Grade 1 have been investigating how sounds are made as part of our Science project.
Instruments and Sounds!
29 February, 2008 2 Comments
Dinosaurs in Jnr Kindergarten 2
22 February, 2008 3 Comments
In Junior Kindergarten our topic this week was dinosaurs. We have enjoyed reading and listening to lots of different stories, poems and songs about dinosaurs. We have been involved in many activities involving dinosaurs.
Grade Four's Adventures with Beowulf
19 February, 2008 10 Comments
Grade Four have been reading all about the exciting adventures of Beowulf, the Dragon Slayer by Rosemary Sutcliff. They really enjoyed reading together and learning lots of new vocabulary. They were so addicted to the book, that they experimented with lots of different writing styles.
"Inspired by aboriginal art" in Grade 3
18 February, 2008 10 Comments
Australian Aboriginal art is the oldest living art tradition in the world, with paintings in rock shelters dating back 20,000 years. The art includes naturalistic paintings of humans, plants and animal figures.
Aboriginal art involves story telling, myths, rituals, sorcery, and magic. Artists describe their dreams, the stories of creation, their beliefs, and their spirituality.
Grade 3 have been creating their own artwork inspired by aboriginal designs. Click here to see the children hard at work!
Spelling City
17 February, 2008 2 Comments
Looking for a fun educational site that can help children improve your child’s spelling skills. Miss Alison recommends that you check out Spelling City
This site:
– contains over 25,000 words, including plurals, contractions, future and past tenses
– uses a REAL human voice that says both the word and the word in a sentence
– has a ‘Teach Me’ function that spells out the word using both visual and auditory input to improve retention
– allows parents to enter and save their own spelling lists for their children
– lets children play games with their words or any saved lists
– enables parents to save and share their lists.
This is an American website so remember that our Grades will be one lower on this site – eg. Our Grade 1 is an American Kindergarten and our Grade 3 will be an American Grade 2.
Presently, this site is best viewed in Internet Explorer as it has some known issues with Firefox.
Kindergarten Travel Around the World!
5 February, 2008 7 Comments
This term in Senior Kindergarten we have been exploring different countries around the world. We started by making our own passports. We used the digital camera to take photographs of ourselves and stuck them in our passports. We also filled in all our personal details. Our passports are not all the same, as there are lots of different nationalities in our class!
Click here to find out about the different countries we have explored.