It came to our attention that parents felt overwhelmed at the amount of communication provided about their child/rens learning AND that our use of the space was outgrowing the original intent of the Communication Blog. As a result we will be limiting posts here to 2-3 a week and ensure that they represent a collaborative […]
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A massive thank you to all the parents that made their way down to the Maths night with Di. If you missed it here’s a link to Di’s work and we’ve got some new resources available on the Numeracy page. Here’s one of Steve’s new favourite games, Mancala (WARNING: it is highly addictive, and quick moving). For the
The first week back was a long one for all of us, climatising to being back in the school setting. More than three quarters of the students admitted to being glad to be back excited by learning and the socialising opportunities reinforcing that it’s nice to be a part of a community a few shared
In Literacy, we’re looking to develop our ability to write with the intent ‘to describe’. While descriptive language is an important part of any writing, we’ll be looking specifically at Information/Scientific Report. We believe this will help us the most with our inquiry in both comprehending information we are reading and in communicating our understandings.
The Human Body group is going to continue to inquire this week into the systems and organs involved. There is a great, fun, free app called Build a Body that could be a worthwhile download to play at home with your child, if not below are some of the interactives that we’ll be exploring over the
We’ve been getting quite a few questions about home reading. Anne O’Sullivan, our Literacy guru has prepared this information to help you get the most from your reading with your child at home. Students should all now have a plastic wallet with book to log their book and respond as needed/desired. This will be checked during guided
…while some may argue that it is love. Science would argue that it is Mathematics/numbers. Why is this important at all? This week we have been inquiring into Number Systems. We’ve looked at how humans around the world record number past and present. From Roman Numerals, Egyptian Glyphs and Japanese characters we have explored quite a lot.
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