Last term, the grade 1 neighbourhood started to explore the big understanding of systems. We looked at what a system was and some examples of systems. Yesterday we interviewed the students, asking them questions about systems and what they understood about how systems work. The kids came up with some really interesting snippets of information. […]
Welcome back to everyone in the grade 1 neighbourhood. We hope you have all had a lovely and restful break. It appears all of the students are excited to be back and ready to learn! We have got lots of great things in the pipeline this term and will be sharing these happenings with you
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Today in the grade one neighbourhood we took a deeper look at simple machines and their parts. Here is a short powerpoint presentation you can look at and use at home to think about the simple machines you may be able to see around the house. Click on the machines picture to download the presentation.
Good Morning! We had a super busy week last week, with lots of learning happening in the neighbourhood. We have been delving into the concept of ‘Systems’ this week, and we have started to explore the idea of ‘what is a system?’. One of our Big Ideas is that ‘Systems help us make sense of the world’
Good Afternoon! Some students will be coming home with an orange bag with books in it today. This is will function as their library bag for the rest of the year. Every THURSDAY they are encouraged to bring their orange bag and borrow 2 interest books. They are encouraged to choose anything that takes their
Just a reminder – if students could please remember to place their lunch orders in the white tub at the beginning of the day. We seem to be having a few lunch orders being brought out at 11am and teachers making a mad dash to the milkbar to fill them! Thanks for your help