Archive: August 2019

GRADE 2 – Readers’ Notebook

Grade 2 students have developed their reader’s notebook in Term 3. Students are using their reader’s notebooks to track down their understandings of the books they are reading.  In reading sessions, teachers are modelling how to use various comprehension and reading accuracy strategies. Then students are using sentence starters to develop their ideas and record them in their books.

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Aladdin JR

Grade 5/6 students will perform the Disney musical Aladdin Jr on Wednesday 18 September 2019 at Lauriston Girls School, Armadale. The show will start at 7pm sharp, with refreshments being served from 6pm. Tickets will be available on QkR in the coming weeks.

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French

Senior students have been busy choosing their topics for inquiry and working together on the rubrics. Congratulations to students in 3A, and particularly to Inouk, Raff and Leo Conlan, for their excellent reading of the “Le petit chat’ story booklet they have been completing, to take home to use as readers and to share with…

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Sustainability education – learn skills for life and work.

This week, Mr Beck taught the Grade 5 and6 students how to start a social enterprise: “The Social Seedling”. Unlike common business enterprises where profits only benefit the company shareholders, we will trade to make a profit which is 100% given back to the community.  Students research and design their own seedling range: from market…

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Grade 5 Ski Camp – Day 3

This morning we woke to a winter wonderland!  Lots of snow on the ground and no wind at all. Students are currently enjoying their ski lesson.

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Empowered Sleep Program

Next week we will begin the Empowered Sleep Program for Grade 4 – 6. All students have been inducted into the program and have been given one of the beautifully designed and illustrated journals. The journal is their very own personal diary giving them their very own personal report card on their relationship with sleep….

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