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25.01.2022 Preschool Update: Cubby houses: The preschool children have been using their grit and cooperative skills to create amazing cubby houses! Language groups: We have also been building our expressive language skills through games such as ‘what am I’ where children need to give each other clues. ... Diwali: Last week we celebrated Diwali by learning all about the celebration and taking part in some dancing and craft learning experiences.

24.01.2022 During week 9 students in 4E have been undergoing a research task during history. Students have followed the inquiry process to research a significant person from Australia's history. Here are some photos of students using their research skills to locate, interpret and communicate their findings to an audience.

24.01.2022 Preschool Update: This week we have started our afternoon grit groups which involves all children taking part in two sessions each day focused on Munch and Move (PDHPE), creative arts, STEM and literacy. During these group times, the children are building a range of skills through hands-on/ play-based activities. The Kookaburra class have been practicing how to fingerspell using AUSLAN (Australian Sign Language). We will continue to develop this skill through songs and games... as an inclusive practice. The Possums class are learning to appreciate Aboriginal artworks and exploring the use of ochre. As our commitment to sustainability, the Flying Foxes class have been sorting our rubbish into compost, recycling and general waste. Whilst playing with the Ozobots, the children have been developing coding skills and building their mathematical vocabulary by using positional language. Reminder - We love seeing healthy lunchboxes!

23.01.2022 Early Intervention have been creating different artworks using a range of materials. This week the students made spiders to hang up in our classroom. The students in Early Intervention enjoy learning the actions and words to different songs during the Music and Movement section in the class routine.

23.01.2022 3/4D Update: This week in 3/4D, students have been exploring volume and capacity. They have investigated the capacity of various cups to find out which one could hold the most and least. Students have estimated how many millilitres and litres a container can hold and found the actual amount by choosing appropriate tools to measure it. They have been converting between millilitres and litres and understand that some containers can hold the same even if they are differently shaped!

23.01.2022 The chicks are growing so fast and getting so big they are hard to tell apart. Creature club has had to pay close attention to the colour and markings of individual feathers in order to tell them apart.

22.01.2022 UPDATES FROM THE CLASSROOM 6K Update: In Mathematics, 6K have been exploring the concepts of volume and capacity, including displacement. They explored and demonstrated their understanding by attempting to displace a certain amount of water using small cubes in different combinations. Using this new knowledge, 6K then went on to plan their own water park, where they needed to calculate the volume of each attraction and ensure their pool remained under capacity - so it didn't ...flood the park! Preschool Update: This week, Preschool and Early Intervention has been taken over by pirates! From various treasure hunts, mapping, dancing, singing, dramatic role play, we all had so much fun! Spots are filling fast for our Preschool. Please call Whalan Public School Office- 02 9625 9437 or pop in to collect a wait list form. Stage 2 Notice: Dear parents, Stage 2 will be collecting plastic bottle caps and straws for repurposing. Help us reduce the impact of plastic on our environment by collecting all of your plastic bottle caps and straws and donating them to Stage 2. Start collecting now and send to school with your children starting next term. We can't wait to show you what we are going to do with them!

21.01.2022 Support Update: 3-6T have been continuing their investigation on visual literacy. They completed a scavenger hunt by exploring a variety of texts by Anthony Browne. Students worked in pairs and found examples of salience, colour, intertextuality, and vector. They were able to discuss with each other how the author used these techniques to create a deeper meaning.

20.01.2022 We are adding 4 baby chicks to our flock. They hatched in the Kindy rooms in week 3 and are now living in the Library. Students are documenting how they grow and change by measuring their weight and comparing photos over time.

17.01.2022 K-6P have been learning about the five senses and similes to add detail to their writing and to describe emotions. This term, K-6P have been learning with Ms Garland about chickens and what living conditions they need to keep healthy.

16.01.2022 This term 3-6T have been investigating a wide variety of maths concepts. They have been learning about fractions, decimals and 3D objects. Each student has had the opportunity to show their understanding by participating in a range of fun hands on activities. Well done 3-6T!

13.01.2022 KH Update: Kindergarten have been learning about capacity in Mathematics this week. KH had so much fun comparing the capacity of different containers by checking which holds the most water. It was fantastic to hear students using mathematical language such as full to capacity, half full and empty as they explored. KH was also able to sort and order containers to show which had the greatest capacity.

08.01.2022 5/6B Update: 5/6B have worked hard to create our very own Acknowledgement of Country and we are extremely proud to share it with our school community.

08.01.2022 This term Kindergarten have been learning all about story characters. They have learnt how to describe characters using adjectives. They have particularly loved learning about monster characters. This week we decided to create our own box monsters. Students were very creative and added lots of detail to their box monster like paper stripes and curly ears. Once their monsters were finished, students started describing what their character looked like and what it was like on the inside too. Students decided if their monster was going to be scary or friendly then wrote a description of their character.

06.01.2022 6K Update: 6K has been exploring the Cartesian Plane and its use for determining coordinates. They competed in an Amazing Race around our school, completing tasks involving patterns, composite shapes and calculating area. The answer to each question gave them the coordinates for their next location and they raced their classmates to be the first to find Mrs Klaassen at the point of intersection.

06.01.2022 Last Thursday the 10 September 2020, 3/6T and 5/6B came together to investigate the importance of ‘R U OK Day’. Did you know it is our national day of action when we remind Australians that every day is the day to ask, Are you OK? As a team, we worked to create posters to display around the school. These posters are designed to encourage our students to always spread kindness, check in on friends and even offer suggestions of things to do if you aren’t feeling ok like: taking a run, listening to music or doing some craft. We also made some stress balls using flour, rice and balloons. We made them using yellow balloons as that is the colour that represents ‘R U OK Day’. Our classes agreed that yellow represents happiness, warmth and is like sunshine on a cloudy day.

05.01.2022 ONE WEEK TO GO! Assembly: Our end of term assembly will be on next Thursday, 24th of September. At this assembly students will be presented with their Gold Pins and Attendance awards. Due to the no parents on site rule we will be posting photos to the school app and facebook page for you to view.... All students are to be in full school uniform including black shoes on the day. Last day of term: The last day for Term 3 is Friday 25th of September and is a mufti day!

03.01.2022 Kindergarten Update: KH have been having a great time learning about how to read o'clock times this week! Students are becoming more confident telling the time on both analogue and digital clocks. It was wonderful to see students creating different times on the whiteboard clocks and checking with their peers to reflect on their work. Students also recorded themselves telling the time on their iPads.