All school families are invited to the annual family Welcome Picnic, next Friday 15th March on the big oval at school. It will run from 6:00-8:00pm. Bring your own dinner and drinks. The picnic is run by parent volunteers (not by the school), so to make it run smoothly, please remember: 1. Children can only attend with […]
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Collections This week we are starting to explore the value to collections. What do they teach us about who we are and the items we chose to collect? We’ll be exploring how collections come together to tell a story and share collections that mean something to us or the people around us. Spelling Investigation Etymology
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Weekly Reflection Blog post written by Anisa Photos by Ada ROBOTICS IN ACTION Magnus and Poppy explored all the little parts of the robot and wrote down their wanderings. Poppy and Magnus shared their robot, which they showed us and controlled it with a remote. WONDERING Tase has drawn a picture of
Here are some of the wonderful things we are exploring in the neighbourhoods this week; Letter writing We are exploring the history of letters as we begin to share our letters with others. We are also writing using other types of communication tools such as emails, codes and postcards. If any families have old letters or
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The new library system is now up and running. It is now online and students and families can hunt for books, leave reviews and share books with others. It can be found at: https://phps.softlinkhosting.com.au/oliver/home/browse/list Feel free to have an explore and happy reading!
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Blog Post Written by Poppy T. Photos by Magnus W-S Mapping In the mapping provocation we were making maps of the school, our neighbourhoods and spaces. We persevered and worked together. We made illustrated maps that we coloured some in and we measured. Graphing For our graphing we firstly made tally’s ,then and then we
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Here’s what’s happening in the neighbourhood’s this week, Mapping and learning spaces As we continue to explore mapping, students will be learning about scale using informal and formal units. We are developing our illustrated maps and creating symbols that represent culture and nature in the world around us. Key vocabulary includes; measuring, scale, symbols, compass,
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Term one is turning out to be a busy one! Below are a couple of important reminders. Working with Children’s Check: As we start to think about excursions and camps we are going to be looking for parent helpers. If you may be interested at any point this year please arrange your working with children’s
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Each week, both neighbourhoods will come together to share some exceptional learning. Students will have the opportunity to share their work and practice TAG feedback (Tell them something you like, Ask a question & Give a suggestion). Below are some pictures from our sharing time. Eirik and Finn shared their learning machine that helps translate
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Here’s what’s happening in the neighbourhoods this week; What happens around our school? This week, our exploration of maps continues as we look at ways to measure and create scales to highlight the different spaces in our school. Students will have opportunities to measure, compare, illustrate and explore the different ways learning happens throughout the
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