We then moved into our phonics lesson. We revised our first 8 sounds. Students have retained so much over the past month! For many mums this is their first schooling experience. Great job mums!

We finished our lesson by taking our first class photo! Teachers Chantel Simon and @WoodwardMadi1 became quite teary at the end of the session as one student explained how much these classes mean to her. Very special @HarmonyatAuburn

Our 'Developing the Mathematician' TPL series continued today. Session Two began with a check-in on the caterpillar rich task from our first session. Some teachers tried the task with their class. It was wonderful to hear their reflections! Thank you Catherine Mao Charlotte

We revisited the Ten Principles of Effective Mathematics Instruction and began to explore what constitutes rich tasks in mathematics. This video from Professor Janette Bobis assisted staff in understanding why rich tasks are so important and what is meant by productive struggle

To round our the session, Instructional Leaders shared two examples of rich tasks they trialled with their maths groups across the K-6 school. Brilliant tasks from NRICH maths and NSW Dept of Education's Thinking Mathematically resource provided wonderful inspiration! Michelle Tregoning

Our fifth English Class today was our best attended yet. 21 wonderful parents/grandparents engaged in oral language, phonics and reading activities @HarmonyatAuburn this morning.

Students learnt the sounds /g/ and /o/ before moving onto our reading session. After engaging in choral reading of our decodable reader some students even bravely demonstrated their progress by reading to the class. The social support is amazing! Decodable Readers Au @HarmonyatAuburn

Kindy teachers collaborated in their third writing moderation process. We annotated and assessed writing samples using our writing rubric and placed them across a five point scale. This supported teachers to develop a consistent teacher judgment. Aisha

Thank you Caitlin Wallace for supporting Kindergarten Teachers to enhance their digital technology skills ahead of Term 4📱

Kindergarten have been learning dances during CAPA this term, today, they performed their routines to Year 1 students! Well done Kindergarten! ✨

A celebration of hard work and success - Kindergarten and Year 1 parents, students and teachers met this afternoon for three-way conferences ✨

Kindergarten Parents as Partners in Learning Workshop 2 🎲 During the session, parents and students explored mathematical concepts. To support them, we provided learning packs that included math resources for families to take home. Jana-Elyse Picken Aisha

Mrs Picken and Miss Zeidan shared the Kindergarten Math Targets and various math activities to support students in counting, addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Parents and students explored these activities together during the session. Jana-Elyse Picken Aisha

1/3 Today Kindergarten went to Golden Ridge Farm 🐔🐑🐖🐓🐐 When we got to the farm, we had many fun experiences with the friendly farmers. We got to hand feed goats and alpacas 🦙We also got to pat some goats 🐐

2/3 At Golden Ridge Farm, we had lots of fun milking Betty the cow 🐄 and bottle feeding the baby goats 🐐

3/3 Finally, Kindergarten got to experience holding a baby chick and patting a duckling, rabbit and guinea pig 🐥🐰 We had such a fun day at the farm. The memories we made today will stay with us forever 🐑🐥🐖🐐🐓🦙

The fire truck visited our school today 🚒 The firefighters shared some very important information about fire safety and then students were able to explore the fire truck! Students got to learn how to turn on and off a hose and see the inside of the fire truck. Thank you Fire and Rescue NSW

The Auburn North Family absolutely loved being reunited today at our morning assembly. Students and families were so excited to find out their new class and meet their new teacher. Beaming smiles all around! Bring on an outstanding 2023!

We celebrated all of the beautiful cultures represented Auburn North PS today! These photos capture just some of the wonderful members of our family as we celebrate #harmonyday 💙❤

Had a fun day with my little friends making paper kites, enjoying rhymes and playing games at the park. What a great start to our Harmony house playgroup Auburn North PS