Tag: writing

Foundation Fun!

Foundation students have been engaging in rich language experiences over the last few weeks to encourage and build confidence in their emerging writing skills. Teachers prepared sensory activities, which allowed students to feel, smell, hear, see and even taste the things they wrote about. So far, we have used bubbles, ice cubes and feathers to stimulate our beginning writers to create fantastic pieces of work. Last week, Mrs Crundall brought in her popcorn machine and students participated in a popcorn language experience! Students even created a paper cone, decorated in patterns (linking to our current unit in Maths) and were able to enjoy a healthy snack while writing.

Last (very short) week in Foundation, our highlight would have to be joining in the whole-school celebration of Multicultural Day.

Students had a lovely time viewing the ‘Dance Around the World’ performance, embracing many cultures of the world as well as the comedy show ‘Ristorante Mangiabene’. The gelato van visiting the school was a favourite for our Foundation students who enjoyed the yummy gelato. Thank you to our families who assisted students with their costumes. Everyone put in a lot of effort and students were very excited to show their costume off… The teachers enjoyed dressing up too! Have a look at Miss Vounoridis representing Vietnam and Mrs Crundall representing Australia.

Term 1 learning fun in Grade 5/6!

We have had a great start to Term 1 in 5/6 with all of the students settling into their new classrooms and routines well.

In literacy students have been building on their skills and abilities. In Reading, the students are focusing on making connections such as connections to problems in society and to themselves. In Writing, we are working on creating Narrative texts and ensuring we Show, Don’t Tell! 

During Maths, the students have been completing problem solving activities related to real life situations. We have also been working on using appropriate mental strategies to solve addition and subtraction problems. Our Inquiry unit exploring ‘A Wild World’ has seen us learning about adaptations of animals and plants and why they have these adaptations.

‘Learning is a constant process of discovery – a process without end’ – Bruce Lee

Fairy Tale Fun in Foundation

Our Foundation students have enjoyed reading and discussing elements of fairy tale stories these last few weeks. This week, students helped create a class fairy tale by innovating on the text – ‘The Giant Turnip’. As we are growing sunflowers, we cleverly created our class book ‘The Giant Sunflower’. The students enjoyed seeing themselves as characters in the story and assisted with illustrations. Over the next few lessons, students will create individual fairy tales and short stories by innovating. Teachers are looking forward to seeing all of the imaginative stories.

Big Write 

The Grade 2 students are currently in their 3rd year of VCOP. The Grade 2 teachers have really enjoyed reading the creative writing that our students have been producing over the year. Students are consistently engaged and excited by the weekly topics. We have watched them grow in their confidence in their writing and wanting to share their work. Here are some of the great pieces that we have enjoyed!