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Term 2 Curriculum Overviews

Click on the links below to see an outline of what students will be learning this term.

Maths Olympiad

St Augustine’s is once again taking part in the highly regarded Maths Olympiads for 2023 as part of our Enrichment program. This is an annual contest that has been offered by Australasian Problem Solving Mathematical Olympiads Inc (APSMO) since 1987 and is designed specifically for our high achieving students.

The Olympiads are designed to be challenging, however, even though students are competing against other members of their class and teams from other schools, they are primarily competing against themselves and trying to improve their skills.

Unlike many other Maths competitions, the Olympiads consists of four separate contests held approximately six weeks apart between May and September. The overall aim of the Olympiads is to encourage students to develop important mathematical problem solving skills in an enjoyable environment.

Goodluck to those who have been selected to take on this challenge!

Respectful Relationships

In Term 2 the RR focus will be on ‘Help Seeking’ Learning activities in this topic will be designed to help students discuss the importance of seeking help and providing peer support when dealing with problems that are too big to solve alone.

Sustainability at St Augustine’s

It is time to start collecting! We are very pleased to announce that we will be participating in the Wonder Recycling Program for 2023. This simply means you can start collecting your soft plastic bread bags and send them into school to deposit into our “Wonder Bread Bag Recycling Box”, we can save the bread bags from going into landfill whilst at the same time earn credits towards sports equipment. Remember if each of us collects a little we can collect a huge amount and make a difference to our planet.

Frequently Asked Questions

You can recycle any type of bread bag as part of the Wonder Recycling Rewards program! To clarify what we classify as a bread bag, read below:

The rule of thumb is that if it has contained bread of some sort and is a soft plastic, then it’s a bread bag. If it hasn’t contained bread, then it’s not a bread bag.

Do our bread bags need to be clean?

Bread bags should be as free from crumbs as they can be to keep the recycling process free from contamination (there is no need to wash them).

How are the bread bags recycled when we have collected them?

Our recycling partner APR Plastics manages the recycling process for us. APR Plastics empty the cartons and recycle the boxes. The plastic is then processed into an oil that can be reused to create food grade packaging, creating a circular economy.

CHESS SETS

Sustainability is not just about greening our school but it is about reusing recycling or repurposing items to be sustainable and we need your help.

This term we have a number of students in 3-6 who are interested in starting up a chess club. We are asking all families to have a look in your cupboards and see if you have a chess set sitting there that is not being used that you would like to donate to the school. Any set that is in good used condition will be appreciated. We are aiming to gather a number of sets so we can start a lunchtime club. If you have a set that you can donate for our students please drop the set to the office and we can assure you they will be greatly received by our enthusiastic chess students. Looking forward to your support.