Like a good book, maths teaching needs to entice the participant to want to know more. At Kindlehill we follow the NSW syllabus for the Australian Curriculum, and the students use textbooks and software such as Maths Online and GeoGebra. We are lucky to have small class sizes and on three afternoons per week individual students receive ten minutes of support or extension or can request an individual tutorial. Weekly homework alternates between textbook exercises […]
Class 3-4 have been enjoying the new Woodworking space by creating bee hotel. The class have been working with Roy Darbi over several weeks, measuring, sawing, hammering and hand drilling their useful and beautiful creations. Rebecca Office Assistant
Known to adults as ‘bushwalking’, children transform this activity. Their creativity and physical engagement are unbounded. Every fortnight, Class 1-2 has been going out in the bus for Paradise Gymnastics, despite the very wet conditions. In the photo, some children celebrate the recovery of Molly Star’s shoes from deep within the Mud Hole at Lyrebird […]
As a Kindy teacher, I am fortunate to see wonder and a love for nature in all children. We care for and cuddle the animals, providing them with warmth in winter and cool water and shade through summer. We empty the stinky compost to feed our gardens so they may sing through spring. We save the […]
After School Care is now running Monday to Thursday afternoons, 2.45 – 5.45 pm. Students have been enjoying the extending sunny hours and promise of Spring in the air with lots of energetic outdoor games. It feels very special to have the whole playground to ourselves and the children make good use of it. We […]
Year 8 and 9 proudly present Bestest World!, a stunning new Musical Show. Set your smartphones to virtual reality and be prepared to witness a high octane performance of music, acting, choreography, singing and dance. The future of our planet might be in the balance, but a dystopian world cannot contain this younger generation of […]
Sharing here a beautiful and passionate poem written by Lucy Bell, Year 9 as part of her Geography investigation into the raising of Warragamba Dam wall. It speaks to the specific issue of raising the dam wall but also of raising walls that dam the flow in all of aspects of our lives. Pretty complex […]
Class 6/7 performed two small plays which they have adapted ( yes they have written them!) from the children’s books Ferdinand (the bull) and Pete the Sheep. These were written and performed particularly for the younger classes at the school.
Last week class 2/3 went on a 4 day camp to Patonga Beach. After their first day Erica wrote “We had a great trip down. We arrived and ate lunch and pretty quickly went to the beach for a swim. The water is just the right temperature. Gilo made a great dinner of rice and […]
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T3: Mon 20th July – Fri 18th Sept
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