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The Room 15 Year 1 and 2 students engaged in several activities to celebrate Book Week and to encourage an interest in exploring the wonder and magic of reading. All the children from the Peppertree building were invited to celebrate… Continue Reading →
The students in Room 12 have been exploring the picture book ‘Fox’ by Margaret Wild. Students were able to create their own interesting sentences about fox by upgrading the simple sentence ‘Fox creeps’ by adding where, when, how and why…. Continue Reading →
Last Tuesday on the 25th of June, rooms 1 & 3 participated in the Juvenilia Workshop. The topic of the session was to discover and represent your juvenilia. We met with the famous Australian author, Charlie Archbold. To start off… Continue Reading →
On Monday 20th of May, 75 excited Year 1 and 2 students from Peppertree visited Warriparinga, Marion at the Southern Immersion Centre. First of all, we were welcomed by the Kaurna people with some ochre painted on to our foreheads,… Continue Reading →
Room 7 have been learning about the -ng diagraph. Last week we pretended to be kings and made a king in Art. Here are some things we would do if we were a king for a day! I would let… Continue Reading →
On Friday 10th May the Reception classes were excited to go on their first school excursion. It was a perfect autumn day to enjoy the beautiful Mitcham Reserve at Brown Hill Creek (Wirraparinga). At Wirraparinga, Drew and Leisel showed us… Continue Reading →
Around the time of Anzac Day, Room 2 started a mini research on the Anzac soldiers. We were given the choice between 3 tasks – a personal journal or diary capturing the life of a soldier in the war, a… Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 (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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →