In Prep, our Integrated topic for this term is ‘Weather in my World’. This week the ‘Big Question’ we explored in Prep G was ‘how and why does it rain?’ We began by thinking about when after it rains and there’s puddles on the ground, where does the rain go? Does it just disappear? How? We...Read More
October 2018 Grade 5 and 6 Enjoy Our Annual Swimming Lessons Over the past two weeks the Grade 5 and 6 students (along with the Grade 3s and 4s) have been involved in a swimming program at Kew Recreation Centre. We have had the chance to shore up our swimming skills in the lead up...Read More
This week during Maths, 3/4 have been learning about the perimeter (fence) and the area (field) of rectangles, squares and polygons. They worked in small groups and compared areas by measuring the area of rectangles (including squares) by counting the number of square centimetres. They also worked out perimeter with familiar objects around the classroom...Read More
In Prep G we have been learning about Multiplication! It has been very exciting learning this completely new concept for the students. Students began exploring multiplication by creating equal groups using play dough. They worked out their answer by creating their equal groups, then showed their working out through drawings. We continued our practice using counters to...Read More
August 2018 Building Resilience and Pushing Our Boundaries on Camp The Year 5s and 6s had a thoroughly enjoyable time on camp this year. We were involved in many different activities aimed at building teamwork and communicative skills, determination, and our ability to deal with adversity. On Monday, we took the long bus ride...Read More
August 2018 Learning About Characterisation in 5/6 In preparation for writing our own narratives, students in years 5 and 6 spent some time investigating how to develop interesting and complex characters. We explored how different authors portray the elements of their characters in their writing. In particular we considered a character’s… Personality Appearance Likes...Read More
On Monday some lucky Belle Vue Preps went to visit their old kindergarten! We visited Bellevue kinder just down the road, and spoke to the 4 year old group about all the wonderful things we get up to at school. We made a book for them to keep, to help them in their transition to...Read More
