The past two weeks for Year 5 have been filled with exciting events including our Space Museum excursion, a maths lesson at the nearby Rutland Quadrant Park, an Inter House Primary Cross Country at Central District Waterfront Promenade and the Young Readers’ Festival. Thank you parents for completing multiple permission forms in a short time frame for your child to […Read more]
It certainly has been action packed since our last Dharana update with a School BBQ, Parent Information Session and a Camp Information Session from Treasure Island. Thanks again to all families who were able to attend. Hopefully all parents are now connected to Seesaw and you will soon see student portfolio items being added for you to view. Learning Portfolio […Read more]
Welcome to the start of the school year and to Year 5! It has been fantastic to be starting back on campus and hit the ground running. The focus for Year 5 in weeks 1 and 2 has been building relationships with our students and peers while developing expectations for our class and year level community. This has included looking […Read more]
From the 22nd of November to the 25th of November, Year 5 went camping at Lantau Island. We stayed there for three nights and participated in four days of fun and challenging activities. Many students were thrilled as it was their first time staying overnight at camp and sleeping in tents. We were divided into six groups, each group having […Read more]
English Recently, students have been working hard to apply their new knowledge of literary devices in different poems. We have now moved on to exploring short lyrical poems such as Odes that celebrate an individual idea or event. Students understand that there are different criteria that classify an Ode and after creating their own, are working to edit and publish […Read more]
Please find below a summary of the academic learning that took place over the past fortnight. English Equipped with our knowledge of literary devices, students hunted for these devices embedded within some shape poetry before having a go at drafting and publishing their own shape poems. After that, we explored how humour gets incorporated into poems and studied how reverse […Read more]
Welcome back to Term 4 everyone! We have lots of exciting things planned, which we know that they will enjoy. We always endeavour to make each day fun, interactive and provide a happy place for your child to learn and grow. We have an exciting couple of weeks coming up with a Leadership Day and Mufti Day in Week 3, […Read more]
As we begin to wrap up our units for the term, students have been very busy completing a great variety of learning activities. Below is a summary of our most recent learning and how you can support your child. English After applying their knowledge from our persuasive writing lessons to finish their persuasive writing pieces and adapting this writing piece […Read more]
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