Inquiry! This week during project and provocations we will continue exploring how certain things have changed over time and what has caused those changes to take place. This concept has deep connections to technology as a major area for advancement over time due to cause and effect. We are also looking at past and present […]
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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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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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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
Wow! What a response to the first week. Great feedback from students and parents regarding the hunt for /air/ words. We had a little confusion initially between the /air/ and the /ar/ sound so this week we are going to make that our focus. If you can encourage your child/ren to write down the words on a piece
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This week we will be delving deeper into our inquiry exploring the relationships between the parts in a system and how systems work with, against and within other systems. We will look at particular systems and use diagrams and labels to explain how different systems work. Some of the different systems we are investigating are
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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