Over the last few weeks, the 3/4’s have had a large focus on mathematical concepts. Each day students have been collaborating in groups to explore, learn, master and communicate concepts, allowing these new skills to be applied through our inquiry and other real-life concepts. With a focus on mathematical language, Aurelie, Chris and Hugo B. […]
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Over the last few weeks we have continued to explore children’s theories, questions and wonderings in connection to our artist in residence program. We have observed, documented and further provoked this learning, strengthening and illuminating potential pathways for deeper inquiries and projects. The addition of the prep children as the documentors of their Prep Neighbourhood
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Some wonderful examples of students sharing their interests today. Thank you to Ihsahn for sharing his intriguing book recommendation, “A Whole New World”. Everyone was left wondering, “What if Aladdin had never found the lamp?” We were also lucky enough today to enter the beautiful world of origami courtesy of Isabella and Tayma who clearly
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Visual Art – Collage and Connection ‘Collage is putting bits of pieces of paper together to make a big bit of paper’ Hattie Yr 1 If each little bit of paper is like one of our stories, and bringing each little piece of paper together is like bringing all our stories together. ‘This will make
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This week we continued our exploration of perspectives as we explored provocations from the artists in residence even further. The students in ¾ are connecting strongly to the idea of perspectives being captured through storytelling. Many students have been creating plays, stories and characters that display and celebrate multiple perspectives. We posed the question: What
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What is the story behind the picture? Darren asked the children to take a photograph of something in nature they were curious about. We brainstormed some ideas with the children. Among their suggestions were photos of insects, leaves, clouds, trees, or water. Darren suggested using mum or dad’s phone to take their photograph. The children
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Thank you to all the children who dressed up for the Book Week Dress-up Day. The children and teachers looked fabulous. We had a wonderful parade and Book Week Assembly. The children and teachers brought along their favourite books to share with each other. Throughout the week we read many of The Children’s Book Council
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Congratulations to all the students who received an award for the Water Sustainability Challenge that was used to promote the sustainable use of our precious water. An extra big congratulations to Tuesday for her very well deserved 3rd place!
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This week in the 3/4 neighbourhood we have been exploring perspectives. The students were inspired by our artist in residence Darren as we explored how photos tell a story. The stories we can tell through photography also include the perspective of the photographer and often include many clues, emotions and context. Students have been bringing