This week has seen our students jump straight back into learning. It is wonderful to see our Kindergarten students settling in thanks to the tireless efforts of Ms Picken and Ms Krishnan. The students are very busy learning all about their new routines and making many new friends.

Year 2 have sprung straight into their lessons. Ms Lim has had the students utilising the Mimio (interactive) whiteboard. The students were keen to all have a go at the Australia Day wordsearch.  I spent some time watching the students during their maths groups, and it was great to see them also using the boards with Mr O’Shea. The students were all eager to use the clock to record different times.

Year 4 spent time reflecting on their strengths, it was great to see how they could respond so positively to the strengths and characteristics of their peers.

Science in a Box

Our Year 2 students were very creative this week and managed to utilise some of the equipment in the ‘Science in a box’ pack. They utilised the stop watches to help them in this weeks maths topic about ‘Time’. They used the watches to time how long it took to say the alphabet, run to the end of the playground and the time taken to jump 10 times. It’s great to see the wonderful resource bought by our parents being used in such a flexible way. I’m sure it wont be long until we also see it being used in other classrooms.

Many classes have welcomed new students this term and it has been great to see them all settle in so quickly. I look forward to watching our talented teachers continue to offer enriching activities and I encourage any parents who have any questions regarding the Australian Curriculum to either contact your child’s teacher or myself .

Kim Vernon – Curriculum Coordinator