Class Celebrations
Celebrating the growth in our wonderful children on each learning level...
Prep
In Grade Prep, we have been travelling the globe! This week, we have visited Australia, India, China, Spain and Japan. Both our Maths and Literacy lessons have linked to these themes. In Maths, we have been learning about addition and in Literacy, we have been learning to make text-to-self connections with fiction stories. See below for some of our fantastic work!
Bani solves addition problems in Spain
Avenn solves addition problems in Japan
Athena solves addition problems in India
Aleyna makes connections with 'How to Train a Dragon'
Vera makes connections with 'Elmer'
Winston makes connections with 'Elmer'
Audrey makes connections with 'How to Train a Dragon'
Bani solves addition problems in Spain
Avenn solves addition problems in Japan
Athena solves addition problems in India
Aleyna makes connections with 'How to Train a Dragon'
Vera makes connections with 'Elmer'
Winston makes connections with 'Elmer'
Audrey makes connections with 'How to Train a Dragon'
Grade 1
In Grade 1, we have been learning about alternative spellings in our Literacy Phonics sessions. Children have learnt that phonemes (sounds) they know can be spelt many different ways, for example the /ai/ sound can be spelt with /ai/ like in train, /ay/ like in play or /a-e/ like in cake. The students have now learnt the different spellings for the /ai/ sound, the /ee/ sound and next week will be learning the different /c/ and /ch/ sound spellings. They have done a great job writing stories with words that have the same sounds but different spellings. See some examples below!
Ahaan's Writing 1C
Abhyuudit's Writing 1D
Darlene's Writing 1A
Harijith's Writing 1B
Hayato's Writing 1A
Ivana's Writing
Liam's Writing 1B
Ahaan's Writing 1C
Abhyuudit's Writing 1D
Darlene's Writing 1A
Harijith's Writing 1B
Hayato's Writing 1A
Ivana's Writing
Liam's Writing 1B
Grade 2
In Grade 2, we have been learning about narratives. This week we wrote our own version of the popular fable, 'The boy who cried wolf', by changing aspects of the text such as the characters, setting and problem. Students worked on including an orientation, complication and resolution. The creativity was outstanding! Some titles included: 'The baby dragon who cried mama', 'The boy who cried lava', 'The dog who cried woof' and 'The porcupine who cried sun ghosts'. Have a read of some our fables below!
Asher 2A
Amogh Sai 2B
Aadhya B 2C
Rafael 2D
Arayna 2E
Asher 2A
Amogh Sai 2B
Aadhya B 2C
Rafael 2D
Arayna 2E
Grade 3/4
On Wednesday, Grade 3 and 4 participated in an exciting Be Your Greatest webinar where they met Emma Booth and Andrew Edmondson, two Australian Paralympian competing in the Tokyo 2021 Paralympics. This experience was exciting for students as it aligned with their Term 3 Inquiry topic: Someone Else’s Shoes. Emma is a para-equestrian athlete (horse riding) and Andrew is a competitor of wheelchair rugby. During the webinar, students learned about Emma and Andrew’s stories and asked questions. It was wonderful to see how engaged the students were!
Grade 5 and 6
Book Week:
Last week we celebrated Book Week and what a week it was! Between a book stacking challenge, character dress up day and a book knowledge Kahoot, the fun didn’t stop in Grade 5 and 6.
Mia's book stacking challenge effort!A person holding a book
Mia's book stacking challenge effort!A person holding a book
Alexy in Grade 5 with his impressive book and games cabinet!
Alexy in Grade 5 with his impressive book and games cabinet!
Harsh In Grade 5 with his book, 'Funny Kid'.
Harsh In Grade 5 with his book, 'Funny Kid'.
Jules (Grade 5) with 'The Hunger Games'.
Jules (Grade 5) with 'The Hunger Games'.
Raha (Grade 6) with her Roald Dahl collection!
Raha (Grade 6) with her Roald Dahl collection!
Param in Grade 6 with a book from the 'Frankie Fish' series.
Param in Grade 6 with a book from the 'Frankie Fish' series.
Special Achievements:
Congratulations to Sai in Grade 5 who has finished the entire Maths Invaders program. Wow! Sai worked carefully over a few years to play 4 games a week. He always gave his games his full effort so he passed each level and therefore got to learn new maths skills. We are so proud of you, Sai!
Congratulations to Kaniya in Grade 6 whose loving family member entered her artwork into an art exhibition. It won 2nd place! Someone also bought her drawing for $50. Well done Kaniya, you should be very proud!
