Junior School Update

Pre-Kindergarten

Welcome back to another term in Pre-Kindergarten and a very warm welcome to our new families. We had a wonderful (and busy) first day back! The children all settled very quickly and got straight into exploring the learning environments and playing with their friends. 

This term, our focus will continue to be on the children feeling comfortable and safe at school, getting to know their peers and teachers and feeling safe to 'have a go' at new things. The first part of the term will see us exploring our wider community and how there are people, such as Community Helpers, that help to keep us safe and healthy. 

We are very excited to be hosting our first Mothers' Day mornings in Pre-Kindergarten next week. A reminder that these are happening on Monday, 2 May and Friday, 6 May from 9:00-11:00am. This will be a wonderful opportunity to spend some time together, get pampered a little and share some morning tea together. We look forward to seeing you then!

Mrs Fretwell

Pre-Kindergarten Teacher

Pre-Primary H

Welcome back to Autumn Term!

The Pre-Primary students have begun the term by learning about the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC).

The students attended a post memorial in the morning and then continued to learn about the history in class. The students reflected on the ceremonies shared around the world on April 25th. The students were given a red poppy to proudly wear and an ANZAC biscuit to commemorate the occasion. The main focus was on the courageous ANZAC soldiers who fought to protect their loved ones back at home. The students wrote their opinion on the purpose of a soldier and practised their cutting skills when creating a soldier craft piece. The students also discussed the innocent animals involved during the war.

I will finish with this quote; At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them.

Miss Pritchard

Pre-Primary H Teacher

Year Three

The Year 3’s have hit the ground running this term with learning about multiplication. We used blocks to model number stories involving 'groups of' and we have looked at different strategies to determine the total. We have also have incorporated music and a variety of games to practise the recall of our ten times table. Students have really enjoyed competing against one another in the ‘around the world’ challenge to develop automatic recall of these important number facts. 

At the end of last term we made our models to represent our learning of day and night. Students had to plan, design, make and appraise their models. They had some very creative ideas and students worked exceptionally well on their projects. They also enjoyed the opportunity of sharing their Big Ideas learning and projects with their Year Five buddies. They are on display in the Tui Paris Building for another week if you would like to visit our displays.

We have lots of interesting topics being investigated this term so stay tuned for further updates.

Miss Ravenscroft

Year Three Teacher