Here are some videos and photos of last week’s session. It certainly is an experience that the children look forward to each week. Kofi introduced us to an instrument that can be made at home using a bucket, string and pipe. We have been practicing drumming in time with Kofi’s beat and have been working […]
AFRICAN DRUMMING update Read More »
MONDAY Mathematics project and provocation workshops Projects and provocations Handwriting / guided reading / modelled writing Specialist class: Green group – Visual Art Yoga and Library TUESDAY Projects and Provocations Shared reading & letter study / Letter study & handwriting / guided reading Specialist classes: Blue Group: Phys Ed Green Group: Italian Red Group: Art Mathematics project
Numeracy We had an exciting week in numeracy in the 5/6 neighbourhood. We revised our 2d shapes and then used the computer language scratch to generate code, which would draw some of them. Quite a few of our students took up the challenge to write a program, which would instantly generate a regular polygon of
Yesterday, Prep children were all given Walkathon notices (blue forms). Any parents who are able to assist on the day, please fill out the ‘Walkathon Assistance’ slip and return to your child’s home group teacher by the 18th of May.
ACTION REQUIRED: WALKATHON NOTICES Read More »
A reminder that the Mother’s Day stall is tomorrow. There will be an assortment of gifts available from $1 – $10. If you would like your child to participate in this experience, remember to send them to school tomorrow with some spending money! Ensure your child has their money in a secure place (coin purse
MOTHERS DAY STALL IS TOMORROW Read More »
If you would like to be on the parent contact list and haven’t been able to sign up due to pick up/drop off limitations, feel free to send a note to school with your child to be given to their home group teacher. We can pass on your details to the parent reps with your
Parent contact list Read More »
Our investigation into systems have now branched out towards looking at the ‘system of communication’. How do we communicate and what do we use to communicate? We have been investigating the three main ways we communicate – verbal, non verbal and written. We are going to be setting up our own ‘communication museum’ within the neighbourhood.
Communication Museum Read More »
Mothers/Special Carers Day Stall Just a reminder that the Mothers/Special Carers Day stall will be held on Friday 6th May from 9am in the gym. We really love (and rely on!) baked goods. Packaging for baked goods can now be collected from the office. We also need: • Donations of items for the
Mathematics Information Evening with Professor Dianne Siemon Mental strategies for multiplication and division “While the every-day experience of most 5 year-olds supports intuitive ideas of getting/having more (addition), losing/having something less (subtraction), fair shares/sharing (division), and doubling, it generally does not support a notion of counting equal groups or repeated addition. In the first years
Last week, the Preps read ‘The Kick-a-lot Shoes’ and they participated in letter study of Kk.