Our grade 3 and grade 5 students have been doing an awesome job on NAPLAN!
NAPLAN
This week we commenced another year of NAPLAN. Our grade 3s and 5s have completed three out of the four assessments. I would like to thank all the students and teachers for their fantastic work this week. Our amazing NAPLAN results year after year demonstrate our deeply embedded pedagogical models in writing, reading and mathematics. Even though we do really well, of course we always want to improve. This year, our improvement focus is continuing to target the unmet needs of our learners so we can support and extend particularly in writing and numeracy. If your child missed a NAPLAN test this week, Debbie and I will be running make-up sessions next week.
Want to see our 2023 NAPLAN results? Visit the Our Results page on our website.
Teddy Bear Picnic
Our Year 6 and Prep students celebrated an annual tradition... the Teddy Bear picnic. Check out some of the photos from the special day in the slideshow below.
Sustainability
The year two students are really embracing their sustainability topic. In the classrooms, they have started to learn about the six R's of sustainability and recently have been discussing repurposing.
To support their understanding, students have been creating something using used materials from around their homes. Have a look at their creativity below.
Preps
Our new Preps are settling in so well to our learning environments. They've now been doing five full days for three whole weeks! That's a big learning jump and we are so proud of them.
News from the artroom
Both Year 3 and Year 5/6 students have studied the artwork of British artist Julian Opie, an artist who has featured at the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) recently. They were inspired by his cartoon like style of portraiture and the digital animations he created. Year 3 Students enjoyed painting themselves like a cartoon. Year 5/6 students painted their likeness onto acetate and mounted them on a more abstract background. These portraits form part of a range of new artwork on display around the school. Pop in and check out the talented artists at GIPS!
International Women's Day
This week we recognised International Women's Day. Below our year four students are learning more about female scientists, like Marie Curie.
