Library opening hours and red tape
The opening hours of the ground floor library have been difficult to determine up until now as our lighting is somewhat random and the cafe is open from 7:30 – 5p.m. Red tape has now been installed...
View ArticleBook Week 2011:Events
Book Week this year is officially Week 6B, Monday 22nd August – Friday 26th August. The theme this year is One World – Many Stories. In the Junior School we will be celebrating Book Week over a number...
View ArticleBook Week: Shortlisted books: Younger readers
Younger Readers Shortlist Bauer, Michael Gerard Just a dog Bongers, Christine Henry Hoey Hobson Branford, Anna Violet Mackerel’s brilliant plot Carmody,...
View ArticleBook Week: Shortlisted books: Early childhood
Early Childhood Short List Champion, Tom Niland The tall man and the twelve babies Dubosarsky, Ursula The deep end Lester, Alison Noni the...
View ArticleBook Week: Shortlisted books: Picture books
Picture Books Shortlist Baker, Jeannie Mirror Bancroft, Bronwyn Why I love Australia Lucia, Masciullo Family forest McKimmie, Chris Two peas in a pod Riddle,...
View ArticleJacqueline Harvey at PLC
On Thursday 18th August, Jacqueline Harvey visited PLC to talk to Years 3-6 as part of our Book Week celebrations. Her Alice-Miranda books are very popular with students and all 16 copies in the...
View ArticleAnna Feinberg
Anna Feinberg was our visiting author for Book Week. She spoke to Years 3-6 about the writing process, especially her love of words and about her Tashi series and her latest book, Louis beside himself....
View ArticleWelcome to Ludus
Welcome to Ludus Blogs, the blogging tool for all members of our school community. The word “Ludus” is a Latin word that means school or game. Because we like to think that blogging is a great way to...
View ArticleThe new look
We are about to embark on an exciting new adventure into the blogging world with Year 6 and their teachers. I think the new theme is bright coloutful and very appealing. We are looking forward to...
View ArticleWhat the heck is an Akismet Key?
When you log into your blog you may see a banner at the top of your dashboard page that asks you to enter an “Akismet Key”. Don’t panic… Akismet is a service that helps eliminate spam comments on your...
View ArticleIt’s not that far away
Our on line digital footprint is something that will be increasingly important. Both potentially detrimental and positive, only dependant on how we manage it. To give ourselves the most reasonable and...
View ArticleA Bit of Rearrangement
This site, blogs.ludus.me, is the home page of the school blog server. It’s kind of a “master page” or entry point to many of our school blogs for classes, teachers, students, library, etc. To make it...
View ArticleA blog of your own
It’s worth mentioning that any member of the school community is welcome to have a blog here. We run the latest version of WordPress (pretty much the gold standard in blogging software!) and you have...
View ArticleThat Avatar really suits you!
A number of you have expressed an interest in being able to have your own picture (or a picture of your own choice) show up next to your name in the comments on your blogs. By default, the avatar...
View ArticleWrapping up the AGQTP Project
This blog server was set up for many reasons, but one of them was to support the teacher and students taking part in the AGQTP blogging project during 2011. if you dig in to the site using the links on...
View ArticleAnother year of blogging begins!
Yes it’s time for a whole new batch of blogs for 2012. The new year 6 students will soon be starting up their blogs to use as digital portfolios of their progress through their final yearof junior...
View ArticleYear 6 2012, welcome to blogging
All the new blogs for year 6 students are now setup and operational… you can start using them whenever you’re ready. There will be some class time over the next couple of week to get your started and...
View ArticleNew blogs on Ludus this month
Ludus continues to add new blogs from our school community as a way of sharing with others. The new Year 6 classes now have a main blog page for 2012. The Year 6 teachers will be adding posts to the...
View ArticleCables and IP and Downtime, oh my!
Oh dear! If you’ve been looking for Ludus lately you’ll notice we’ve been missing in action. Yes, we were completely offline for five days! The problem was with the company that provides the link from...
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