Term 2 is off to a flying start as the 5/6 neighbourhood begins its dive into our inquiry for the year, exploring the big ideas of legacy and leadership. As we are now in the connect and then expand phase of our inquiry students have been exploring and sharing what they already understand about these […]
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As part of our Welcome Project for 2024, the 5/6 neighbourhood is excited to present our learning for our innitial inquiries. At the Welcome Expo we will present our work as we are currently in the COMMUNICATE phase of our inquiry. This inquiry explored the question “How do I shape my neighbourhood and how does
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Hello and welcome to our 2024 neighbourhood learning blog. This is the where we will document our learning journey throughout the year. The successes, the challenges, the impact and the growth. We begin the year with our initial inquiry for our Welcome Project – How do I shape my neighbourhood and how does my neighbourhood
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As part of our sense of belonging and community inquiry, students have had the opportunity to opt into their second elective choice for Term 3. The buzz is palpable and excitement levels are high, as students collaborate and engage across their chosen electives. Media Arts Students are exploring persuasive techniques used in logo design.
Gardening, drama, media arts, and science… delving into electives! Read More »
5/6 students who are impacted by COVID, can engage with the following learning opportunities while at home: Reading – write a summary, response to what was read, a book review Numeracy – daily practice of maths goals linked to fluency with addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division Writing – as well as writing provocations, students can
The year six students began practicing their graduation song this morning. It’s been a few weeks of the song committee working away curating song and lyric choice together with Deb, but has taken shape quite well now. Singing as a choir requires a lot of coordination and commitment from the students and some great direction
On the 17th of October, all the grade 5/6 students went out to the big oval to have a skipping rope jump-off. At the end of the jump-off we had a competition for the longest continuous skip, after a solid 15 minutes of skipping Hugo and Noah came victorious. The reason we have the jump-off
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Earlier in the year we were looking at ways we can contribute to the community to make a difference. Jackson Saunders came to visit the 5/6 Neighbourhood talk about Polished Man. Polished Man is a charity that raises money for children that suffer from abuse. Jackson is in year six and shared with us about
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Not all of us are inspired by classics and offering Shakespeare to a young audience can be a hard sell; however, judging from the attentive audience of Just Romeo and Juliet, our artists in residence nailed it! Not only did The Bell Shakespeare Theatre Company manage to capture us with their energetic performance, but they
I am Eleven workshops As we begin our new inquiry into Identity and the ways we define ourselves, we have viewed the Australian documentary, I am Eleven. This film interviews a range of 11-year-olds around the world with the purpose of comparing their values, beliefs, ideas, and experiences during this unique period of growth that
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