Today, the staff participated in professional conversations and planning with DoE’s Aboriginal Education Services staff Todd and Sarah.  We were treated to a heart-warming Acknowledgement of Country and posed many questions.  It was wonderful to have our wonderings answered.

This week we met with Miriam from Playstreet to talk about the initial draft of our new Nature Play Garden.  The design will incorporate the Bike and Scooter track which we hope to have arrive mid November.

On Monday NAPLAN results were published and shared with our staff and individual results were sent home to families.  We are extremely excited to share these schoolwide results:

100% of students in year 3 scored above the National minimum standard in Reading.

100% of year 5 students scored well-above the Australian average in Reading.

100% of students in year 3 scored above the national minimum standard in Writing.

80% of students in year 5 scored at or above the national minimum standard in Writing.

100% of year 3 students scored well-above the Tasmanian average in Spelling.

100% of students in year 5 achieved higher than the Tasmanian average in Spelling.

100% of students in year 3 scored above the National minimum standard in Grammar and Punctuation.

100% of year 5 students scored well-above the Australian average in Grammar and Punctuation.

100% of students in year 3 scored at or above the national minimum standard in Numeracy.

100% of all year 5 students scored at or above the Australian average in Numeracy.

These results are impressive and show the growth we are aiming for with all of our students. Hard work really does pay off and we are very proud of this years cohort of students who sat the assessments and their collective achievements.  Well done, to all of our year 3 and 5 students. You too, should be proud of your efforts!

Kristy Hay

Principal

Celebrating Father's Day in Kinder

STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. STEM is addressed in the Australian Curriculum through the learning areas of Science, Technologies, and Mathematics, and through general capabilities, particularly Numeracy, Information and Communication Technology Capabilities, and Critical and Creative Thinking. Research shows that STEM knowledge, understanding and skills are strengthened when the connections between learning areas are emphasised and enriched when learning areas are combined to find authentic learning opportunities for students in answer to an identified problem or in the creation of a solution. As part of our Prep and Grade One, STEM Air Rocket Inquiry, we have been exploring the questions: How do the air rockets fly? and How can do we know which rocket flew the furthest? This learning fits within our term 3 Inquiry question “What makes things move?” Here are some of the things we have been thinking about.

How do the air rockets fly?

Georgina “Maybe they have springs in them”

Riley “Maybe it’s an explosion”

Flora “Gravity makes them come down again”

Emmett “Maybe it has batteries in it”

Ella: “Maybe you are pushing the rocket up with the handle”

Emmett “I think you have to point it up”

Georgina “I think it has something to do with the air”

Poppie “Maybe the air gets stuck because it can’t get out the bottom”

Ella “I think the air goes up which means the rocket has to go up”

Flora “The air is trapped so it forces this bit to go up”

How can do we know which rocket flew the furthest?

Riley “Cos we have to measure it”

Poppie “You have to have numbers that start at zero and get bigger”

Flora “You all have to start at the same spot”

Ella “The distance between the numbers has to be the same or else it’s not fair”

Georgina “We could write it down and compare it”

Emmett “If I aim up high like this, it goes further”

Aleighna “To take turns we need three groups”

Melody “I put it in columns” … “next it’s my second turn”

Poppie “We can record the initials on the ground”

Emmett “It was getting big but then the wind moved it”

Elise Wells

Prep/1 Teacher

Growth in Writing

Today, the Grade 2/3 class have been working hard to use their current writing goals to improve their journal writing.

Grade 4/5/6 Woodwork

Grade 4/5/6 have been so very fortunate to participate in a woodwork program at the Swansea Community Hub throughout Terms 2 and 3.  Steve, Pia, Ann and Laurie have been so wonderful in helping our children to develop life skills that will benefit them in their futures.  We’ve got our very special results to share with you at our end of term assembly so stay tuned!

Congratulations to Mrs Sophie Wilson, you have been nominated in the 7HOFM Apple for the Teacher.

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