| 29 August 2006 | ||
| 11:00 am |
Junior: Ralph Revisited - Energetic Science
Includes numerous interesting demonstrations showing energy interchanges, storm energy, energy losses and the relationship between work and energy.
Tuesday 29th August - 11am
See the Science at Monash category for more information about booking.
Experience PORTSEA in late spring….
3704 Point Nepean Road, Portsea - Melway Map 156 F2
Thrill to the possibility of warm breezes and sunshine!!
Join us on Cup Weekend 2006
4th-7th November 2006 - 3 nights - 4 days
Summer prices - per person / per night
Adults: $31.50
Teens: $16.00
Child: $10.50
5 and under free
Day visitors $5 per person / per day (under 5 free).
Bookings essential. $20 deposit for ensuite rooms.
Ring Lyn on 9431 4826 or email lml@mira.net.
| 25 January 2007 | ||
| 9:00 am |
Thursday 25th January - Wednesday 31st January 2007
Come and spend a week with like minded friends in the idyllic setting of the Australian wilderness.
See the Camps category for more information.
Thursday 25th January - Wednesday 31st January 2007
Come and spend a week with like minded friends in the idyllic setting of the Australian wilderness.
2007 Prices - per person / per night
Adults: $25.41
Children: $6.93
Teens: $13.86
Young Adults: $19.00
Family 2 Adults, 2 Children: $73.00
Camping: halve all prices
Catered meals: Adults $11 Child $9 - two course meal
Bookings and cabin deposits essential.
Ring Lyn on 9431 4826 or email lml@mira.net.
| 17 October 2006 | ||
| 1:00 pm |
Senior: W-W-Waves (S3)
Covers the common properties of wave motions. Light, sound & other mechanical waves are demonstrated with unusual & interesting examples.
Tuesday 17th October - 1pm
See the Science at Monash category for more information about booking.
| 29 August 2006 | ||
| 1:00 pm |
Senior: Ralph Revisited - Energetic Science
Includes numerous interesting demonstrations showing energy interchanges, storm energy, energy losses and the relationship between work and energy.
Tuesday 29th August - 1pm
See the Science at Monash category for more information about booking.
| 26 May 2006 | ||
| 11:00 am |
Friday May 26
Meeting starts 11.00 a.m.
At Colita Scott�s home, Hollyburton Park
Phone Colita for directions: 5428 5332
B.Y.O. Lunch or something to share
All Welcome
In this issue:
Plus our regular features:
I always say my kids were homeschooled from birth, because they never went to school and they were learning from the day they were born. Yet I didn’t “school” them during the years from birth to age 5; we certainly did a lot - played inside and outside, made crafts, painted, colored, I read to them - but I never considered that homeschooling.
That’s why I was bewildered when I first noticed the trend of mums joining homeschool support groups even though their children were under five years old. I wondered, ‘what’s their hurry?’
It might seem like an extravagant claim; that all children can learn to read and write to very high levels of competence. However, I believe that existing research shows how to do just that.
Phonological Awareness: The Essential Prerequisite in Learning to Read.
Over the years many myths have developed about how to teach reading. One of the most influential and misleading of these myths involved the issue of decoding. Written text is in the form of a code for spoken language. The process of reading requires the reader to ‘crack the code’ or decode the text.
