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Mission Statement Values St Thomas Aquinas Wikispace Cluster Goals Comic Life School Resources Inquiry Planning Template Inquiry in Action ICT Tools in Use at St Thomas Aquinas What's Happening in Our Classrooms Term 3 Inquiry Sustainability Online Thinking - Wall Wisher Teachers Experimenting Videos to Make You Think

**MISSION STATEMENT ** Quality Catholic Education

**OUR VALUES ** **﻿ Values that are encouraged, modelled and explored by everyone at our school based on the Gospel readings of Jesus. ** 
 * Respect **
 * **For ones community **
 * **For self **
 * **For the differences in others and their opinions and beliefs **
 * **Mutual respect evident in our dealings with each other **
 * **For the environment **


 * Integrity **
 * **Open, honest and fair in our learning with others **
 * **Treat others as you would like others to treat you **
 * **Always aim high and persevere to achieve your goals **
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Take responsibility for their own actions **



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 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Developing our skills with comic life to share and review our thinking about survival. **
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Comic Life has been a great tool for assessment in inquiry. During our Term 2 Survival Unit the students used C.Life to record their thinking before, during and at the conclusion of the inquiry. **

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 * __**<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Looking for Web 2 Tools - Check these pages out: **__

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<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">﻿How to set up a Wiki Site <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">How to create blogs in Blogger <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">How to set up a Delicious Account <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">How to Print out in PowerPoint <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">How to animate objects in PowerPoint <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">How to fade background pictures in PowerPoint 2003 <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">How to fade background pictures in PowerPoint 2007 ||

__<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">School Inquiry Planning Template __

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 * <span style="background-color: #000080; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Some of the ICT tools we use in our classrooms... **
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 * Inquiry T3 - Sustainability (Room 3) We decided to share some of our learning about environmental sustainability via a video clip. We put it on YouTube so now anyone around the world can see/hear our message! **

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