WilderQuest is an initiative of the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service. It encourages children to explore and value nature. This government supported program includes an interactive website […]
Challenge Thinking
Year 5 spent time ‘Connecting and Wondering’ about space travel. As a class we created a list of all the facts we knew about the Apollo 11 mission. […]
If they only knew…
Task: It is 1810 and the locals are keen to find out what Australia has to offer beyond Sydney Cove. They are ready to explore. History tells us […]
Trees – Visual Response
This term in Year 4 the students have been thinking about the environment – in particular ‘Trees’. We read A Forest by Marc Martin and built vocabulary banks on […]
Flat Stanley
Children love this classic tale by Jeff Brown. I have been sharing this story with Year 2 and linking it to their classwork on transport. After listening to […]
Cups Held Out
After sharing the story “Cups Held Out” with a Stage 3 class we discussed the life of a beggar, in particular the hardships and the circumstances that may […]