From the Head of Learning K-5

The start of the Prep year can not only be daunting for children, but for their parents too. For parents, there are healthy lunchboxes to plan, car park drop-offs to coordinate, uniforms to organise and stationery orders to process. Many parents may...

Reading is not just something that children should do in school, it needs to be an everyday part of our lives and something we choose to do at all ages! Here’s why reading for pleasure is so important…Dr Seuss once said, “You can find magic wherever...

“Share your toys” is something we have been teaching our kids since the very first time they played with other children. Kindness and compassion are vital in the development of young children’s social competence and socio-emotional skills. Being...

Australian Literacy Educators Association (ALEA) has developed a series of modules to support parents and carers with activities that can be shared with children. The activities have been designed with an emphasis on learning through collaborative...

Students from the Early Learning Centre to Year 5 have had a wonderful week celebrating Book Week. Since 1945, the Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) has brought together children and books to celebrate Book Week and shine a light on...

There are many things we can do at home to help children develop and practice some key skills for writing. Get talking Getting children to express themselves in conversation is fantastic practice for expressing themselves in writing. Conversation...

What is writing? Writing is a process of using letters, words, and sentences to communicate thoughts and ideas. Even though it might look simple, it requires the synthesis and application of many understandings and skills. Even when writing a note...

Thanks so much to our teachers for preparing so diligently for this week’s Parent / Teacher conversations. Thank you to our parents who were able to attend and support your child in their learning and progress at the College. Our continued...

Reading is a great activity for children to engage in to keep their brains stimulated over the holidays. Regular readers are more likely to succeed at school, have improved concentration, have wider vocabularies, and be confident, self-directed...

To develop a basic understanding of maths children need to learn how to solve even the most difficult maths problems. These difficult maths problems are typically word problems. Teaching children how to solve word problems in maths is critical if...