August 2019

As educators we believe in an approach to literacy that provides a balance of explicit instruction combined with opportunities for curiosity and meaningful experiences in many forms. A strong focus so far this year has been on supporting children to develop a positive mindset toward developing key literacy skills including reading and writing. Through the […]

Kids are taking over The Little Bookroom to celebrate Love Your Bookshop Day! We’re very proud of our Book Clubbers: together, we’ve built a welcoming, kind and very keen community around reading. We’re delighted they are volunteering to work with us as apprentice booksellers: because is there any better way to find your next book

Students have been developing an understanding that stories contain important messages. We are continuing to develop students understanding of stories and how stories can communicate important messages about the environment for our future. The children have been responding in a range of ways investigating the stories of the rainforest, ocean and the desert. They have

Today the whole school was lucky enough to watch a wonderful performance of The Barber of Seville. Here are the impressions of the Year 2 neighbourhood: The opera was amazing. My favourite part was when Aunty Berta polished the “statues”. (Bessie) I thought the opera was funny! (Charlie) The singing was incredible, as was the

Each week this term students in the 3/4 neighborhood have been exploring building through a weekly STEM challenge. STEM incorporates science, technology, engineering and mathematics and allows students to explore these ideas through problem solving and working together. This week the challenge was to build a tower with only paper  that would hold as many

For the past week the Year 2 neighbourhood has been exploring the science of rockets. This interest in “rocket science” was fueled by the watching of a live stream of a SpaceX rocket launch, where 24 satellites were released into orbit at an altitude of approximately 400 kilometers, at a speed of 25 thousand kilometers

Below are a few key things happening for week 3 and week 4! Project groups: our project groups are creating change around the school. This week the groups are working hard to prepare their proposals which will be presented to the neighborhoods next week. Non-Fiction Texts: the texts that give us information and grow our