Have you filled a bucket today?

In Grade 5 we value kindness, as you may have seen on our Essential Agreement. One of the activities we had this week was listening to a guest reader (Ms, Ays) reading “Have You Filled a Bucket Today” by Carol McCloud. Students then created their own...

We value FUN!

When learning is fun, sometimes we don’t even realise we are learning… Our Grade 5 community continued the process to decide what we want learning to look like in Grade 5. We worked together, and in groups to identify what we value in Grade 5; why we value...

Grade 5 comes Alive!

What a spectacular start to the year for the Grade 5 learning community. This week we have been creating our learning spaces, working together to create our Essential Agreements to make sure we have a balanced and challenging year ahead, and we welcomed some new...

Welcome to Grade 5!

Dear Grade 5 Parents and students, I hope that you are all well and that you are ready and excited for your child to begin our new school year on Sunday morning. To those of you who are new to ABIS, a warm welcome, to those of you returning, a warm welcome back. My...

Farewell Grade 5, Hello Grade 6!

It has been an absolute pleasure to teach your children this year. They have worked hard and developed their Approaches to Learning Skills throughout the year. As they walked out the door today, we were lucky enough to receive a hug from each and every one of them....