Prep 

We have been very busy learning our remaining friends in InitiaLit – Flexible Max, Vera Vulture and Yawning Yak. We have been adding adjectives to our writing; we can describe colour and size. In maths, we’ve been having fun hiding toys and giving directions to our friends to find them. Can you see the bear underneath the cushion, next to the lockers? We’ve made cute cardboard and paper robots whilst learning about the properties and uses of materials in science.  

Year 1 

We had so much fun on our excursion to Caboolture Historic Village! We learnt all about life in the past and how different it is from our lives now. In English we are working towards using imaginative detail and adjectives in our Narrative writing to make our stories more entertaining. In Science we have been exploring and investigating different materials and how they are used effectively. In the coming weeks, we will be interviewing our grandparents to learn more about life in the past.  

Year 2 

In Year 2 we are learning how to write very persuasive texts. Students are putting it all together now with strong opinions and very convincing arguments. In Maths we are exploring fractions. Halves, quarters and eighths are our main focus. We’ve all had fun mapping our playground and the top oval area as we learn more about mapping and the world in general. 

Year 3 

Year 3 students have been writing information reports from start to finish on the polar bear! Students can now complete a labelled diagram and choose images appropriate to their writing. In Mathematics, students have been busy telling the time to the nearest minute and calculating change. In science, we have been having a lot of fun investigating different ways heat moves. There have been some very exciting experiments occurring in the classrooms.  

Year 3/4 

We have a fantastic prac student, Miss Atika Dunlop, teaching with us at the moment. The class has been completing their HaSS assessments, researching the living and non-living elements of their endangered animals, comparing weather and rainfall for different parts of Australia and enjoying the hands-on learning around length, mass and capacity. We are continuing to use compound and complex sentences in our animal reports to make our information easier to read.

Year 4 

We are becoming report writers! Year 4 students have chosen their endangered animal and commenced researching its habitat, appearance and diet. Next week, we will be writing our information reports. In Mathematics, we are studying different types of measurements, using lots of hands-on tools such as scales and trundle wheels. The Year 4s are having a detailed look at Africa this week in HASS. 

Year 5 

Year 5 students have been creating animals and plants with adaptations that allow the organism to survive in certain environments. We have been using scientific vocabulary to explain and label the adaptations on our diagrams. We have been using Show Not Tell to add description to events, settings and characters when writing narratives.  

Year 5/6 

In Year 5/6W and 5/6J, students have been working on designing their experiments to explore whether life could exist on different planets. Students have chosen interesting variables to test including pH, salinity, light, temperature and even the presence of different minerals! We will be starting to record our observations over the coming weeks. 

Year 6 

Year 6B and 6H have been very busy working on demonstrating our understanding of feature articles. We are excited to write our own and show-off our persuasive writing skills. We’ve been working with fractions in Maths and exploring natural disasters in Science.