Throughout the year, students in year 5/6 have been lucky enough to work directly with our computer technician Ric, building up their understanding and skills in programming and robotics. The learning started with students using computer programs and resources such as excel, flash, scratch and brainpop (blockly maze), to learn the basics of programming....Read More
In grade 5/6 at Belle Vue, we try to make maths as hands-on and realistic as possible. It’s important that students learn by doing and can see the connections between what they are learning and the real world. Above are some of our students measuring the distance their paper planes traveled in order...Read More
On the 1st June, Belle Vue held its inaugural Upcycling Competition. We wanted to help students (and families) ‘rethink’ what they would normally do with their various discarded materials (throw out, recycle or CREATE!), as well as see how creative they could be when ‘reusing’ their waste. Students across prep...Read More
Earlier this year, Belle Vue celebrated our amazing diversity of cultures with our annual Multicultural Day! Students got to participate in a variety of activities with a focus on different cultures. In one of the activities that the grade 5/6’s participated in, they learnt a bit about the Aboriginal people’s Dreaming. ...Read More
Recently all students at Belle Vue participated in the First Aid Schools Program provided by St John Ambulance Australia. Our grade 5/6 students learnt the basics of first aid including DRSABCD, putting someone in the recovery position and CPR. The grade 5/6s took a lot of new information away from the...Read More
Recently, the grade 5/6s travelled to Canberra for our camp. We visited some really enjoyable and interesting places, like the Australian War Memorial, Questacon, the Australian Institute of Sport, Parliament House, the National Portrait Gallery, the National Capital Exhibition, the National Museum of Australia and the High Court of Australia. ...Read More
