Senior School  

你 好 (ni hao)

It’s been so great to be back together and to complete our first full week at school!! The classrooms have felt calm, busy, and happy as students settled back into routines, reconnected with friends, and eased back into learning. It’s been a great start to the term.

What’s going on in the Leadership Centre?

In English, students have been revising some important spelling rules, focusing on the 1-1-1 and 2-1-1 doubling rules when adding vowel suffixes. They’ve been practising how and when letters double, and applying these strategies in their writing.

In Maths, our focus has been on place value, particularly using powers of 10 to represent numbers. Students explored how numbers change when we multiply or divide by 10.

In Guided Inquiry, students explored the five main biomes through a fun mystery-detective style activity. They investigated hands-on biome models and used fact files as clues to identify each biome, building their understanding of what makes each one unique. This sparked lots of curiosity, discussion, and great questioning as students worked together to solve the mysteries.

During Wellbeing, we spent time talking about how mistakes are a natural and valuable part of learning, and how they can lead us in new and creative directions. Students explored the ideas of  what our inner coach and inner critic might say to us during different scenarios, reflected on our school value of life-long learning, and worked together to co-construct classroom expectations that help everyone feel safe, supported, and ready to learn.

It’s been a positive and productive start to the term, and we’re really looking forward to everything that’s ahead!

Warm regards,

The Senior Team

Nick, Julia, Amanda, Gabby, Miss 

Reminders:

• Please ensure your child has a named, sun smart hat at school
• Senior Swimming Carnival: Tues 10th Feb
  • Compass permission
• Cyber Safety Incursion: Wed 11th Feb
  • Complete Compass permission

Pupil of the Week 

3/4N: Hamish T

For the strength of persistence when creating your writing piece about your holiday in Dubai! 

3/4J: Bridget T

Bridget showed a great growth mindset by persisting with learning about tenths and confidently converting them into decimals and fractions.

3/4A: Andrew S

For demonstrating a love of learning when converting fractions to decimals and percentages. 

3/4G: Lewis

For demonstrating the school value of Lifelong Learning by sharing his thoughtful ideas in class discussions.

3/4M: Wild

For demonstrating a fantastic effort in transitioning into year 3 and actively participating in classroom discussions. 

5/6R: Aveer M

For demonstrating perseverance and a strong love of learning while confidently converting between tenths, hundredths, and decimals.

5/6JS: Marley L For demonstrating curiosity and a love of learning as we explored our school values through out all of our start-up wellbeing lessons.

5/6C: Kanaav S

For demonstrating the school values of respect, integrity and a love of learning during all learning tasks! You have eased into year 5 effortlessly. Well done :)

5/6T: Ella F

For being responsible for her own learning, always ensuring her tasks are completed on time to the best of her ability.