Students finished the Epic Citadel English/Science project this week and many parents and family members came to view their work during the presentation afternoon. The students published their character descriptions in the Nova Citadel library. For information about this project go to this earlier post: Epic Citadel/MinecraftEdu. All the students have loved this project and being… Read more Nova Citadel MinecraftEdu English Science Project
Students will document and design a new city using MinecraftEdu. Working through the design process they will create e-portfolios, using their own devices, to record their learning journey. Students will also construct and edit texts based on their character roles, experiences and learning inspired by the virtual world of Epic Citadel. These will be published… Read more Epic Citadel/MinecraftEdu/BYOD English and Science Unit
Students were introduced to the wonderful award winning book Fox by Margaret Wild and illustrated by Ron Brooks. This book is used in English classes from the early stages right up to year 12 and the content is very thought provoking. After an initial discussion critically examining the cover – colours, font, media that was… Read more Fox by Margaret Wild and Ron Brooks
Crossmaglen Public School was awarded acknowledgement as a Waterwise School by Coffs Harbour Mayor Denise Knight. A morning tea was held and then students presented a slide show on what it meant to be a Waterwise School. Afterwards they showed the Mayor their water/farming virtual world projects that they have been working on every Friday for… Read more Waterwise and Water/Farming Projects Presentation
This morning the students were involved in a creative writing session and they loved it! They were shown an image of a Lions Mane Jellyfish that Mrs Booth had sourced from Steph Westwood’s Pinterest Writing Inspiration board. Initially lots of discussion fired up the students imagination. Next, Mrs Booth had grade 1 and 2 students… Read more Creative Writing
Hover your mouse over the image to read Cooper’s creative writing piece written in Mrs Champions class on Wednesday.
On Friday we had casual teacher, Ms Wilson, teaching the children as Mrs Cavanagh was away at a principals meeting. After recess she told the students the story (true) of a girl, Sadako Sasaki, who lived in Hiroshima, Japan, at the time of the atomic bombing by the United States. She developed leukaemia from the radiation and… Read more Sadako Paper Cranes Lesson
Students today were introduced to their 10 week virtual learning project connected to the COGs G multi-stage unit ‘Our Australian Heritage’ Connection focus for each stage: ES1/S1: understanding that cultural activities, objects, songs, dances and stories express beliefs, values and a connection to place and people. S2: exploring the impact of British colonisation and how… Read more Our Australian Heritage Virtual Learning Project
The whole school has been working on the Storypath unit ‘Toy Factory’ over Term 4. These units are a highly engaging program that fosters problematic thinking and higher order thinking skills as students are scaffolded through a series of learning episodes. Originally developed in Scotland during the 1960s, Storypath draws support from decades of experience with teachers and… Read more Storypath – The Toy Factory
An open letter to students and staff of Crossmaglen Public School Crossmaglen students and staff received a letter from a concerned elderly citizen on Friday who claimed to have *stolen* the student’s ‘Storypath‘ toy projects. Fortunately the students located their project builds but still the problem remains that this Coffs Harbour resident feels that what… Read more Toy Theft!