** 2016 BAZAAR – HELPERS NEEDED ** Yes, it’s that time already… the 2016 Bazaar is just a few months away and preparations are already well & truly underway. The Silent Auction is a very popular stall which raises a heap of money, but is currently without anyone to run it. We currently need a […]
On Wednesday the whole school draped on their togas, ink printed with their own designs, put on their hand-crafted cardboard jewellery and armour made in Italian with Anne-Maree and paraded out in to the BOXWARS auditorium to act as the crowd for the BOXWARS chariot race. Caesar himself was there to start the race dressed
The year one neighbourhood have been excitedly preparing for our Boxwars day by learning and exploring different facets of Ancient Roman life and culture. Some interesting facts that the students came across was about the food that was eaten at their meal times. Ancient Romans had a very small breakfast – consisting mostly of salted
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Literacy In Literacy in week 2 the students began a focus on poetry. Through whole class discussions and independent work, students interpreted and experimented with imagery in poems, such as My Country by Dorothea Mackeller and The Silent Shearer by Banjo Paterson. The students also considered how guiding questions and data charts can be used to
The Preps all received some high frequency word lists on the first Friday of Term 3. Ideas for home learning: Focus on a particular high frequency word that is repeated in the book that they are reading. Count how many times the word comes up within the sentence and make a tally. Spelling practice of a high frequency word,
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This term, the preps are taking part in coding workshops as an introduction to basics in computer programming. During the last two weeks, the students have been learning about algorithms through some ‘unplugged’ activities. They worked together to program Tomo the Robot to draw a smiley face and have taken part in activities where they programmed each other. These
ICT This week we continued our exploration of Google Drive. In a very short time, our students have become adept at organising and sharing their work. They have begun using Google Docs as a collaborative tool through working in small groups to write a poem. All students also now have a school email address.
Last week and this week, we have been following the progress of Fedor Konyukhov’s world record attempt at circumnavigating the globe in his hot air balloon. We have been learning about all the continents, oceans and countries he is crossing. We have also put together some questions we have about his flight (mainly about going to
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Dear parents, Our neighbourhood supply of tissues is running low. If boxes of tissues could be brought in that would be fantastic! Thank you, The 5/6 Team
In the lead up to the Boxwars extravaganza the Preps’ got together with the 3/4’s to create their very own Toga’s. They’re all very excited to be apart of what looks to be a fun filled day.