On Tuesday, the preps went over to the year 2 neighbourhood for our second session with Jason Kelly. We listened to stories about the star constellations – Orion’s Belt and The Seven Sisters. Some Prep and Year 2 students asked questions.
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The Preps who are participating in the school choir have been practicing the song – Ain’t nobody here but us chickens. Choir practice is straight after lunch on a Friday. Seeing as the song is has a few verses and is rather wordy for the preps to learn – here are the variations of the chorus
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WEEK 4: The children participated in a wellbeing session that focused on the idea of walking in someone else’s shoes (a key understanding we want to develop as part of our school values). It was interesting to hear the initial thinking of this phrase. Many students understood in the literal sense, of actually walking in another persons’
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3/4 Neighbourhood 2 On Friday the 19th of May, we had our second Market Day as part of our earn and learn program in our learning neighbourhood. Students had a fantastic time buying and selling their products, services and game provocations. Thank you very much to all community members in supporting us in running a
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Please stop by in the 3/4 neighbourhoods and check out our new maths documentation walls. 3/4 Neighbourhood 1 wall is still under construction, however will be up by Wednesday 24th of May. These documentation walls reflect on our students mathematical journey from the first day of school this year to what we are currently investigating
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We are all very excited about going to ACMI and engaging in the Express Yourself exhibition. Just a reminder that we will have no lunch orders on our excursion day and can students please come to school with their lunches ready to take on the day. Thank you for your support
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Jen, Meredith and Tim have been thinking about the dates of the country project presentations and have decided to push them back a week. The kids are working really hard on them, but we wanted to give everyone a bit more time to complete their presentations. Below is an updated timetable, which will also be sent
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On Monday the 15th of May, 6 wonderful students from 3/4 went out on a mission! The mission was to spread joy, fun, happiness and of course kindness to the Princes Hill community. First stop: North Carlton Canteen. The students approached the cafe manager and politely informed them about our Random Acts of Kindness provocation
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As part of one of our weekly writing workshops, the Preps share an experience they had over the weekend by writing a recount. It has been wonderful to see their growth from day 1, particularly their confidence and ability to have a go and write key sounds they hear in words. For those that are comfortable,
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Here are some photos of the kids making (and eating) ANZAC biscuits! It was a rich learning experience where they explored: different text types – recipe and list measurement – using measuring cups and spoons, measuring time scientific concepts – solids and liquids, change of state (when heat is applied) adjectives to describe taste and feel