Today the prep students took part in a mathematics workshop where we investigated how tall we could build using just 20 kapla blocks. First we needed to make sure that we had exactly twenty, as you could not qualify for the challenge if you had too many or too few. The students experimented with many ways […]
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The neighbourhood definitely has a buzz this morning as children are sharing their adventures of the Bazaar. The weather was amazing and we will compare the actual temperature with the forecasts that were made two weeks ago for our Weather Project. Children will continue to explore the different ways we can analyse weather data, including
Welcome to week 5 of term 4! (Unbelievable but true) Inquiry Power manifests in a range of ways that can have positive and negative impacts. Our Inquiry statement has taken us on a fascinating journey throughout the year. Our students’ understanding of the way power manifests has deepened and extended appreciably. In conferencing, we are
In the coming weeks we will be focusing increasingly on the year six graduation. This week we commenced work on selecting the year six graduation song with the help of Deborah Kayser, who as always will workshop with the children and explore with them how the graduation song can represent their feelings about their time
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Timetable change We have had to change the timetable a little this week. We needed our Library time to be scheduled for tomorrow (Tuesday) instead of Wednesday. Please ensure to support the children in remembering their reading satchels for tomorrow! Thanks! Coach Approach notes Last week all the children brought home a blue notice
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Makey Makey Provocation A current provocation in the 5/6 neighbourhood involves the use of Makey Makey and coding to explore new possibilities. One response to the provocation this week was this fantastic example by Greta and Jasmine. Using a circuit board, alligator clips, a few coins, some cardboard and a lot of creativity they have
Welcome to the last week of term 3! There is a lot happening in the last week of term. Here are the highlights: Trip to the Nova Cinema On Thursday morning we will be heading to the Nova to meet with their operations manager. Our purpose is to gain authentic insight into what it takes
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Literacy The children have begun writing their “final” drafts of the stories, which will become a port-folio piece. This has been a rich writing experience for them – learning about character, settings, problems and solutions. The children have created their own special story-books and along with writing their stories in these books, they will also
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This week we make a shift in our inquiry about how power manifests in many different ways and how these have positive and negative impacts and explore how people in positions of power make decisions. We will start by investigating the decisions we make when we have the power of a town planner. When we
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Literacy We have enjoyed lots of learning possibilities in Literacy this week with a range of Literacy based provocations and writing opportunities whilst we target handwriting practice and reading strategies. This has also provided some time to complete formal reading assessments as well. We have been working on our stories, developing character and setting descriptions whilst
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