by Kirsty LOTTKOWITZ | Oct 4, 2018 | Grade 4, Grade 5
What does air do? Is air really there even if we can’t see it? How can we investigate what air does? These questions were answered in this week’s STEAM session. We turned cups of water upside down and made balloon rockets. We then found more questions we...
by Kirsty LOTTKOWITZ | Sep 27, 2018 | Grade 5
Our wonderful book week parade was held this morning, and what fantastic costumes everyone had. It’s nice to see the variety of books being read and enjoyed in Grade 5. Thank you to parents who helped the children assemble costumes.
by Kirsty LOTTKOWITZ | Sep 27, 2018 | Grade 5
As part of our book week celebrations, the students are using a newly installed green screen application to take photos of the,selves reading anywhere. It has been wonderful seeing the students learn all the great things the app will do.
by Kirsty LOTTKOWITZ | Sep 19, 2018 | Grade 5
This week in STEAM we completed our study of pointillism by painting landscapes using watercolour paints and cotton buds. The results were wonderful.
by Kirsty LOTTKOWITZ | Sep 19, 2018 | Grade 5
Recently the Grade 5’s undertook their first spelling word sort. Having been given a number of words on pieces of paper the students were asked to sort them into groups of their choosing. They were able to complete a sound sort (long vs short vowel sounds) or a...