We’ve had another wonderful day in Canberra packed to the brim with activities. We started with a visit to the museum where we explored the Australian garden, exhibits about Australia and the first peoples. One bus headed off to the Mint while the other visited the Capital Museum to learn all about how the city […]
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Today started with a rendition of happy birthday to Stephanie who celebrated her birthday today. a Amongst the many things we did today was a trip to the Mint to see how our coins are made. Did you know it costs 7 cents to make a 5 cent coin? A highlight was a trip to
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Hi everyone, we are the Blue House captains. This year we are hosting Book Week. Book Week will be from the 28th of August to the 1st of September. The theme for this year is: Escape to Everywhere! On Wednesday 30th of August we will be having our annual indigenous book swap which will be
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We left behind the drizzle of Melbourne and headed out on to the freeway towards our long journey. A few movies, a lot of conversation and some great views later we have safely arrived in Canberra and settled into our accommodation. Our first stop was at Euroa for a snack and then onto Holbrook where
This term students will be exploring the concept of culture. What is culture and what does it mean to be part of a culture? As a way into the inquiry, students were asked to consider the communities they are part of outside of school. These varied from sporting, to dancing, to horse riding clubs. They
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Ciao a tutti! Across the school the students are having fun exploring La Bella Italia. Students in prep – year 2 are learning to name famous icons and monuments, discovering that all nouns in Italian are masculine or feminine and learning to use the correct definite article. For example: la torre di Pisa, il Colosseo,
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Last week, the Preps took part in a reading workshop where we explored how animals feature in stories in different ways. There are stories featuring animals in the same way that we see them our world. There are stories with imaginative animals that take on characteristics of people. Each group voted on an animal to
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It was an exciting but ultimately disappointing day for our (previously) unstoppable Teeball team who travelled to Mill Park for the Regional championships. The competition was just too good! To the credit of our students though they were satisfied with their efforts and philosophical about the outcome, so they deserve great praise for that! A
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After consideration, we decided to cancel the Athletics at the Coburg Track and conduct trials at school. We would have much preferred to have the day at the Track, but the weather forecast was too ominous. Despite this slight setback the trials resulted in the children putting in fantastic efforts and in Blue House being
Monday Workshops: Writing & Collage / Measurement / Recount writing Projects and Provocations / Big Book Active Hour Tuesday Projects and Provocations / Big Book Workshops: Coding – Scratch Junior / Reading Response / Writing and Collage JSSD Activities Wednesday (Chess club today) Specialist (Prep L: Italian/Vis Art, Prep T: Physical Ed/Italian, Prep M: Vis Art/Physical