Learning and Teaching

The Week that Was

This week, our Learning Communities have so much going on. We have two incursions and an excursion. The Year 5 and 6 students are off to Scienceworks on Wednesday and our Year Preps have a 'Create it!' incursion on Friday. 

On Monday, the Year 1 and 2 students were lucky enough to participate in a Reptile Encounters incursion. They were able to get up close with Australian reptiles and learn about the weird and wonderful characteristics of Australian reptiles. Some of the reptiles the students met were:

• Tortellini - Murray River turtle

• Russell - Shingleback lizard

• Tammy - Woma python

• Charlie - Saltwater crocodile

• Cheryl - Spiny leaf stick insect

This is an important part of the students' learning as it enables them to think about what they already know, make connections, learn new facts about the reptiles and start to ask questions about what they would like to learn more about. The students will be following up in their community across the term, by learning about the needs of living things. 

Deborah Courtney

(Director of Learning and Teaching)