Hello everyone! What’s on during Week 9: Monday: Specialists SMART Goal conferencing with home teachers Daily spelling and math challenges Afternoon well being clubs Tuesday: Projects & Provocations Writing Analysis workshops Daily math and spelling challenges Maths targets Afternoon well being clubs Wednesday: Specialists (5/6L, J & S) Projects & Provocations Music with Deb Math […]
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Welcome to week 8. Term 1 has absolutely flown by and here we are, with Easter almost upon us. There is so much going on in the 5/6 Neighbourhood. Here are some of the highlights: Inquiry Last week saw our Bottle Biology provocation come to the end of its life cycle, although many of the
Through our inquiry workshops we have been looking at how creativity happens and the motivations behind it. We have also been considering times when we have been creative so we can all share our inventions and creations. We have realised that creativity is everywhere and that everyone is able to be creative. We are asking
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For the last two weeks we’ve been looking at robotics and how it helps in exploration as part of our steam learning. So far we’ve used a Sphero to explore and map the school playground. We discussed familiar robots such as R2D2, BB8, and Wall-E and began to consider the functions of these machines. We’re
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This week, the prep students had their first coding workshops where they explored the use of BeeBots. The students investigated how to sequence a set of commands and to ‘debug’ their sequences through trial and error. Coding workshops are often divided up between the use of technologies and “unplugged” sessions where students learn coding through games
The buddy program at Princes Hill PS is an essential part of our learning. We encourage positive relationships between the buddies, allowing older child to support younger children to navigate the school routines and expectations during play time and help make connections with other prep children. Although we have now completed our 2 weeks of
The prep students will be taking part in the assembly this Friday 16th February. For the assembly, we have been practicing Kira Kira Boshi which is the Japanese version of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. So that you can practice at home, the words are printed below: Kira kira hikaru Osora no hoshi yo Mabataki shite
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Last week, the prep students began their sessions of shared reading. Shared reading involves the whole class and the teacher reading an enlarged text that is beyond the level students can read by themselves. Big books with enlarged text and illustrations are used so that students can follow the words as the teacher reads. Initially
Today the preps ventured out of the neighbourhood with the purpose of finding natural objects from the school yard to create their own patterns. We discovered that our school has a bountiful collection of sticks, stones, leaves and gumnuts perfect for pattern making! We had conversations about the difference between creating a picture and a
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The prep students will attend library time tomorrow morning and will be encouraged to borrow a book from the Junior School Library to take home. We have organised a Prep Reader’s Notebook for all children and a Reader Folder for all children whose essential items have been processed. The Reader’s Notebook is used to respond to library books your child