What we did last Wednesday
Here is a slideshow of what we did with Mrs Booth last Wednesday. Lots of inquiry led learning and and to finish off the day we looked at sculpture by the fantastic British artist Andy Goldsworthy.
Here is a slideshow of what we did with Mrs Booth last Wednesday. Lots of inquiry led learning and and to finish off the day we looked at sculpture by the fantastic British artist Andy Goldsworthy.
To finish and celebrate our English/Science/Art term unit with Mrs Booth, Crossmaglen students had an overnight camp. Grade 3, 4 and 6 students had been studying the novel Watership Down and the whole school, kindergarten to year 6, were investigating feral animals, pests and their impact on the environment and humans through the science unit… Read more Crossie Camp Feral!
“There’s terrible evil in the world.” “It comes from men,” said Holly. “All other elil do what they have to do and Frith moves them as he moves us. They live on the earth and they need food. Men will never rest till they’ve spoiled the earth and destroyed the animals.” ― Richard Adams, Watership Down For… Read more Watership Down by Richard Adams – Pest Tales – English/Science/Art Project
Today Rahni, Olivia and Tilly spent the day with Mrs Booth and Rom while the seniors were on an excursion with Principal, Mrs Cavanagh. Mrs Booth had been inspired by the Bronwyn Bancroft art work from South Grafton Public School teacher Ms McLennan’s 1/2 class. So the day was themed around the fantastic picture book… Read more Our Bush Journey
During Literacy sessions, Rahni, Olivia and Tilly have been predicting, reading, analysing and reflecting on ‘The Paper Bag Princess’ written by Robert Munsch and illustrated by Michael Martchenko. Before reading the book (Mrs Cavanagh hid it from us) we analysed each picture, discussed what we thought was happening and wrote our interpretation of the story… Read more Paper Bag Princess
Year 4 and 6 students’ have been supplementing their maths program by creating Interactive Maths Journals every Wednesday with Mrs Booth. They are all loving this maths session as they create a maths resource that helps them to become more independent problem solvers in maths class this year and in the future. Each week we focus… Read more Interactive Maths Journals
Over the past two weeks all our students have been creating ‘Paper Bag Characterisations’ a fantastic literacy idea inspired by Canadian teacher Jen Runde. The students selected a book and character of their choice and then composed their characterisations on their bags (I couldn’t find paper bags so chose gift bags instead). They needed to… Read more It’s in the Bag!
Crossmaglen Public School is a very small country school with currently 15 students K-6. This is not seen as an impediment to learning but rather a wonderful opportunity for all our students to engage with rich experiences such as the #walkmyworld digital literacy project. Having a principal that supports her teacher’s last minute ‘something just… Read more #walkmyworld with Alice Week 8
Tuesday 25th February was Italian Day. Lucky for us Mrs Peart knows a few Italians. Francesco Ciliberto was the guest chef for the day and he brought along the 2 Nonnas (Nonna Janice and Nonna Judyanne). Franko planned the menu and the 2 Nonnas planned all the extras. The children learned a few Italian words… Read more Food and Art from around the World