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We began our journey of learning about earthquakes by watching a short excerpt from a news presentation on a recent earthquake in Chile and a compilation of live footage taken during earthquakes in North America. The footage from the Chile earthquake in particular, enabled us to observe and then describe the effects of earthquakes. We [...]
Entries from July 31, 2010
Developing ‘Thoughtful Habits’.
July 24, 2010 · 51 Comments · Posts
“Habit is a cable; we weave a thread of it each day and at last we cannot break it.” Horace Mann American educator. 1796 – 1859 We have all experienced the exhilaration of achieving a goal that we have set for ourselves. Remember how proud you felt, when you first learned to tie your shoe laces? [...]
Jessica Watson to visit our school.
July 21, 2010 · 47 Comments · Posts
On Monday 9th August we will be having a special visitor, Jessica Watson visit our school. In May 2010, Jessica accomplished a dream which was to be the youngest person to sail non-stop and unassisted around the world. Jessica’s route unfortunately did not meet World Sailing Speed Record Council (WSSRC) criteria for circumnavigation of the globe, [...]
Murder Under the Microscope Investigation
July 19, 2010 · 35 Comments · Posts
The Year 6 students at our school were recently involved in an online investigation called ‘Murder under the Microscope.’ In this project, we were presented with a mystery, an eco-crime. Each Year 6 class worked separately as part of two investigation teams. We studied the issues and crime sites, researched the victims and villains and [...]
