Have you filled your jar today?
Today we talked about the question “have you filled your jar today?” We all come to school with an imaginary jar. Every time someone does a good deed to help us or show us kindness, a magical bean is...
View ArticleLearning Agreement
Today we had a very engaged learning agreement! We reflected at the end of learning agreement on what we saw, what we heard and how we felt.
View ArticleThinking about our choices
It’s really important to think about things before we either say them or do them. To demonstrate, we got a piece of paper and discussed situations that leave another person hurt or angry- and we...
View ArticleGrade 1 Assembly
On Wednesday 3rd May 2012, the grade 1′s had their assembly to share their learning with Wooranna Park Primary School. They used Skype to portray real time news broadcasting. In workshops, students...
View ArticleCalibrating the IWB
This morning Ahsan in his technician role thought it was ok for Gow to help. So they both setup the NetBooks and made sure they were charged. We also learnt about the headphone and microphone sockets....
View ArticleMother’s Day
Although it is Mother’s Day, we talked about how it is a great opportunity to appreciate any special females in our lives. We are hoping that all the special Mums, Grandmas, Aunts, sisters or special...
View ArticleA Child’s Plea…
The Grade 1′s were looking at the poem “A Child’s Plea…” (the author of the poem is unknown) during shared reading workshops. This poem has been in their reading logs since prep. We read the poem and...
View ArticleWhat this bike needs is….
After reading “Mrs Armitage on Wheels” the grade 1′s designed their own bikes, thinking of the repetitive statement from the story “what this bike needs is…”. What creative thinking came from their...
View ArticleThe Knights Tour
Today we learnt the ancient chess problem ‘The Knights Tour’. We start with a chess board and one knight. The knight needs to visit as many squares on the board as possible but cannot visit a square...
View ArticleLearning with the Wii
The grade 1′s have really enjoyed using the Wii during Learning Agreement time! We have been doing dancing. Dancing is great for the student’s gross motor skills, coordination, health and fitness,...
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