During Term Three, all Year One students have been participating in Artarmon Academy.  This has provided students with an opportunity to investigate, inquire and discover information about the human body, under the sea, dinosaurs and space through play-based learning and guided experiences.

Students had amazing experiences making decisions about their own learning based on their areas of interest. Each learning area had a wide variety of activities that allowed students to learn through tactile activities, like becoming palaeontologists by carefully exhuming dinosaur fossils in sand. They created models of functional human lungs, made using of paper, tape and straws. Students used technology to discover different dinosaurs, and parts of the human anatomy, using augmented and virtual reality books and posters. Some students created dinosaur movie trailers using IMovie. Students learnt interesting facts about oceans and sea life, as well as participating in modified “Snap” to learn about the food chain of sea creatures.

All Year One students have had magnificent experiences participating in Artarmon Academy. Their teachers have enjoyed seeing students take responsibility for their own learning, and promoting their sense of curiosity and wonder about the way our universe works. Congratulations to all Year One students for their effort during Artarmon Academy.

Mr Joshua Wood & Year 1 Teachers