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Learning Intention: We are learning to identify and classify angles in relation to right angles. Success Criteria: I can recognise rays and angles. Students used their prior knowledge and critical thinking to identify different angles and rays. Students used rules of degrees to identify and explain why…

This term, our focus has been on planning and drafting Persuasive pieces of writing that include Sizzling Starts and Powerful Endings. We write about topics that mean something to us so that our writing is authentic. Our class celebrates its authors by frequent sharing of what we have written and by…

Larrakeyah Primary School is acknowledged as a leading school in Darwin and the Northern Territory. One of the features that contribute to this reputation is the number, and quality, of the Extra-curricular programs being offered to the students

Learning Intention: We are learning how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people use the night sky. Success Criteria: I can explain how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people used the night sky. I can reflect on one specific way that they used the night sky.  

Learning Intention: We are learning to use mental and written subtraction strategies. Success Criteria: I can use double facts to help us solve subtraction sums. In Maths we have been learning how to use double facts to help us solve subtraction sums. For example, we know that 4 + 4 = 8 so that means…

Larrakeyah Primary School is a school of choice for many families because of the academic success students achieve, the support offered to students as well as the range of innovative programs offered.

Becoming an Independent Public School in 2014 has opened many opportunities to improve our already successful school. Since then, with the support of the NT Department of Education, our school leadership has developed the culture and direction of Larrakeyah Primary to provide students with greater opportunities to improve their educational outcomes and develop their social and emotional well-being.

Welcome back for an exciting term of learning and fun! It is so nice to see almost everyone’s smiling faces each day. Today we had 96% of our students at school ready and eager to learn. As the government has said it is “school as normal and attendance is compulsory”.

In our work towards e-Learning, we have developed a short "How To" instructional video on logging your child in to Seesaw Class, accessing and completing activities (using all tools), and using other parts of their Seesaw online learning journal. The link to the video is here: www.vimeo.com/403568654…