Inquiry Centre

Curriculum

Wow! What a week in the Inquiry Centre. We have had a jam-packed week even with the Melbourne Cup day holiday on Tuesday. The Grade 1 late stay was a fantastic night with our Grade 1 students enjoying games, activities and dinner with their friends and teachers after school. 

In Literacy, students learnt about paraphrasing non-fiction texts by finding key words and thinking about how to put sentences into their own words rather than copying from a text. Students realised how this makes us better readers and shows our understanding of what we have read. 

In Writing, we made our own brochures as part of our learning about information texts. Students chose their own topics to write about. Some popular favourites were Pokemon, their school and Minecraft. Student thought about what information needed to be included to inform their readers and worked on publishing their brochures carefully to make sure they looked interesting. 

In Maths, students looked at capacity and informal units of measurement. A highlight for the week was a challenge where students had to pour water into five cups using different strategies to ensure each cup had the same amount of water. The students really enjoyed pouring water from bottles into the cups and checking to see if they were all the same.  

We are looking forward to the Grade 2 sleepover this Friday!

Miss Glen, Mrs Martin, Miss Molloy, Mrs Seadon, Miss Tang, Mrs Danes & Mrs Moroney

Student Voice 

• Anouk D - “The Grade 1 Late stay was 10/10!”
• Nolan T  - “I loved the parachute activity”
• Mia B - “I  learned you have to use the same cup when measuring water to make sure it's all the same.”

Reminders

• Hats: please make sure your child has a labelled hat at school
• Grade 2 Sleepover: 11th November - please see note on Sentral for further details
• Home Talk is on Seesaw - we would love to hear voice or written comments with ideas for news articles!

Pupil of the Week

1/2DT: Sahaj T- 

For using your character strength of bravery over the last few weeks as you have settled into MPRPS. Well done!

1/2G: Abby N - 

For consistently demonstrating zest and kindness, but especially throughout the Year One Late Stay. It is fabulous to see your enthusiasm and genuine care for others. Keep it up, Abby! 

1/2K: Donovan S - 

For using creativity and confidence when presenting your speech to the class and junior school. You practiced your speech and added meaningful gestures to engage your audience. Impressive effort Donovan!

1/2M: Vespa P -

 For demonstrating perseverance in Maths this week. Even when it was difficult you kept trying and didn’t give up! Fantastic work Vespa! 

1/2SS: Emma P - 

For displaying amazing creativity during activities. You used this strength in Maths when problem solving and in Guided inquiry when designing a house from the past. Well done Emma!