Today was the start of a brand new session for the year 2’s – Book Club! Each Thursday, the students will get into small groups and share with each other what books they are reading at home. It is the opportunity for the students to share their thoughts and ideas on literature, saying why […]
Division Swimming, 8th March, Northcote Pool After qualifying at the Carlton District Swimming Carnival…. Ana B, Tem F, Luis G, Greta GJ, Callum G, Gideon G, Hugo J, Martin K, Harvey M, Heath M, Olivia McL, Charlie M, Daniel S, Maggie S, Oscar W, Zoe B, Lacey E, Mia H, Alet I and Louis W
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As you may have now heard, we are doing some special projects and presentations neighbourhood. Our Big Idea for this year is ‘My Place’, and one of the guiding questions we have is ‘What makes a place special to you?’. We are asking the students to choose a place that they have a special
We continued to look at descriptive language last week, using photos and soundscapes as stimuli to build shared descriptions of the features of a particular place. Students also drew and discussed how they connected to these places through their own experiences. After a shared reading of ‘Heart in a Bottle’ by Oliver Jeffers, we used
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YO, YO, YO! We love maths YO, YO, YO! We love maths, we love maths, we love maths, multiplication, addition, and subtraction, they give me great satisfaction! You can do maths anywhere, grab a pencil and some paper, when you do four maths sums, we can have some real fun! We love maths, we love
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I am a maths Rapper! In grade 4 maths we have a sheet and even if the work is hard, I will never cheat! My favourite part is subtraction follow close to learning fraction I hate when people are a big distraction it’s not close to my satisfaction I remember in grade 1 my teacher
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Each week, our prep home groups read one Big Book together. The book is read daily and students build their reading strategies, recognition of commonly used words and participate in letter study. Books read during weeks 2 – 4 Mrs Wishy Washy Commonly used words – in, the Letter study – W The jigaree Commonly
Monday Term 1 cover – Self portrait / Audience / Reading – ‘My many coloured days’ Numeracy / Paired and indépendant reading / Wellbeing Tuesday Provocations / Shared reading – Big book Specialist – Italian (Yellow and Red), Physical Education (Blue and Red), Art (Blue and Yellow) Buddy time Wednesday (Student free day) Scheduled online interviews (one on one)
Well done to all Preps for their wonderful participation in their first writing workshop on Friday. It takes bravery to begin writing and taking that plunge and having a go is vital. They are all on their own journey as writers and it is something that takes time and practice. Key points we focused on during the workshop Writing
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Here are some photos of the preppies exploring the provocations in each learning space. PERFORMANCE SPACE LEARNING COMMONS ART STUDIO