Boxwars ‘On Wednesday the whole school draped on their togas, ink printed with their own designs, put on their hand-crafted cardboard jewellery and armour made in Italian with Anne-Maree and paraded out in to the BOXWARS auditorium to act as the crowd for the BOXWARS chariot race. Caesar himself was there to start the race dressed in a splendid armour of cardboard. We […]
Literacy In Literacy in week 2 the students began a focus on poetry. Through whole class discussions and independent work, students interpreted and experimented with imagery in poems, such as My Country by Dorothea Mackeller and The Silent Shearer by Banjo Paterson. The students also considered how guiding questions and data charts can be used to
ICT This week we continued our exploration of Google Drive. In a very short time, our students have become adept at organising and sharing their work. They have begun using Google Docs as a collaborative tool through working in small groups to write a poem. All students also now have a school email address.
Dear parents, Our neighbourhood supply of tissues is running low. If boxes of tissues could be brought in that would be fantastic! Thank you, The 5/6 Team
Numeracy In the first, short week of Term 3, the students have been introduced to the game of ‘Addo,’ which is a game that is useful for becoming fluent with addition fact knowledge but also provides a great investigation into probability. The students have developed some cunning strategies and would no doubt like to challenge their families
Literacy This week in Literacy the students explored how data charts and guiding questions can be used to support their research and their independent writing. They also further developed their use of vocabulary to express greater precision of meaning and how words can have different meanings in different contexts. Well done everyone on a great
Hello everyone, For your information, the instrumental music instruction sessions will commence next week on Friday the 22nd of July. And just a reminder – The instrumental music instructors advise their students on the specific amount of ‘at home practice’ that is required for each individual. Please support your child in making time to practice
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BoxWars! This term, the school is hosting and participating in the filming of a pilot TV program called ‘Boxwars,’ on Wednesday 27 July or Thursday 28 July if weather is poor on the Wednesday. Boxwars, in partnership with Bruce Kane Media (B.J.S.E P/L) are making a Pilot for a Kids TV series with the support
Valley Homestead Camp We arrived safely yesterday and spent the afternoon doing some outdoor lateral thinking challenges. Today all the students participated in bush survival and learnt how build a fire and boil a billy of water. They then used these skills and cooked their own lunch over a camp fire. We enjoyed the first
Science on Fridays – Solids, Liquids & Gasses On Friday we had our third science lesson exploring the properties of solids, liquids and gasses. Our focus this session was the viscosity of liquids, which the students measured by performing a simple, but effective experiment. Predictions were made and compared with results. This prompted some interesting