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Transition yesterday

Yesterday, the Preps took part in their first transition session to prepare for next year. They were split into 2 groups. One group began with shared reading by Tomo in the Year 1 Torus and the other went on a tour of their neighbourhood for 2017. The children swapped halfway through the session so that they […]

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GRANDPARENTS’ DAY

The Preps had their final celebration of learning last week – Grandparents’ Day. It was lovely to see so many of the Prep’s grandparents, family members and special friends come together to see celebrate a wonderful year of learning. We began with 3 songs – Funga Alafia, Postman Pat and You’ve got a friend in

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WEEK 11 HAPPENINGS

The last full week of school for the year MONDAY Projects and Provocations / ICT – coding workshop Card making (Paper art and writing) / Wellbeing Year 1 Transition – Session 1 (exploring the neighbourhood) TUESDAY Projects and Provocations /  ICT – coding workshop Literacy targeted learning Specialist classes: Red – Italian and Phys. Ed Blue

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Hour of Code and Coding

Many parents have been asking about the website we use for the Hour of Code we have each week. This term, we have been engaging mainly in a block based coding course on The Hour of Code https://studio.code.org/s/course1 We have also begun to look at a modified form of Java on bitsbox.com. Bitsbox requires a booklet

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5/6 MAD Project

As part of the Year 5/6 Students’ MAD (Making a Difference) Projects, one group is focusing on Human body. Along with building their leadership skills, the students would like to make a difference by teaching different sports to our Preps. They will be focusing skills development, team work and building their understanding of the rules

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