Learning and Teaching

Fun Friday Electives

As mentioned in last week’s newsletter, we commenced our Friday electives last week. All students across Prep - Year 6 participated in a cross-age elective. As we moved around each elective, we could hear the positive buzz from both teachers and students about what they were doing.

Electives Prep - Year 2

Board Games - the students are learning to play different board games correctly and cooperatively.

Drama games - the students are participating in drama games to build their skills of communication and drama.

Origami - the students are using origami paper squares to fold and create amazing paper creations.

Gymnastics - using our gymnastics equipment, the students are learning the basic skills of gymnastics.

Music - the students are learning beat, rhythm and singing.

Art - the students are using clay to make their own original creations.

Science - the students are following scientific procedures to observe chemical reactions.

Electives Year 3 - Year 6

Learning about Japanese culture: origami - the students are following instructions on how to fold paper in complex ways to create origami.

Planting and growing - the students are learning about the natural world and observing the growth of their planted seeds.

Art - the students will learn about shading and how to use the grid method to create a self portrait.

Basketball - the students are learning how to use the space across the basketball court effectively as well as learning the specific skills of basketball.

Yoga - the students are learning about and participating in yoga sequences.

Dance - the students are learning a choreographed dance.

STEM - the students are using Lego to design solutions to STEM challenges.