Recently the level 3/4 students have been learning about Location and Mapping in Maths. We connected this unit of work to our Integrated Topic ‘Time Travel’, where we are discovering how our local area has changed over time and are studying the book ‘My Place’. Students created a map of ‘our place’, our school, Belle...Read More

Multicultural Day 2019 was a fantastic day for students and teachers. We learnt lots about the Aboriginal culture, had lots of fun and also laughed a lot! Click on the link to read about our day or to see some photos ==>  Multicultural Day Newsletter 2019Read More

One of Prep W’s favourite activities is Maths Play Based Learning! On Fridays we explore counting patterns, ordering numbers, dominoes, number puzzles and a whole lot more. A popular activity is putting together the 100 square. The children work really well together to find the right numbers, and pick up on the patterns within the...Read More

We have been keeping busy in the Italian classroom. All grades have been focusing on greetings, getting to know you language and learning how to express how they feel in the Italian language. The prep students have been learning basic words and gestures to respond to the question ‘Come stai?’ (How are you?). They have...Read More

The 2019 Preps have made a wonderful start to their schooling! Every single day is met with enthusiasm, laughter, kindness and a can do attitude! Here’s a selection of photos of what we’ve been up to! *Meeting and playing with our buddies *Clapping & dancing in music *Counting and making numbers with play dough *Matching pictures...Read More

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

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

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

This term our Prep students have been learning all about Animals throughout their integrated studies topic ‘Staying Alive’. Throughout this topic we have been learning about: -Living vs Non-Living Things -Endangered and Extinct Animals -Animal Habitats and Diets -Classifying animals into Animal Groups including mammals, reptiles, fish, insects, amphibians and birds -How we can help...Read More