Inquiry Centre

Curriculum

Selemat Pagi!

We have had an exciting week in the Inquiry Centre as we continue to build strong friendships in the class and work as a team to explore our learning activities. It has been wonderful seeing everyone reading their take home books as they practise their new reading goals! We would love to continue celebrating students reading achievements through the comment boxes in their reading journals.  

In Maths, we explored chance using keywords including ‘will happen’, ‘might happen’ and ‘won’t happen’. Our centre has decided that it is certain that we will eat lunch today! A highlight was experimenting in small groups whether whispering ‘roll me a 6’ would magically make us more likely to roll a 6 in comparison to not whispering. What do you think our results showed?

In Writing, we stood up to the lectern and bravely persuaded our class why we should be part of the Student Representatives Council. We also used the character strength of judgement as we created our own SMART learning goals with support through individual conferencing with our teachers. Our goals focused on Maths, Reading, Writing, Wellbeing and something special for ourselves. We can’t wait to see how we track along by the end of the term! In Reading, we sang along to the P.I.E song as we explored the author's purpose and text features for fiction and non-fiction texts.

In Guided Inquiry, we explored emergency service providers in Australia and role-played calling for Fire, Police and Ambulance help. This was coupled by our planned Lockdown Drill that happened this week. In Science, we introduced new worms to our garden using everything we knew about what they needed to survive. We considered what they eat, their habitat and somewhere they would feel safe away from predators. Many of us chose to bury them under some bushes as the bushes could keep birds away!

We can’t wait for another fun-filled week in the Inquiry Centre!

Miss Glen, Mrs Gill, Miss Honan, Mr Jenkins, Mrs Seadon, Ms Vo and Miss Wang

Student Voice

• Leo - “I enjoyed playing maths games with Arav.”
• Zachary - “I enjoyed music because I learned new instruments.”
• Olivia - “I enjoyed doing Art. We did paintings and crafts.”

Reminders

• Continue reading with families and writing comments at home using our reading journals.
• Mathletics and Reading Eggs login codes are pasted into our reading journals.

Pupil of the Week

1/2G: George K - 

For demonstrating perseverance and love of learning when writing your term goals. It was great to see you challenging yourself and identifying your strengths. Keep it up, George!

1/2H: Ashlee C - 

For demonstrating creativity and a love of learning when describing the likelihood of different events. It was fantastic to see you using chance language and brainstorming interesting scenarios. Well done!

1/2J: Sahil J - 

For demonstrating judgement and a love of learning while choosing your Term 1 goals. You did a great job of independently picking goals that are going to help your learning. Fantastic effort, Sahil!

1/2SV: Amber S -

For showing a love of learning and displaying perseverance when working on learning tasks. You listen to feedback and try and improve your work. Well done Amber!

1/2W: Nathan E - 

For demonstrating leadership and love of learning in the classroom. You have consistently participated beautifully in class discussions and it was great to see you supporting your peers during student-led learning. Nice work Nathan!

1/2Y: Molly B - 

For demonstrating teamwork and a love of learning when working in the garden. You worked hard with others to harvest vegetables and ensured everyone in your group could have a fair turn. Well done Molly!