin El Samad and
Ghassan Karaki. We look forward to
competing in the next competition in Term 2.
Boys Ghassan Karaki Ali Akbar Rahimi Hashm Alkafagi Mohamed
Dbouk Mohammed Yousef Haidari Yusif Hameed Ali Almalaky Ali
Meslemani Muratza Nadir Ali Hijazi Jawad Fouani
Girls Maryam Khamis Meelah Nagi Lily El Badawi Fatima Ibrahim
Yasmin El Samad Aya Hariri Mary Alalawi Noor Fatimah Dabbagh Janna
Salameh
Fatima Mchawrab Stage 3 Coordinator/Junior School Sports
Coordinator
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2021 Kindergarten Enrolments We are now securing enrolments for
our 2021 Kindergarten classes. There has been a higher than usual
demand for
Kindergarten places and before we offer interviews and
placements to new families, we would like to give preference
to siblings of existing families currently attending the
College.
To assist us with our numbers and to secure a position for your
child, it is essential for all families who have a child
commencing Kindergarten next year to contact the College before
Thursday 9th April 2020 and register your child’s
details on our 2021 waiting lists.
Please call the College on 9606 2666 or email at
[email protected] should you require further
information.
Yours Sincerely, Mrs Swaleha Mohamed Enrolments Office
STEP UP TO THE CHALLENGE!!!!
It is that time of the year once again, The Premier's Reading
Challenge has commenced and students can join and be rewarded for
their efforts
to gain knowledge and expand their literacy skills. The
Challenge aims to encourage a love of reading for leisure and
pleasure in students, and
to enable them to experience quality literature. It is not a
competition but a challenge to each student to read, to read more
and to read more
widely.
The Premier's Reading Challenge (PRC) is available for all NSW
students in Kindergarten to Year 9. If you need help using the
website and the
answer cannot be found on the PRC Support site, please contact
the PRC Support at [email protected] or speak with Bellfield
College Librarian.
To enter the challenge, students must visit the following
website and enter their username and password. Here they can
register the books they
read from the PRC book list.
https://online.det.nsw.edu.au/prc/studentExperience.html#/
Student Usernames and Passwords will be distributed at school by
Tuesday the 10th of March and students can start reading now.
Who:
Students from Kindergarten to Year 9
When:
Challenge opened - Monday 2nd, March 2020
Challenge ends - Friday 28th, August 2020
Certificates will be handed out after September 11th 2020
Ms Batoul Charafeddine
Bellfield College Librarian
[email protected]
mailto:[email protected]
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