This week in 3/4 Neighbourhood 2, we will be having our first MARKET DAY – Friday 28th of April 12:30 – 1:30. Students will have designated times throughout the week to work on their market day stalls and are encouraged to work on their market day products / services at home. Earn and learn market […]
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At the end of last term, we introduced a ‘Neighbourhood Map’ on a table in our Inquiry Area, that shows the school and surrounding suburbs. Today students had the opportunity to place their photo on a location on the map that they had a connection with and then write about this connection – for example, students chose places
This week in singing, the Preps got their bodies moving with a top favourite in the Prep neighbourhood “Seven Jumps”. Following the fun filled dance, the Preps enjoyed making noise with instruments. They learnt about how the conductor uses their hands to communicate different instructions. They practiced attending to stop and start signals and controlled the
Students are having a blast working through their Maths Daily 3 Provocations this week. Students have the opportunity to engage mathematically in the following areas: Maths by Myself: Setting new Mathematics SMART Goals and providing evidence of their mathematics learning, daily problem solving questions and challenges (using addition, subtraction, multinational and division operations) The challenges
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Year 3/4 Neighbourhoods had a productive and literacy-filled Term One! We have covered the writing process and the different traits of quality writing (Ideas, Organisation, Voice, Word Choice, Sentence Fluency, Conventions, and Presentation). Students also began to use their Writer’s Notebook to develop writing ideas, including writing on the topic of ‘Me at My Best’. We are
Term Overview: In term 2 students will have the wonderful opportunity to examine Aboriginal art through the works of the Top End artists Wandjuk Marika and Ngarra. Throughout the term, students will contemplate Aboriginal people’s spiritual, cultural and ancestral connection to, and custodianship of, the land. They will examine how Aboriginal art speaks to
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Term Overview: In term 2 students will have the wonderful opportunity to examine Aboriginal art through the works of the Top End artists Wandjuk Marika and Ngarra. Throughout the term, students will contemplate Aboriginal people’s spiritual, cultural and ancestral connection to, and custodianship of, the land. They will examine how Aboriginal art speaks to the
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We hope that everyone had a wonderful and relaxing Easter break and are excited for another busy term! It is an 11-week term which means there is plenty to look out for including: ANZAC Day (Week 2) – As part of our inquiry we will be looking at how conflict has led us to work
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Earn and Learn Mathematics Program Throughout this term you may hear your child mention “Earn and Learn.” Earn and Learn is a program based on the establishment of a micro-community within the classroom. Students will be paid and taxed according to their employment. There will also be electricity and gas bills to pay, groceries to
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Tuesday Holiday recount (Writing, art and speaking and listening experience) Specialist – Italian (Yellow and Red), Physical Education (Blue and Red), Art (Blue and Yellow) Library – Yoga – Drawing Wednesday Inquiry/ Shared reading – Big book Science – Oobleck (sequencing and annotating photos) / Modelled and independent writing – Teddy Bear’s Picnic / Numeracy – Part