The Senior Unit

What ever the next thre weeks has in store, we hope you have a wonderful time and the kids enjoy their final holiday of primary schooling. Exhibition It is great to have some fresh topics this year that students haven’t looked into previously at Immanuel.  By the end of this week, students should have a idea of what they are inquiring into. Some students will be inspired over the holiday break to do some work on their theme, some won’t. While it is not expected that students do any of their Exhibition work over the break, some students have chosen to do this over the years and have had great success as a result. Below is a list of ways you could help if students are feeling inspired: Help them brainstorm primary sources of information (you may have connections that they haven’t thought or know about) Support them in contacting primary sources of information Support them by driving to a possible excursion site Help them brainstorm possible ways to present Help them learn to create a web

Two weeks to go until the next set of holidays. There has been lots of talk about finals in sport in and around the classroom and we would like to congratulate all students who have had success in their chosen sporting fields. Exhibition We are getting deeper into the process and are working hard to get ourselves setup for individual/group driven inquiry to begin before the holidays. Currently we have made an extensive list of issues and solutions that impact us and or our community. The next step is to bring that list down to a manageable number and check that they fit with the Transdisciplinary Them: ‘Sharing the Planet’. Spelling   List 24 - the ‘gu’ sound, as in guarantee and iguana Whole School Info    Colour Explosion School Fun Run   The obstacle course fun run will be held  Friday 17 September   after lunch on the school oval All students  will participate in the run, however only students wearing a  white t-shirt  will be sprayed with colour powder by a staff member.  Therefo

Here we go round again. The following are the key points we would like to share this week: Spelling   List 23 - ‘gh’ and ‘hue’ sound in words like dinghy and harangue UOI - Exhibition We continue organising and preparing for the learning journey. This week we will begin to look at and discuss issues and linking them to Sharing the Planet. We will also be looking at the processes that underpin the Exhibition experience. Previous UOI - How the world works Thought we needed to share some of the fantastic work produced. Here are a few examples: The following is what else is going on in and around the school… Whole School Info    COVID Requirements We continue to ask that Parents / Caregivers are not on site any more than is necessary Access to classrooms and other school buildings will remain limited to staff, students and essential services  Parents/caregivers when entering the school will need to wear a face mask and check in via the QR code or complete the hard copy sign-in sheet in the