This term, the preps are taking part in coding workshops as an introduction to basics in computer programming. During the last two weeks, the students have been learning about algorithms through some ‘unplugged’ activities. They worked together to program Tomo the Robot to draw a smiley face and have taken part in activities where they programmed each other. These […]
Last week and this week, we have been following the progress of Fedor Konyukhov’s world record attempt at circumnavigating the globe in his hot air balloon. We have been learning about all the continents, oceans and countries he is crossing. We have also put together some questions we have about his flight (mainly about going to
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Dear Parents/Carers, Professor Dianne Siemon will be presenting to parents about the teaching of mathematics from 6:00 to 7:00pm in the gymnasium Tuesday 26th April. We did not receive very many requests for childcare services so we will not be providing this service. Please respect that this is an adult only presentation. Dianne will present
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Many parents have requested that the video shown during last Friday’s assembly be put on the blog, so here it is (if you are viewing this as an email, you may need to login to the blog on a browser).
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As we move into term 2, students in the prep neighbourhood will be exploring the concept of ‘research’ and ‘collaboration’ as a part of their inquiry. To begin this process, this week, the students took part in an inquiry workshop where they made predictions on which bugs we will be able to invite to our bug hotel
Part-part-whole We have been continuing our investigation into part-part-whole (PPW) where we learn that numbers can be made in many different ways. We have been looking at the ‘frogs in the pond’ problem where there are a certain number of frogs in the pond and we work out how many are on the lily pad
The Preps borrowed their first book from the Junior School Library on Thursday. The books can are found in tubs organised by colour along one of the walls in the library. The Preps either took a Green or a Blue book home on Thursday. Books do not need to be swapped every night. Good practice involves borrowing a book and reading
Tuesday: Specialist classes · Blue Group: Visual Art and Italian · Green Group: Phys Ed and Visual Art · Red Group: Italian and Phys Ed. Wednesday: Individual Interviews Friday: Specialist classes · Blue Group: Phys Ed · Green Group: Italian · Red Group will have Visual Art. Assembly: 3.00 – 3.30 in the gymnasium
The new prep students have made a wonderful start to school! We have been exploring the neighbourhood and have been learning our daily school routines. The year 5 buddies joined us for lunch and have helped settle in. We look forward to getting to know all the children and parents this term and we warmly welcome all
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