The Preps have been learning about patterns! We have been learning about repeating patterns. These patterns begin with a base which then repeats over and over. We looked at how they can be made with colours, shapes and numbers. red blue yellow red blue yellow red blue yellow 123123123 circle square square circle square square circle […]
This week has been amazing and full of fun learning experiences. Here are some examples of the week. Literacy focus Writing – Narrative Genre Reading – Word detectives and spelling patterns Numeracy Focus Data collection and representation – making pictographs Inquiry Focus Exploring my place in the world – interacting, responding, engaging and exploring Interesting
Mathematics This week in the 5/6 Neighbourhood we’ve been investigating some of the maths to be found in Earthquakes. In “Maths on my own”, our students extracted data from an information report, and in “Write about maths”, we examined the two main scales used to measure earthquakes. Students also enjoyed sampling our usual smorgasbord of
Last Friday we experienced another fabulous Preps Got Talent. Lora began as the announcer and was quickly replaced by Archer who revealed himself has a truly captivating announcer! We eagerly await his return this week! Guest performance Jared (Year Neighbourhood) Talent: Trumpet Song: Ave Maria and a self composed song Prep performers Wren (Blue group) Talent: Harmonica
Monday Numeracy – estimation an counting / Recount /Wellbeing Library / Subitising / Compass points (visible thinking routine) Tuesday Provocations / Shared reading – Big book Specialist – Italian (Yellow and Red), Physical Education (Blue and Red), Art (Blue and Yellow) Buddy time Wednesday Provocations / Shared reading – Big book Compass points (visible thinking
Last week, the Preps got together to share a special part of themselves. Each student was placed in a group of 3, they were given the task of sharing What it is? Where it is from? & Why it is special? Here are the results! Well done Prepee’s, you should all feel so proud! Also a big
Students across the 3/4 neighbourhood have been very excited about demonstrating their mathematical learning progress through the development of their SMART goal. Here are some examples of the learning:
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Mathematics We’ve made a great start to the mathematical year in the 5/6 Neighbourhood. In our maths inquiry, students are getting in the habit of choosing between “Maths on my own”, “Maths with a friend” and “Writing about maths.” We have also started focussing on different ways of solving mathematical problems. Here’s one for you
As you may have now heard, we are doing some special projects and presentations neighbourhood. Our Big Idea for this year is ‘My Place’, and one of the guiding questions we have is ‘What makes a place special to you?’. We are asking the students to choose a place that they have a special
YO, YO, YO! We love maths YO, YO, YO! We love maths, we love maths, we love maths, multiplication, addition, and subtraction, they give me great satisfaction! You can do maths anywhere, grab a pencil and some paper, when you do four maths sums, we can have some real fun! We love maths, we love
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