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 of […]
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Last week we had the amazing African Drumming performances! The whole school performed brilliantly and both performances were very energetic and powerful! Well done to all the students and staff for their commitment and hard work and a massive thank you to Kofi for his passionate approach to teaching us about his culture! Last week
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This week in the Inquiry, in order to explore Cause and Effect, we have been exploring Rube Goldberg machines to enhance learning. The students enjoyed working together to design their own, investigating hands on and observable cause and effect in an authentic way. In workshops this week students have extended this concept by creating inquiry
On Wednesday and Thursday of week 9 all the hard work the students have been putting into learning about African Drumming will be showcased in a performance to which the parent community are invited. 2M and 2N are on Wednesday 8th (doors open 2.00pm and the performance will start at 2.10pm – with an expected
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This week in the inquiry our systems focus is on relationships and connections between systems. A really great way to look at interdependent relationships is by exploring cause and effect. This will be a major focus in the inquiry this week. In numeracy we are exploring patterns in our world. We will start by identifying what
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This week in the Inquiry we have began looking at cause and effect to reflect the separate parts of systems and the inter-dependence therein. The idea that one something occurring effects another something happening echoes the idea that smaller parts of systems work together for a greater purpose. This week in Numeracy we have been
Last week (week 6) we created a maker week at school to celebrate Education Week 2016. We embedded the design, creating and making aspect of Maker week into our inquiry projects and the students really enjoyed the physical explorations of their learning! We opened the neighbourhood on Friday afternoon and many many parents came to
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After a wonderful term of African drumming workshops with Kofi Kunkpe the children are ready to present their learning to the community. The Drumming Performances will occur on Wednesday 8 June and Thursday 9 June. In order to present the range of learning that has occurred across the year levels there will be representation from Prep
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Throughout week 6, to celebrate Education Week 2016, we are embracing a maker week concept that will see students becoming creative problem solvers as they approach their learning from a new direction. With each project group (Human Body, Earth and Space) arriving at the perfect point in time to create, build and make carefully planned
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This week in the neighbourhood Numeracy This week in the Maths Project we have been looking at number and measurement. We have been measuring out heights using sting and making a collective height wall display to observe and compare the range of heights throughout the year twos. Exploring measuring height Matilda’s height measurement Literacy This