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Welcome new receptions!

During the last four weeks our new receptions were welcomed by their new teachers and school staff. As part of our SMART START, in Room 10 the children worked on writing social stories books about what we do at school,… Continue Reading →

Swimming with Room 7

This week, Room 7 have loved attending swimming lessons at the Aquatic Centre. We have learnt how to be safe in and around the water and have practiced our swimming techniques. I loved the bumpy bus ride – Allie I… Continue Reading →

Greek News

This term in Greek LOTE classes are exploring Ancient Greece. The students are learning about the influence ancient Greece have on aspects of society today. We are looking at architecture, alphabet, science, mathematics and mythology, as well as the daily… Continue Reading →

Room 14’s “My Special Place in a Box” presentations

During HASS in Room 14, we have been exploring how and why people are connected to places. We have all chosen a place that is special to us and have prepared a presentation for the class called My Special Place in… Continue Reading →

Learning Walks in Week 8 – by Ms Craig

Year 3 students in Room 20 have been writing narratives and publishing their stories using Book Creator on the class iPads. Students could choose from a photo prompt as inspiration for their planning and used a story graph to plan… Continue Reading →

“Exploring Past and Present Family Life” with Room 6

In History, our Year 1 students are learning about ‘Past and Present Family Life’ with a focus on the similarities and differences in modern family life to past generations. In Week 5 we took an exciting step back in time to 1892 and… Continue Reading →

Ms Craig’s Learning Walks- Year 2 Design & Technology

It was wonderful to see year 2 students engaging in some construction on Tuesday of week 7 as part of their Design and Technology learning. Students researched, designed and built models of a new playground and their final products were… Continue Reading →

Room 17 – Local Walk

The Year 2’s in Room 17 have been exploring the concept of ‘Places’ this semester.  What are the features of a place? What are some places you feel connected to? Why is being connected to a place important? We began… Continue Reading →

Room 3 – Mental Health Puppet Shows

The Year 5/6 students in Room 3 have been working incredibly hard during health lessons. Throughout the term, the students have been learning about mental health and the impact emotional responses have on relationships. To showcase their learning, the children… Continue Reading →

National Simultaneous Storytime

National Simultaneous Storytime (NSS) is held annually by the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA). Every year a picture book, written and illustrated by an Australian author and illustrator, is read simultaneously in libraries, schools, pre-schools, childcare centres, family homes,… Continue Reading →

Term Overviews

Dear families, By now we hope that you will have received our new-look Term Overviews for term 2. We are trialling a common template which addresses all eight key learning areas from the Australian Curriculum. We hope that the use… Continue Reading →

Mathematics in Room 6

The Year One students are exploring counting and quantity in their maths lessons in Term One. Students are: improving their number sense and counting fluency through a range of games exploring partitioning of numbers to 20 in a variety of… Continue Reading →

What Natural Disasters have occurred in Australia? – Room 2

As part of our Geography unit, Art and Technology, Room 2 built box dioramas to display Natural Disasters that occur in Australia. We learnt that some climates produce more risks with floods, droughts, and bushfires and that they communities can prevent… Continue Reading →

Welcome new Receptions!

It has been a busy couple of weeks in the reception rooms. It has been great to meet our little receptions and watch how their independence has grown since the start of the year. In Room 10, the children have… Continue Reading →

Endless Art – Room 2

Earlier this term, Computer Programmer and Digital Artist David Doull, (parent of Isobel Doull), came to help us explore his view of art on his new app called EndlessART. David taught us how to use his app.  You can create… Continue Reading →

Shared Morning Tea – EAL/D Families

A reminder to all EAL/D families that our shared morning tea is happening on Wednesday 7th December at 10:30am in the Sports Arts Centre. Please drop food to the kitchen in the SAC between 8:30 and 9am, or bring it… Continue Reading →

Greek News

Yia sas! Our Greek LOTE classes have been enjoying learning about Greek customs, celebrations and cultural activities. W are exploring the connection between celebrations and traditional foods as well as different cultural practices during celebrations. The students are recognising words… Continue Reading →

Room 14 Procedure Writing

In Room 14, we have been learning about procedure writing. We have explored various recipes and instructions to learn the text features, and with the help of our pre-service teacher, Jie, have learnt how to independently write them. Some of… Continue Reading →

Campus 2 Building

As we all came to school on the first day of term, the chatter rose and there were lots of happy screams. We were so excited that we were going to be the first to use this amazing new building!… Continue Reading →

Food from the Earth with Room 6

The Room 6 students have been exploring ‘Food from the Earth’ in their guided inquiry lessons this term. Our big idea was to develop understanding of how plants are grown, processed and prepared for healthy eating. We visited Little Sprouts at… Continue Reading →

Room 7’s Circle of Life

Room 7 have been learning about feelings and keeping safe. During Inquiry lessons we discussed, asked questions and acted out the feeling of the characters in The Lion King Story. For our Assembly presentation this week we chose a character… Continue Reading →

Room 12 Penguin Information Reports

In Room 12, our Year 1 students have been creating information reports about penguins. After lots of research and note taking, we crafted our reports, edited them and wrote our good copies. Here are a few of our final pieces… Continue Reading →

Greek News

This term in Greek LOTE students are exploring the Aesopica, a collection of Fables by the famous Ancient Greek storyteller, Aesop. Aesop’s Fables are entertaining morality tales which always relay and teach a moral or a lesson. The students began… Continue Reading →

Writing Strategies – Room 10

This term, the students in Room 10 have explored the different writing strategies we use when crafting our texts, such as sounding out; the use of finger spaces; skipping lines and intentionally choosing descriptive words to create a clearer picture… Continue Reading →

Year 6 Aquatics – Written by Molly

Last week, on Thursday the 9th of June the year 6s went to West Lakes to participate in an aquatics program. The year 6s were split up into 9 groups with three groups doing each activity at a time and… Continue Reading →

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