Yesterday , Ben Schneiders, Isaac’s father, visited the 34 neighborhoods. You’ll be able to find his work in The Age, where he writes as an award winning investigative journalist. In preparation for Ben’s visit, students studied some of Ben’s writing, explored differences between open and closed questions, and designed questions to ask. The questions enquired […]
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Inquiry Our inquiry into power and its many forms continues this week. The students are considering the different aspects to power and the possibilities for positive and negative action. Manga Art and graphic novels The students will be further exploring identity and power through the creation of different characters, with the aim that the students
The Walkathon is on this Wednesday! Please ensure your child has finalised collecting sponsors by then – they will need to have their sponsorship forms with them on the day so we can write the number of laps completed on them and they can then bring them home and commence collection!! Please ensure that your
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Literacy This week we will conclude our investigation into Jeannie Baker’s storybook “Belonging” by creating a portfolio piece. So far, the children have studied the pictures and observed the changes that have occurred in the environment as the story progresses. Working with A3 print-outs of the pictures, children put the images in sequence. They shared
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Please remind students bringing toys to school that they are to be kept in lockers during learning time. To assist us in avoiding conflicts over ownership, we ask that such articles be clearly named or labelled if they are brought into the neighbourhood. It is the responsibility of the students to look after personal property
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Some of the preps have been bringing in special books from home to share with the neighbourhood this term. Some children bring in their favourite books, others bring in books that they have made themselves. These experiences helps to foster our culture of reading and valuing books and support students in becoming aware of the