Grade 3/4 students have been exploring heat through a range of student designed experiments. A simple initial experiment saw them measure the changing temperature in a glass of warm and cold water. Using the same thermometer, type of cup and amount of water they discussed the only variable being the initial water temperature. Following this experiment students...Read More
The Preps have been learning all about capacity this week. We’ve been enjoying lots of hands on activities, comparing the capacity of different containers and estimating the amount that they would hold. Here we are predicting which one would hold more, out of two containers. Then we measured to check: We tried our best to...Read More
Recently all students at Belle Vue participated in the First Aid Schools Program provided by St John Ambulance Australia. Our grade 5/6 students learnt the basics of first aid including DRSABCD, putting someone in the recovery position and CPR. The grade 5/6s took a lot of new information away from the...Read More
In grade 1/2, we understand that students all learn in different ways. One way that we cater for this is by including ways that we can move our bodies during our learning time. One way that we can do this is by participating in Active Spelling.Read More
Here is what we are up to at the moment in the Italian classroom. Preps are currently exploring numbers 1-10 and developing their ability to recognise numbers as Italian words. We are doing this using ‘Il Piccolo Bruco Maisazio’ (The Very Hungry Caterpillar). Grade 1/2 students are exploring colours, days of their week and their listening comprehension...Read More
