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A little building fun! Only took one crazy idea for the group of 17 preppies working outside to suddenly start collaborating and sharing to make the biggest block train possible.

Tapping into changing perspectives today. First students created and recorded what they initially made. On their second sentence they were challenged to change their perspective and reflect on what else it could be.

Pushing the bounds of our #creativethinking! With 4 shapes of various sizes what can you make? #prep

A no instructions just investigating kinda afternoon! A box and tools is all they got!

Found a little inspiration on the weekend from @sbrooks_simon at the @pzausnetwork conference so today in prep we gave looking 10x2 a go! Not bad for a first attempt! @ncoutts

@ruthcortejos Congratulations @ruthcortejos! They are very lucky to have you and your tech wizardry!

So excited to be a part of the Mt Druit community!

@carmelmcgee Love this! 😍

In the sunshine, working on our fluency ☀️ @Tracy_Lee66 @ruthcortejos @cowpe2

An afternoon well spent analysing the spread of data across reading, writing and mathematics in each stage sharing what worked well last term, focuses looking ahead and interventions in place to support!

The commitment of our teachers was evident today as they engaged in critical self reflection & conversation around the need for our Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander students to have access to high-quality learning environments. #CreatingCultureMaps #ProudOfOurName

@rachaellehr @JudithCHochman @DaytonPS Oooo we are thinking to do the writing revolution as our first in book club too! How are you planning to use it? Teachers read a chapter before coming and discussing noticings, wonderings and questions?

Time to re-read The Writing Revolution ahead of our first @DaytonPS Book Club discussion this week. I am looking forward to chatting with our teachers about how we will implement TWR strategies across our school.

A privilege to be invited to an exec meeting! Todays meeting saw us doing a walk through of the kindergarten learning space and examining how spaces are used in relation to furniture, walls that teach, pedagogy and well-being! #learningwalks #visiblelearning #21stcenturyeducation

Scaffolding prompts to help students plan their narratives for ‘the sign says…’

Eiffel Tower STEM Challenge! Tapping into our character strength learning about teamwork students reflected on if they were are a hog, log or cog! #growingstrongminds #STEMeducation

STEM Challenge! Students were tasked to become architects and engineers as they recreated the Eiffel Tower using only 5m of foil! #STEMeducation #mathematics

Tapping into the new APC&I PLs with the team to unpack what is data literacy and reflect upon how do we effectively use data as a school!

@SerpentinePS @FremantleSpeech @PamelaSnow2 @DrLSHammond Love this 😍 Thanks for sharing!

FREE narrative story grammar icons and narrative hill by Stephanie Le Lievre from Serpentine PS and Jenny Baker from Fremantle Speech Pathology Services. freospeech.com.au/shop

Spent a few minutes today pulling out key vocabulary known about number patterns with students! Always time well spent knowing building vocab is key to supporting students abilities to communicate their reasoning when working mathematically! Here’s what they came up with 😍

Tinkering away! No instructions just play!