The return to school for Term 4 has seen students go straight into six inquiry project groups for ‘Writing Worlds: Stories that changed the world.’  These groups were chosen by the students at the end of last term and are based around six main themes that came about from students’ work and collaboration.  They are:…

As part of our sense of belonging and community inquiry, students have had the opportunity to opt into their second elective choice for Term 3.  The buzz is palpable and excitement levels are high, as students collaborate and engage across their chosen electives.      Media Arts  Students are exploring persuasive techniques used in logo design.…

The posters went up around the neighbourhood in the lead up to the whole 5/6 community coming together for the ultimate gathering… deciding on our writing worlds for our “Stories that Changed the World” inquiry.  The excitement was high, anticipation was growing, and there was a real buzz around the neighbourhood.  Students knew the work…

We can’t have a world without characters!  The development of characters has been taking place over the last two weeks where the students explored ways to reveal all about their characters.  They discussed knowing their characters’ history and how they could slowly reveal that history in subtle and purposeful ways.  Through doing this, students have…

Term 3 Week 2 – Welcome back to school!  We are excited to be back at school for Term 3, and have picked up where we left off from the end of Term 2.  Students have been working in homegroups to focus on their writing, reading, and maths goals through target teaching.  Goals have been…

Mark Riley, Mayor of Moreland – Incursion  Students in 5/6 were able to listen to Mark Riley speak about his role as the Mayor of Moreland, and the changes that he has been working on implementing since becoming Mayor late in 2021.  The students were asked to create questions that linked to the process of…

5/6 Talking Point Term 2 Week 6 Last week, the 5/6 Neighborhood had the pleasure of hosting their first exhibition for the year. All teachers and students from  across the school were invited to come along to see what the senior students had been busy working on over the past few weeks!  Since Term 1,…

The students have returned to Term 2 with enthusiasm and focus for building on their inquiry and learning from Term 1.  There is so much happening as we continue to explore and build our sense of community.   Acknowledgement of Country  Students have been able to explore the connection between community and the importance of acknowledging…

Exploring our Princes Hill Community  Last week, the 5/6 students embarked on a journey through history in our local community, Princes Hill.  On our way, we were able to visit various locations that highlighted many different aspects to our community.  This included mansions, houses, old factories, warehouses, and of course the park!  The students were…

5/6 students who are impacted by COVID, can engage with the following learning opportunities while at home: Reading – write a summary, response to what was read, a book review Numeracy – daily practice of maths goals linked to fluency with addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division Writing – as well as writing provocations, students can…