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 …
Hello lovely families! Tomorrow is Wednesday, and Wednesday morning is now Year 1’s library time. We will be setting the students up with their Year 1 book bags, a book for responding in and they will be bringing home their initial reading books for the term. At this stage the books will not have their …
Hello everyone! It has been a busy but amazing start to the year! Last week we spent time getting to know each other and our neighbourhood. We did this through doing lot’s of work around the neighbourhood expectations of Looking after our neighbourhood, Looking after each other and Helping each other learn. We created different ways …
Our Assembly date has been set – Friday 25th November! We would love to have as many parents as possible there to support us. The students have been working very hard on a song, that they will be performing. If you click on the book cover below, it will open up a PDF with the lyrics …
Students were introduced to a new editing checklist on Friday, which they will be encouraged to use when completing written work in the learning commons. Small groups were taken into our target room and students were involved in discussing how editing can be a useful tool when completing tasks. The editing checklist has …
Something that our neighbourhood really loves to do is make books! Below is one that we made a few weeks ago, that looked at our Systems Inquiry. Read it online or download the pdf to print. We will start to put the collection of the books we make – and put them in the ‘Classroom Books’ …
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 …
Developing our big understanding of systems has led us to look at so many interesting and useful concepts in our world. One of our big ideas is that systems help us make sense of the world. And that each system has it’s own purpose, but ultimately the same end goal – to make something work. …
The 2016 Challenge is now open! All Students in the grade one neighbourhood will be registered and their login details will be sent home asap. All students received consent forms to include their names in the online honour roll and to receive a certificate. If you would like your child to do both of these things, …