Let’s rock out in May! On Friday the 27th May Gold House will be holding A Day in May which supports Challenge, an organisation that provides assistance for children with cancer. The money we raise goes to providing music therapy sessions for children who are diagnosed with cancer. On the 27th May please bring a […]
Wow! What a massive week. The grade one neighbourhood students pulled out all the stops and investigated, created and made some amazing things. We wanted to share some quick photos with you tonight and then will give you a full run down of the week soon.
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We were lucky enough to have some wonderful parents in today to help us prepare for our ‘Maker Faire’ on Friday. A huge thanks to Caroline (Angus’ Mum) and Lucy and Eddie (Kitty’s Mum and Dad). We don’t want to give too much away – but here is a liitle snippet of what we worked
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The loveable Mr M.Bot has been working hard over night to produce us this……… Yes, you are correct, that is the Millennium Falcon! The excitement over the 3D printer yesterday was amazing. The students were engaged in ongoing conversations about how it works and the applications for it. We also touched on the idea of ‘Print’
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This week, PHPS are turning into makers! We have got lots of fantastic things planned in the neighbourhood during the week, in celebration of Education Week. We will be looking at how technology has changed the way we communicate and how we can use technology in our neighbourhood. This will all culminate in our Maker
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
This week, the grade one neighbourhood has really started to deepen our understanding of communication systems – in particular written forms of communication. We decided to go old school, and write actual paper letters! The students read the classic book The Jolly Postman to get some inspiration. The students then all got given a person in
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We are moving into the middle week of a very busy term two. Students have participated in Family Life sessions and have started their African Drumming Workshops. NAPLAN testing took place this week, the students who participated need to be congratulated on their focus and effort during the testing this week. Students have continued to
Our investigation into systems have now branched out towards looking at the ‘system of communication’. How do we communicate and what do we use to communicate? We have been investigating the three main ways we communicate – verbal, non verbal and written. We are going to be setting up our own ‘communication museum’ within the neighbourhood.
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Mathematics Information Evening with Professor Dianne Siemon Mental strategies for multiplication and division “While the every-day experience of most 5 year-olds supports intuitive ideas of getting/having more (addition), losing/having something less (subtraction), fair shares/sharing (division), and doubling, it generally does not support a notion of counting equal groups or repeated addition. In the first years