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Stem in Term 1
Foundation: Basic Needs of Living Things
Your child will discover that plants and animals need food, water, air, and shelter to survive—just like us! (Except plants don’t need Netflix… yet.)
Year 1: Observable Features of Plants and Animals
We’ll be looking closely at plants and animals to spot their unique features. Think of it as nature’s fashion show—leaves, fur, feathers, and more!
Year 2: External Features of Plants and Animals
Now we zoom in on the outside bits—roots, stems, tails, and claws. Basically, we’re learning what makes a rose a rose and a kangaroo a kangaroo (hint: it’s not just the hopping).
Year 3: Living and Non-Living Things
Your child will learn to tell the difference between things that are alive and things that aren’t. Spoiler: Your couch is not alive, even if it eats socks.
Year 4: Producers, Consumers, and Decomposers
We’ll explore who makes the food (plants), who eats the food (animals), and who cleans up the leftovers (decomposers). It’s like nature’s ultimate recycling team!
Year 5: Physical and Behavioural Adaptations of Plants and Animals
Why do camels have humps? Why do cacti look like prickly green porcupines? Your child will learn all the cool tricks plants and animals use to survive. (Nature = the original life-hack expert.)
Year 6: Changes of Physical Conditions in Habitats
We’ll dive into how habitats change—like when it rains, gets hot, or freezes—and how living things cope. Think of it as “Extreme Makeover: Nature Edition.”
Visual Arts in Term 1
Visual Arts learning in 2026 begins with an exciting collaboration, with students partnering with a professional public artist to design a new sculpture for the adjacent Springleaf Avenue Recreation Reserve. Students in Foundation to Year 6 will take part in this project, exploring sculptural concepts like form, pattern, cultural storytelling, public art, and design thinking. Watch this space for updates on the project as it comes to life!
PE in Term 1
In Term 1, Prep-Year 2 students will focus on fair play and participate in minor games designed to develop fundamental movement skills such as running, jumping, dodging, throwing, and catching. Years 3-6 will also focus on fair play while taking part in minor invasion games linked to netball, building teamwork, ball-handling skills, and game strategy. All students will have opportunities to develop confidence, coordination, and a love of being active.
Wellbeing in Term 1
In Term 1 in Wellbeing, students will begin with completing activities that focus on building connections with not only their new classmates, but also their school. In the second half to the term, students will examine how the Zones of Regulation work and how they can begin to use them in their day to day life.
Through building connections, students will explore "what makes us, us" by sharing their own unique qualities, celebrating what makes their classmates special and creating a school where everyone feels valued for who they are.
The Zones of Regulation utilises four colours to help students recognise and name their emotions. During focused lessons, students will learn and develop tools they can use to manage their feelings in healthy ways. These skills support our school value of Respect, by helping children appreciate different feelings and perspectives, and respond to themselves and others with kindness.