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October 10, 2011

Dear Parents/Guardians,

I offer my respectful obeisances.  All glories to Srila Prabupada.

Hare Krishna and welcome to Term 4.

Term 4 starts out with a bang as our class and the grade 5/6 class will be going to Midginbil Hill for three days of exciting camping activities.  We are looking forward to a fun experience at camp.

As usual, there will be plenty of great learning experiences in the classroom as we head towards the end of the school year.  Everyone has improved so much and can take pride in their abilities.  Our focus for the term is Govardhana Puja and the term value is Austerity.

As in the previous terms, Mother Yasoda will be teaching Art and Physical Education. Mother Mandakini will be teaching Drama and Mother Vilasa will continue teaching Ayurveda.  We thank them for the efforts and wonderful service.

We kindly remind parents that students need to supply their own pencils and erasers for class.  Our class supply is running low.  Also, I ask that parents make sure that their child has a water bottle to keep at school.  Moving into the summer months, it will become essential for students to have drinks readily available in the classroom.

It is requested that parents do a quick check for head lice before sending students to school. 

If there are any concerns please feel free to contact me at any point during the term by email or telephone here at the Gurukula.

Your servant,

Nino Langella

Grade 3/4 Teacher

10 October 2011

Dear Parents and Carers of Year 5/6 Students,

Hare Krsna and welcome to Term 4,

Here are our topics for this term;

• Vaisnava Studies: Self-Control (pillar of religion) and the last topic for our preliminary Bhakti Sastri studies is the Sri Isopanisad.
• Math: Mass, Time, 2D and 3D Space and Geometry.
• HSIE: Two topics - Australian Currency and World Religions (Islam). 
• Science: Body Science (organs and their functions, the cell). We also look at modern scientific theories such as Big Bang, Evolution, the Fossil Record.
• English: Grammar, Reading Comprehension, Text Type (Writing Procedures and Explanations), Talking and Listening (Life Skills).
• Art, Ayurveda and Drama

We also continue to watch Behind The News (BTN), a half hour children's news program from the ABC, every Wednesday. This is a great program that always sparks discussion about current events.

Changes: The timetable has altered for our class this term. We will not be sending homework, or having a spelling test at the end of the week (hooray!) However, we will be having double math sessions on Monday to Wednesday only (2 days math free!), and final exams for spelling, math, etc. I have arranged for more in-school work, as well as more free time during the week. That way, when the students go home, they can spend more time with the family and friends. Next year will be different, as they will be undertaking high school work and I expect there will be a little homework.

If anyone wants to contribute time, ideas, resources and so on, please contact myself or Vinod on 6672 3788. If you would like to see programming detail, you can also arrange to meet me sometime suitable.

Hope you have a great term. Looking forward to camp!

Your servant,

Vraja Vilasa dasa

The students of our school have participated in the colouring competition organised by Govindas Restaurant in Burleigh Heads, QLD. All the drawings were remarkably good and it was very difficult to decide upon the winners. After a long discussion the staff of Govindas restaurant decided upon the following winners:

K-2 Grades:

1st prize - Sati

2nd prize - Mandali

3rd prize - Urmila

3-4 Grades

1st prize - Lallita B

2nd prize - Maya

3rd prize - Priya

5-6 Grades

1st prize - Dhananjaya

2nd prize - Kashalya and Anjali

3rd prize - Kalki

We would like to thank all the participants in the competition.