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Kakadu Seasons

Posted on October 24, 2021October 24, 2021 By admin

As part of the Features of Places Geography Unit (Stage 1 – NSW Syllabus) Year 1 students investigated seasons. Whilst we have 4 seasons of…

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Busy Beaks

Posted on September 23, 2021September 23, 2021 By admin

In class, as part of their History unit, Year 1 students were exploring the concept ‘change and continuity’. To support this learning (in the Library)…

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Maps in Literature

Posted on July 1, 2021 By admin

There are a range of picture books that can stimulate a discussion on mapping and geography. Reproduce the maps using BLOCK POSTERS website and code a Sphero…

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Rethinking Detention

Posted on June 14, 2021June 14, 2021 By admin

Year 6 Library Learning – Immigration Detention Centres.  The learning intention was for students to understand that society’s view of immigration detention centres has changed over time, and explore options for improving the…

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Self-regulation in Minecraft Education Edition

Posted on May 26, 2021May 26, 2021 By admin

This term, inspired by the beautiful book Saving Species by Jess French and James Gilleard, Year 3 students are building a Minecraft world where an…

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Australia Day – so what?

Posted on February 15, 2021February 15, 2021 By admin

Many of us are familiar with the Stage 2 History Outcome HT2-1 that includes: Students identify important Australian celebrations and commemorations and discuss their origins…

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Minecraft Museum

Posted on August 24, 2020August 24, 2020 By admin

Sometimes during a lesson you are gifted a moment when you get to stand back and watch pure learning. That moment for me was last…

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Feathers

Posted on April 6, 2020April 6, 2020 By admin

Overview: Feathers is a beautiful picture book written by Phil Cummings and illustrated by Phil Lesnie. The reader follows the flight of a sandpiper as…

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The New Library Learning Path

Posted on October 19, 2019October 19, 2019 By admin

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Acknowledgement of Country

Posted on September 4, 2019September 4, 2019 By admin

Last month I attended the The Cultures of Thinking conference at Bialik College in Melbourne. During one workshop I had the privilege of  listening to Naomi Ryan…

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