December 2016

Transition yesterday

Yesterday, the Preps took part in their first transition session to prepare for next year. They were split into 2 groups. One group began with shared reading by Tomo in the Year 1 Torus and the other went on a tour of their neighbourhood for 2017. The children swapped halfway through the session so that they […]

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GRANDPARENTS’ DAY

The Preps had their final celebration of learning last week – Grandparents’ Day. It was lovely to see so many of the Prep’s grandparents, family members and special friends come together to see celebrate a wonderful year of learning. We began with 3 songs – Funga Alafia, Postman Pat and You’ve got a friend in

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WEEK 11 HAPPENINGS

The last full week of school for the year MONDAY Projects and Provocations / ICT – coding workshop Card making (Paper art and writing) / Wellbeing Year 1 Transition – Session 1 (exploring the neighbourhood) TUESDAY Projects and Provocations /  ICT – coding workshop Literacy targeted learning Specialist classes: Red – Italian and Phys. Ed Blue

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Happenings Week 10

We’ve had a busy week in the neighbourhood as we look to the future. We have been thinking about the considerations we need to make in order to design for the future, such as the environment, how many people will live on Earth and health. In Maths we have learning about area and creating our

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What’s Happening

M.A.D Expo Congratulations to all the presenters from yesterday’s M.A.D Expo.  The presentations were a wonderful showcase of the learning that has occurred this semester. By understanding the research process the students were able to make informed choices and think about their lasting impact.   The 5/6 Team  

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Hour of Code and Coding

Many parents have been asking about the website we use for the Hour of Code we have each week. This term, we have been engaging mainly in a block based coding course on The Hour of Code https://studio.code.org/s/course1 We have also begun to look at a modified form of Java on bitsbox.com. Bitsbox requires a booklet

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