Bletchington PS

Excited and engaged Kinder students programming bee bots this week! #programming #beebots #Kindergarten #STEMeducation #coding

Our Easter Hat Parade was thoroughly enjoyed by our K-2 students and their families today. #CommunityEngagement

Fantastic support from our Principal @cbooth668 who took a dip in the dunk tank at our P&C fundraising event - the Bletchington Bash.

With a focus on community engagement I'm working with @KMCSociologist using Facebook Live to inform parents of our upcoming 3 way conferences. Check it out at this link: bit.ly/2EnlnH2

Day One of SPARKE week in our network of schools and a session was held @BletchPSNSWDEC. Teachers explored activities to implement the Digital Technologies syllabus. #coding #unplugged #AusCurric

Outstanding decorations at tonight’s Year 6 Farewell!

Year 4 are learning about programming languages and how we can use science to design and make incredible robots. Thanks to @Uni_Newcastle for their excellent presentation. #programming #UoN #robotics #STEM #edtech

Impromptu theatre in our playground today. #play #creativity #ingenuity #collaboration

Recently students in 3/4W developed their tech skills using spheros and beebots. #studentengagement #tech #learning

Escape Room Teachers came together to learn how to create escape room style challenges to engage students. #studentengagement #collaboration #mathsinaction #Pre2 #inspiring #creativity #crackthecode #teamwork

Excellent participation in this morning’s session on linking the Literacy Progressions to the English syllabus at the Effective Reading in the Early Years of School conference in Dubbo. #earlyliteracy #schoolleadership

Reconciliation Garden Our Reconciliation garden is looking and smelling lovely. Created and cared for by Mr Ron Spencer, it is a quiet spot for reflection at school. #ReconciliationWeek2018 #garden

National Simultaneous Storytime was a hit in Kindergarten today! Students and teachers enjoyed sharing ‘Hickory Dickory Dash’. #NSS2018 #Kindergarten #reading #books #readaloud

Bletchington Public School is ready to celebrate Reconciliation Week next week with our brand new shirts! The theme this year is “Don’t keep our history a mystery!”. #reconciliationweek

Our first project-based learning day was held today. We deciphered codes, followed maps, designed and made a Mars station and began our online journals. Can’t wait to present our work to the school community at the end of term. #projectbasedlearning #STEM #learning

K-2 students attended a cultural information session given by Aunty Mary Croaker today. The students also created artworks in preparation for painting friendship poles in our playground. #reconciliation #culturalunderstanding #strongersmarter

We’re ready for NAIDOC 2018! #becauseofherwecan

Super writing by Kinder students- inspired by this morning’s snowfall!