Blog post by Esmae, Yvette, Xena, Alex, Edward and Flynn. The sensory garden opened last Friday, the 23 of August. The sensory garden was built next to 5/6 playground, next to the big oval, and it has been crowded ever since. The garden includes a shell pit, instead of the sandpit we have in the […]
Book week 2019 is off to a super start! This week the theme is ‘Reading is my super power’ and on Friday August 16th students and teachers dressed up and got into character to celebrate their favorite books. This week (week 6) we have a whole range of invitations celebrating all things literature. We are
Our wellbeing focus for this term has been the capability of ‘collaboration.’ Students have been exploring this capability and the value that collaboration adds to our thinking and learning. We understand that much of learning is social but the skills and attributes that are required to be a good collaborator are sometimes a bit tricky!
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Performing hits close to the hearts of all our 3/4 students. We enjoy exploring our ideas through performance and presentation each week and are working to build our understanding of the different ways to express our ideas, creations and calls to action. This term we have been lucky enough to have had two fantastic performances
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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
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
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This week student in year 3 are going on their very first camp! They are attending Cave Hill Creek and will be participating in a large range of outdoor education activities. Camp plays a huge roll in our curriculum and works to support students physical development, resilience, problem solving skills and giving a brand new
Welcome to week 2! As well as a number of ideas being explored this week from week 1 we have a couple of new ‘big ideas’ to explore this week. Vowels and Consonants: Sounds and letters can often be confusing in English, creating tension when we want to spell brand new words. This week we
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Written communication is only one part of the picture. During week one, students were invited to reflect on their holiday and create a 6 Word Memoir. With only six words available every word counts! Students needed to describe setting, feeling and activity with as much detail as possible. Once written, these memoirs were given even
Welcome back! We hope you had a safe and restful holiday. We have loved hearing all about the exciting things our 3/4’s saw, ate, explored, learnt and did. Here are the key learning focus’ for this week. Project groups: working together to investigate a problem around the school we would like to change. STEM challenge:
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