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Upper Primary
A child at this stage of development is very aware of their strengths and areas of growth. They will be required to work on these areas to prepare themselves for high school. Beehive currently has two upper primary classrooms, led by Anthea and Bronwyn.
La Casa del Mare Surfing: Every Friday this term upper primary went surfing at our local beach. We have made a lot of progress this term in our skills. We have been taught by Surfing WA. We enjoyed surfing a lot. Camp: It took us 6 hours to get to Albany. We went to the Sandalwood factory and watched a slide show there on the manufacturing of sandalwood oil. We also got free samples of soap. The first evening was ‘Red Faces’. Daniel and Beau’s Grease Lightening act was the highlight of the night. Day 2 - We went to Whale World and saw how they used to get oils and blubber out of the whales and cook them. This was very interesting however very gross! That evening was our disco. Day 3 - It was Sam’s 9th birthday and we tried to make it a really good day for her. We visited Mt Clarence where we admired the view. We then moved on to the wind farm and looked again at the beauty of the scenery. That evening we watched a movie called ‘The Day After Tomorrow’ (supplied to us by Mack!) Day 4 - We visited an animal farm where we held ferrets and lambs. Pork Chop (a baby pig) was the highlight of the farm! We then went on a tour through the ‘Valley of the Giants’ and saw the ‘Grandma Tingle’ tree. This evening we saw the other half of the DVD and we packed our bags ready for the drive home. Day 5 – It is our last day and we had to have breakfast at 7.30am so that we could get straight on the bus for the home journey. We arrived back to school a bit earlier than planned which was great (by 1 minute!). Coastal Project (Year 6 & 7’s): This term we did a Coastal Project. We went out and went to the beach and we picked up rubbish and it was fun. We had a lot of guest speakers come and talk to us about lots of different plants and their habitats and what the rocks where made up of. Museum Excursion: The year 4 - 5’s went on an excursion and there were lots of rocks and meteorites in the museum. Anthea took us and then we all made a questionnaire. Then Sam (the Notre Dame student) typed it up for us and we went back the next week. That next week, we completed the questionnaire and that was the end of that! The Upper Primary Students Term 2, 2005
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The period of 9-12 years of age is the end of the second plane of
development and is the preparation for a new identity. The challenges
are ever-increasing. Children will review their old work through
re-interpretation (eg Maths facts are reviewed through factorisation,
divisibility, powers, etc). There is less time for verbalisation and
free talk. Deadlines are given and external correction of error is
required. 