Last week, our wellbeing workshop was all about friendship. We had a discussion about what characteristics make a good friend. These are some ideas that we came up with: Help you when you are hurt or feeling sad Are nice to you – say kind words Include you Make you feel happy Have fun with you Share […]
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MONDAY Workshops (Mathematics, writing and costume design) Neighbourhood games Projects and provocations TUESDAY Projects and Provocations Guided Reading / Shared reading & letter study Specialist classes: Blue Group: Visual Art and Italian Green Group: Phys Ed and Visual Art Red Group: Italian and Phys Ed. Maths Projects WEDNESDAY Projects and provocations Guided Reading / Shared
Parents’ we need your help! Over the course of this week (and most likely the next) we will be building bug costumes in the lead up to our very exciting bug performance. With that in mind, we are hoping you could help us out. As you will see below, we are looking for a range of materials. If you
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Literacy – Week 7 Last week in Literacy the students continued their review of reading comprehension strategies. The two strategies we focused on were questioning and monitoring. The students also developed their understanding of how ideas can be sharpened through the careful choice of verbs and adverbs. The development of their independent writing was one
This week in the inquiry our systems focus is on relationships and connections between systems. A really great way to look at interdependent relationships is by exploring cause and effect. This will be a major focus in the inquiry this week. In numeracy we are exploring patterns in our world. We will start by identifying what
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Don’t forget today is dress up day! Gold House are holding A Day in May which supports Challenge, an organisation that provides assistance for children with cancer. The money we raise goes to providing music therapy sessions for children who are diagnosed with cancer. Please bring a gold coin donation and dress up as your favourite
This week in the Inquiry we have began looking at cause and effect to reflect the separate parts of systems and the inter-dependence therein. The idea that one something occurring effects another something happening echoes the idea that smaller parts of systems work together for a greater purpose. This week in Numeracy we have been
Last week (week 6) we created a maker week at school to celebrate Education Week 2016. We embedded the design, creating and making aspect of Maker week into our inquiry projects and the students really enjoyed the physical explorations of their learning! We opened the neighbourhood on Friday afternoon and many many parents came to
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After a wonderful term of African drumming workshops with Kofi Kunkpe the children are ready to present their learning to the community. The Drumming Performances will occur on Wednesday 8 June and Thursday 9 June. In order to present the range of learning that has occurred across the year levels there will be representation from Prep
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A friendly reminder to please return your Walkathon money as soon as possible. Thank you to those of you who have already brought it in. The first home group in the school to have all their money handed in will enjoy a pizza party!
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