Inside Classrooms

Foundation:

This week students celebrated 100 days of school by participating in 100 themed activities and dressing up. They decorated cookies, made fairy bread, created crowns and performed to their families highlighting their counting. Students have worked so hard over the last 100 days learning routines, letters, sounds, numbers and independence. Congratulations Foundation students, we are so proud of your achievements so far.

Year 1/2:

For Inquiry this term, Year 1/2 students will be investigating how the ‘Past influences the Present’. We have already begun wondering about what cars, school, technology, clothes and home life were like in the past. We will be looking out how all of these things have changed over time and the impacts on people’s lives. The students are very excited to be going on an excursion later in the term to Rippon Lea Estate where they will experience what life was like in Melbourne in the 1800s.

Year 3/4:

The Grade 3/4 students have had an excellent start to learning for Term 3. We began the term recognising NAIDOC week and this year’s theme of ‘Keep the Fire Burning’, where we completed an activity with our buddies, tracing and cutting out our hands to create a giant aboriginal flag. NAIDOC week linked in really well with our Inquiry topic this term of ‘Time and Place’, where we will be focussing on the central idea of how the exploration of Australia has impacted indigenous culture, and how learning from the past can help to shape our future.

Year 5/6:

Dear Parents and Carers,

In Term 3, our Grade 5/6 students will be studying Australia’s rich history of immigration. We’ll explore the arrival of the First Fleet to contemporary migration trends. Students will unpack the text Tom Appleby, Convict Boy by Jackie French, using it to gain deeper insights into the convict era, and will write their own historical narratives based on their learnings. Through interactive lessons and engaging projects, they will understand how diverse waves of immigrants have shaped our nation and their impact on Australian society.

We encourage you to discuss this topic with your child and explore related resources together to enrich their learning experience. We look forward to a term filled with discovery and insight!

Kind regards,

⅚ Teachers

Specialists:

Cultivating Community

Firstly I'd like to give a big Thankyou to all the families who helped out with caring for our chickens in the winter holidays. We really appreciate all your support.

Now we are into the new term and Grade 3/4 have started off with a garden blitz! We have been working hard to dig out all the weeds that have grown up with the winter rain. We have also been caring for chickens and harvesting and scrubbing sun chokes (also called Jerusalem Artichokes). This is an unusual vegetable in the sunflower family with a crunchy edible root, similar to a potato. 

Later in term 3 we will start learning about the different Australian plants in our garden, some which  provide wildlife habitat and others which we can eat as bush foods.

Happy gardening everyone,

Joanna.