Author: Sharon Wildermuth

Easter in the Music Room

As Easter approaches, all the classes have been learning a selection of Easter songs about the Easter Bunny, chickens and chocolate! Year 2 to Year 5 have learnt how to play ‘Hot Cross Buns’ on the xylophones, using both left and right hands and harmony parts for the older children. We have enjoyed reading and…

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Student Progress Reports

Dear Parents and Guardians, To view your child’s progress report, you can either ‘View Academic Report’ (shown on the left hand side under their attendance), or alternatively by using the ‘clicking here’ link in the green box, under ‘My News’. To view their academic report, scroll to progress report and view cycle. A pdf of…

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Restorative Practices at Toorak Primary School

Our school has made a very important decision lately and that is to become a Restorative School.  Using Restorative Practices isn’t something we take lightly.  We’ve been watching what’s been happening in the world of education when it comes to creating a strong school culture, to building effective relationships, to resolving conflict and to improving…

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Grade 2 Artwork

Grade 2 students have been studying Chinese zodiac symbols in art and have used these as inspiration to create colourful animal artwork filled with various lines and shapes.  A crayon resist technique was used, whereby an ink wash was used over the top of the crayon.    

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French readers

Our junior students are now preparing to write their own story booklets.  As we do not have textbooks it is important in French that the students have something at home to reinforce what they have been learning during the semester. The booklets will be ready to come home at the end of the semester as…

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Visual Arts – Look to see how lines and shapes are represented

The Year 1 and 2 students have been looking at how lines and shapes represent emotions. Yr 1 classes have been exploring line and colour through a piece entitled ‘Bad Hair Day’           The grade 2 students have studied the Chinese zodiac symbols and filled their animals with various lines and shapes.

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