During week 3 our Prep students were learning all about measuring capacity! We discussed terms such as ‘full’, ’empty’ and ‘half empty’ and practiced measuring the capacity of a range of containers. We predicted the capacity of containers, ordering them from least to most, then checked to see if we were right! We used water,...Read More
As part of the grade 1/2 integrated unit ‘Watch it Grow’ students examined a range of different seeds. They learnt that seeds have all of the information required to grow an adult plant and that seeds can vary in terms of shape, size, colour and even location on a plant. For this activity students had...Read More
At Belle Vue Primary School we use the Words Their Way program to teach spelling rules and patterns. Students are all given an initial spelling assessment which is then used to separate the student into spelling groups which target their specific learning needs. In the grade 1/2 area students are provided with words each fortnight,...Read More
Welcome back to term 2! We are now back into the swing of term in the Italian classroom. All the grades are busy learning about different elements of the Italian language. Preps are learning to count 1-10 and recognising Italian numbers in their written form. Grade 1/2 are learning words for ‘lo sport’ (sports), did...Read More
Coding is a really important skill that all children of the 21st century need to understand. Inevitably, technology will be part of many future jobs and therefore it is essential that students learn how to code (and understand code) so that they can thrive in the future. Coding activities can be classified as “plugged” (using computers or...Read More
A major highlight of our Grade 5/6 program is Interschool Sports. On a weekly basis, our Grade 5/6 students compete against local schools. In Term 1, students are learning how to play softball, cricket, hot shoty tennis and volleyball. Participating in Interschool Sports not only encourages healthy and active lifestyles, it provides our students with opportunities to...Read More
Last Wednesday, 21 March, 2018 the whole school celebrated ‘Harmony week’ with our annual ‘Multicultural day’. The day started with a parade, students came in wonderful costumes representative of their cultures. It was evident that a lot of thought and effort went into the costumes which was fantastic to see. The parade was followed by...Read More
Our prep students had a great time celebrating their first Multicultural Day at Belle Vue Primary! We learnt about and celebrated all our different cultural backgrounds! All students looked fantastic dressed up in an outfit that represents their cultural background! We learnt about lots of different cultures around the world, created harmony paper chains and also learnt...Read More
MEASUREMENT – HEIGHT AND LENGTH 3/4 have been exploring measurement in maths and comparing their height to the width of a long jump to see if how far they can jump depends on their height. In groups, they used a tape measure, chalk and an an outside space to do long jump (no run off)....Read More
