Literacy This week in literacy, we will continue working on our story-books. We will use this opportunity to explore the conventions of writing, in particular, punctuation and spelling. The children have been working on their first drafts in their writing books and are working toward publishing their final drafts in their own booklet, in which […]
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While excitement is building within the 5/6 neighbourhood as we look forward to our Canberra camp next week, we are also making final preparations for our film making venture. These include the development of our four themes and the further exploration of the filmmaking process, including what is involved when making a documentary. Thank you
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Inquiry Last week the children explored “who we are in different places”. They expressed connections to family, school and nature. This week we’ll delve deeper with the children to explore “why” they feel the way they do in particular contexts. Our focus will be responding with our senses. We will set up different spaces to provoke responses from the children. We
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In English and maths this week our students will enjoy a wide range of learning opportunities that really embody our purpose at PHPS; to provide a solid foundation of fundamentals, and at the same time to develop the motivation and the skills to discover more. Much of the English and maths is closely connected with
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There is a lot of wonderful learning happening in the 5/6 Neighbourhood and a lot for us to look forward to! So much so, that this week’s learning focus comes in two parts: Inquiry, and Maths & English. Inquiry Our plan to create movies that will showcase our collective understanding of our Inquiry is developing
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Literacy This week in Literacy we will continue investigating change and consistency through Jeanie Baker’s lovely book Belonging. The children will continue developing their portfolio pieces from this work. Also in reading, different ways to engage with texts are being explored and developed whilst we continue investigating different spelling patterns and conventions. Numeracy The fidget
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Inquiry Our inquiry into power and its many forms continues this week. The students are considering the different aspects to power and the possibilities for positive and negative action. Manga Art and graphic novels The students will be further exploring identity and power through the creation of different characters, with the aim that the students
Literacy This week we will conclude our investigation into Jeannie Baker’s storybook “Belonging” by creating a portfolio piece. So far, the children have studied the pictures and observed the changes that have occurred in the environment as the story progresses. Working with A3 print-outs of the pictures, children put the images in sequence. They shared
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Inquiry focus! The inquiry is taking an exciting turn this week, through the process of collaboratively developing our inquiry wall there have been some stand-out understandings and interests regarding change in our world. This week the children will be organised into new groupings – ‘Environment’, ‘Engagement’ and ‘Connectedness’. Within these groups we will be exploring
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Inquiry: The excursion to the museum was really fun and was really important for continuing our change investigation and the question ‘What changes and what stays the same?’. Based on student thinking whilst at the museum the inquiry has shifted into two areas of interest, Earth and Daily Life, and the changes the occur and how
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