English We are planning, writing a draft and publishing an imaginative text demonstrating our increasing control over text structures and language features. Students brainstorm ideas of the important elements that are needed in a narrative. Setting  Characters Problem  Resolution Beginning, middle and end Students write a plan for their narrative. Write down story ideas  Students…

In our inquiry, we are exploring our place in the world, and what it means to belong to a community. Is being part of a community important? Why?  In the past few weeks the students have been writing an essay on ‘What communities do I belong to?’ connecting to our inquiry of community and belonging. …

English Writing an essay What is a community?  In our inquiry, we are exploring our place in the world, and what it means to belong to a community. Is being part of a community important? Why?  Students can write their own essays, on which communities they belong to.  The first step will be to make…

Our Place in the World We are exploring Our Place in the World through our cultural, social and family connections. We have been investigating our sense of belonging by asking the question, Which communities do you feel connected to? We started by researching and inquiring into Lunar New Year as these celebrations were currently taking…

We were very proud of our year 4 students who attended the swimming carnival on 16th February. They had a wonderful day. We certainly have some talented swimmers. Here are a few images from the day!

Some of the learning taking place in our neighbourhood this week is outlined below: Inquiry / Writing Within our inquiry, we are exploring our place in the world, and what it means to belong to a community. We are starting to learn how to write essays which describe which communities we belong to. We will…

Welcome to all the children and families Neighbourhood 1 3/4! We have all been very excited to start the new year at school and the children have been incredibly eager to start learning. As part of our inquiry we are exploring Our Place in the World. We are beginning to make links through our cultural,…

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