Learning & Teaching
Prep Firefighter Visits
Last week, our Preps were visited by local firefighters from the Hawthorn Fire Station. The lesson focused on:
- Good fires and bad fires
- Crawl Low in Smoke
- Safe Meeting Place at school and home
- What is an Emergency? 000 (Triple Zero)
- revising Firefighter First Visit concepts
- observing and discussing Safe Meeting Places at school and home
- introduction to the concept: Stop Drop Cover Roll (what to do if your clothes catch fire)
In the next few weeks, the firefighters will return to revise the above concepts and the children will visit the fire truck and explore its different features.
Click the link below for information regarding Family Fire Safety.
Year 3/4 Mad About Science Incursion
As part of the Year 3/4 Inquiry Topic, 'Living in a Material World,' students participated in an incursion on Tuesday that investigated the properties of materials by sorting, testing, and mixing them. They learnt about physical and chemical changes, engineered material mixtures for specific purposes by observing how objects can be made of one or more different materials.
The students also made connections between materials can be combined in a variety of ways for particular purposes and that properties of objects and mixtures can differ from the properties of the materials from which they are made.
Students also investigated the properties of natural and made materials, including fibres, metals, glass and plastics, and how these processes influence their use and re-use.
Life Education Victoria
This term, Life Education Victoria will return with Harold (the giraffe). All students will participate in a Health and Wellbeing workshop related to the Health and Physical Education curriculum (Personal, Social and Community Health) focusing on the following topics. There are links attached to parent information related to each module.
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Prep
60 minutes | My Body Matters Main Idea: Everything your body needs for a healthy day. Learning Intention: Learning about how and why to keep our bodies clean and healthy. Student Success Criteria: Students can name ways to keep the body clean, such as brushing teeth and washing hands. They can explain why staying clean and healthy is important. They can also describe healthy habits, including eating well, getting enough sleep, and being active.
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Year 1
60 minutes | Growing Good Friends Main Idea: Nurturing our bodies and friendships. Learning Intention: Learning how to build positive friendships and understanding how one's actions can affect others. Student Success Criteria: Students can say what makes a good friend. They can describe ways to show kindness, include others, and solve problems calmly. Students can also explain how their words and actions can make others feel.
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Year 2
60 minutes | Harold's Online World Main Idea: Practising digital safety and wellbeing. Learning Intention: Learning about safe a respectful ways to be online. Student Success Criteria: Students can explain why it’s important to stay safe online. They can name ways to protect their personal information. Students can also describe how to be kind and respectful when talking to others online.
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Year 3 and 4
90 minutes | The Inside Story Main Idea: Discovering a healthy, active you. Learning Intention: Learning about the structure of the body and understand ways to keep it healthy. Student Success Criteria: Students can identify and locate key body parts, accurately draw and label them with their functions, and explain how sleep, food, water, mindfulness, and movement contribute to the body’s overall health and wellbeing.
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Year 5 and 6
105 minutes | Welcome to Puberty Understanding the physical, social and emotional changes during puberty.
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