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The frosty mornings and cool days will not deter us from outdoor play in Kinder A! We've been making waterways and volcanoes in the sandpit, creating masterpieces on the footpaths, riding the bikes and dinking our friends, climbing, balancing and jumping. 

Why not try a nature walk over winter? We'd love to hear about your outside winter adventures! 

It has certainly been a term for growth in Kinder B! We have seen amazing efforts from all our students, whether it be practising skills like name writing, doing puzzles, drawing, balancing and hopping or being brave when our families leave in the morning or even making green penguin choices for our behaviour.

We have started an inquiry into the places we live and have really been fascinated by our map that shows where all live. We will delve into this further after the holidays.

And just to put a smile on our faces for the end of term we all made collage rainbows which really brightened up our last few days for the term. Looking forward to lots more growth next term but also seeing how we can show courage in our learning, which is our focus school value.

Prep A would like to pass on a huge thankyou to Miss Thomas for all of the work she has put into her practicum placement in our classroom. The support she has given to students, teachers and families alike has been appreciated. It has been both an educational and fun time. Good luck for your future teaching career! From the entire Prep A team.

What an amazing term in Prep B! 

The growth we have seen in our students has been incredible.

Please take the time to relax and reset these holidays ready for a busy Term 3!

As mentioned on seesaw, if any parents would like to volunteer in our classroom, please come and see Hannah or Emmie. 

In 1/2B as a part of our HASS inquiry, we have been exploring places that are important to us, where they are located, significant features and our connections to them. After reading Alison Lester’s “Imagine” students thought of a place significant to them and wrote down all the things that they imagine about their place. Students then got a real picture of the place they were imagining, built a play version of the place and formed their ideas into the format used by Alison Lester. Recently, we also read “The Problem with Problems” By Rachel Rooney and Zehra Hicks, where problems were described as creatures that come in all shapes and sizes and offered some suggestions for managing problems. Students then created their own problem creatures using paint, paper and markers. We now have a wall of problems (small, medium and large) that are helping us to discuss the size of the problems we face each day and what strategies we can use to help.  

Welcome to a snapshot of a typical maths lesson in 1/2C. Some students work with adults, some with peers, and some independently.  The students have 15 minutes on an activity before rotating to another one.  Students are working on a specific skill, based on their maths ability. 

On Monday, 1/2D and 1/2E went up to building 4 to teach the Preps our homemade board games. We taught the Preps our games so they could practice addition and subtraction. To make the games, Mrs Taylor and Miss King gave us a partner and we wrote down our ideas with our partner. Once the teacher had approved, they gave us a big piece of paper to draw our game. After we had drawn our game, we typed our instructions onto an iPad. Then we got them printed out and laminated. At building 4, the prep teacher and Miss King called out names, so that we knew who to teach our games to.  1/2E and 1/2D definitely had lots of fun with the Preps, and I think the Preps had fun too!          

Safiri

Over the last week in 3/4B, we have been working on measurement and calculating the perimeter of different shapes. We had fun exploring different play areas outside and measuring the perimeter of these spaces. We used metre-ruler sticks and trundle wheels and then compared our results with other groups. Our measuring was quite accurate with most results ranging within a few metres of each other.

This term, 3/4D have been working very hard to make their writing more effective by adding descriptive details. Using the five senses, adjectives and experimenting with similes, the 3/4 students have created some descriptive written responses based on the book we have been reading, Storm Boy. Their work was so impressive that they received a class gold card! Well done, students.

Work samples written by: Flynn C, Lily B , Thomas B , Ruby P and Jaye L.

Hass

In Hass this term we have been learning about Indigenous Australians. Students have been learning about :

• Where scientists believe Indigenous Australians originated from.
• How long Indigenous people have been in Australia, and an investigation into the discovery of ‘Mungo man’ and issues behind the removal of his skeleton from his place of burial.
• Traditional and current Indigenous culture, especially boat building, shelters and tool.

There is great excitement in 5/6A as we have commenced work on our Science Investigation Boards.

My investigation is about reaction times. I’m enjoying using the Reaction Time Test to gather my evidence.

                                                                                       Joey.

We are conducting experiments to see which brand of paper towel absorbs the most water. We are looking forward to doing our experiments in Term 3 and we are having a lot of fun covering our boards.

                                                                               Evie and Tully.

Our Science Project involves finding out which is the most effective cleaning solution to get rid of dirt from your shirt. We will gather our scientific evidence and analyse it in Term 3. We are currently working on covering our information board.

                                                                                   Shay and Maddi.

Our investigation involves us conducting tests to find out which brand of trash bag can hold the most weight before ripping. We are currently working on our hypothesis.

                                                                       Trin and Montanna.

We are investigating mould growth on cheese. We are planning to put different cheese in zip lock bags and take photos every day to record the changes.

                                                                              Grace and Tahlia

This term our class has been working on ‘How living things adapt to extreme habitats’, in Science. We learnt all about animals and plants and how they adapt to live in their habitat. We learnt about four extreme habitats such as: the deep sea, desert, mountain and polar regions.

By Nina

5/6 D&E - Science

We’ve had fun investigating whether different types of water affect plant growth.

Types of water used were:

• Tap
• Organic (we added squashed banana to the water)
• Salty
• Acidic (we added vinegar to the water)

 We discovered that the organic and tap water promoted the best plant growth and seeds did not germinate in salty or acidic water.

Students are looking forward to extending their skills by completing their own investigations in term 3.

MORE DETAILS SOON!!

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