**Time Change** Hi everyone, Due a timetable change we would like to invite parents to come in to share stories from 3-3:30 tomorrow afternoon (instead of directly after the parade). We hope to see you for a very special story time! Warm Wishes, Tomo, Jess and Amy
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Hi all! Couple of quick reminders: This week is BOOK WEEK! And on Wednesday 22nd August, the school is having their annual book week parade. We have been doing a lot of shared reading in the neighbourhood, inspiring the students to think of a particularly book character they could possibly dress up for the day.
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Hi Everyone, Welcome to week 6 where alongside our regular program we will be celebrating Book Week and some of our favourite books! Below is a general run down of our proposed happenings…. Monday Projects & Provocations Cricket Guided Reading Maths Investigation Number Stories Shared Reading Tuesday Projects & Provocations Guided Reading ICT Workshop Letter
Hello everyone This week we celebrate Book Week through lots of reading opportunities in the neighbourhood and different ways to reflect on what the kids are reading. ‘No Guns For Asmir’ is a book the entire neighbourhood is reading together and through this experience the teachers will be modelling different strategies for comprehension and analytical
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We invite parents to come in on Wednesday in the Prep Neighbourhood to share some of your favourite picture books with the students as a part of our Book Week celebration. This will happen straight after the Book Week Parade in the gymnasium (so probably around 10AM). Come in dressed up as your favourite book
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Dear Parents and Carers, As you know, The Year 1 Assembly performance of “How the Lorikeet Got its Colours” is next week, Friday 24th August at 3pm. The students have been working hard making beautiful scenery, and are now rehearsing their parts. Everyone has a special role. Parents have been asking us about costumes. Please see
Hello! Just a quick post to remind you all that the Year 1 assembly is next Friday 24th August. The children have been cast in the following roles: Brown/Grey Lorikeets, Rainbow Lorikeets and Fire. We would be most grateful if you could help them put their costumes together. Nothing elaborate. For the Brown/Grey Lorikeets something
On Thursday, students were asked to nominate a ‘global super group’ they were keen to join. These groups will begin to deepen their knowledge and start to investigate how they will be able to take action. If any parents feel like they may have expertise in any of the super groups areas, we would
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Over the next few weeks, we are going to have an ongoing project – making beautiful art out of our un-recyclable plastic bottle tops. We would love students to bring in all of their plastic tops – milk bottle tops, yoghurt pot lids, soda bottle tops, preserve tops etc. Look out for our art in
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Week 3 Exploring bamboo and sound… This week Deb led our workshops and we explored the potential of bamboo to create sound. We approached our explorations in two stages. These were not necessarily in any order. We explored a range of sounds that we could harness from the bamboo We considered how we could exploit
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