Mawson Primary School

This week, 3MIP have been exploring celebrations as part of their HASS unit. Students worked in pairs to research a celebration of their choice, gathering information about its origins, traditions, and cultural significance.
They then used their digital skills to create animated slideshows, experimenting with transitions, movement, and layout to present their findings clearly and creatively.
To finish, each pair delivered a class presentation, sharing what they learned and teaching their classmates about celebrations from around the world. It was wonderful to see their confidence, teamwork, and growing research skills shine.
Ms Marx
3MIP

In SGP 2, students have been learning subtraction through the use of a variety of hands-on manipulatives and concrete materials. It allows students to physically represent and explore subtraction concepts. By engaging with these materials, students are able to develop a deeper understanding of subtraction as the process of taking away, finding the difference and comparing quantities.

Ms Tshering
SGP 2

Students explored the properties of soils by investigating different soil samples and recording their observations through labelled drawings.

In maths, students learnt about fractions and explored the properties of 3D shapes through a range of hands-on learning tasks.

In Mandarin writing, students developed and “bumped up” their narratives by progressing from a sketch plan to a first draft and finally to a published piece through teacher conferencing.

Ms Chen
3MIP

Our 6MIP space scientists have blasted off into their latest mission - exploring every planet in our solar system! After diving into their research, students teamed up to shrink the enormous distances between each planet and the Sun so they could map out a whole mini solar system right on our community oval!

Mrs Hurley
6MIP Classroom Teacher

Year 2 Maths, students are learning addition and subtraction through hands-on activities and visual models using materials like MAB blocks as well as drawings, to help them understand how numbers work. This approach supports students in problem-solving skills and explaining their thinking.

In literacy, story boxes helped students organise and understand stories by breaking them into simple parts like beginning, middle, and end. They support reading comprehension and guide students in planning and writing their own structured stories.

Mrs Kaur
2K Classroom Teacher

I was very proud to see our Year 6 students participate in the Rostrum speech presentations held in the hall on Friday 15 May. All students confidently presented their speeches in front of peers from 6P and 6B during the semi-finals, demonstrating excellent preparation, effort and a willingness to challenge themselves. Congratulations to Monica and Caytlyn, who progressed through to the school finals. We also congratulate Wednesday, who will represent our school in the ACT Primary Schools Speaking Competition, and Eliza, who has been selected as the reserve finalist.
This week, students began their new Mathematics unit on measurement, with a focus on length and converting between units of measurement. Using a range of hands-on materials, students explored millimetres, centimetres, metres and kilometres, developing their understanding through practical activities and real-world examples.

Mr Baird
6B

In year 4, students have been developing their confidence and fluency with multiplication facts while exploring a range of strategies to solve problems efficiently. We have been using the Concrete, Representational and Abstract (CRA) model to deepen students’ understanding of mathematical concepts. Through hands-on materials, visual representations and written number sentences, students have been learning how multiplication and division are connected and applying this knowledge to solve problems in different ways. They have also been investigating the properties of odd and even numbers, identifying patterns and using mathematical reasoning to explain their thinking.

Ms Agil
4A Classroom Teacher

In the Small Group Program, we have been exploring the question ‘How can Autumn inspire us?’ in our artmaking.

We have been creating artworks using the colours and leaves of the season.

To recreate a worm’s eye view of Autumn trees, we used broccoli florets and mixed the colours of red and yellow to make these masterpieces.

Well done to our Awesome Mawson Artists! Ms O’Meara- Arts Specialist

This term, our class has been excited to begin our soccer clinics. We have been very fortunate to have a group of student volunteers sharing their skills and helping to run the clinics. Thank you to Karun, Eric, Jai, Amy, Takumi and Logan for their leadership and enthusiasm during these sessions.

Our Year 5 and 6 students also participated in the Rostrum speech presentations held in the hall on Friday 15th May. Students confidently presented their speeches as finalists were selected for the next stage of the competition. Congratulations to Karun and Jai, who made it through to the school finals. We would also like to congratulate Wednesday who will be representing our school in the ACT Primary Schools Speaking Competition and Eliza who is the reserve finalist.

We are very proud of all students for their confidence, effort and willingness to participate in these opportunities.

Ms Pound
5/6P

In maths in SGP1, the students have been learning about sorting and patterns. The students first learned about different attributes such as size, shape, colour and number and how these can be used to help them sort items according to a rule. After sorting, the students had to explain the reason (rule) for how they sorted their items. The students then learned that a pattern is something that repeats and follows as rule. The students were given a range of opportunities to copy, continue and create their own patterns using different attributes.

Ms Kepich
Classroom Teacher SGP1