Farewell Ludus, Hello Blogger
After a good few years offering blogs to our school community, we’ve decided to stop creating new blogs here on Ludus. With our school’s move to Google Apps for Education it means that every member of...
View ArticleTelling Stories
Another excellent blog has been added to the collection here on Ludus. Mrs Tabuteau and the girls in the debating club and the writing group have started a blog to document the things they are learning...
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...
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 ArticleSally Rippin meets our Billie
Last Tuesday, popular children’s author Sally Rippin, visited PLC. The Melbourne resident and author of the very popular Billie B Brown series was in Sydney for the Sydney Writers’ Festival, and...
View ArticleCountdown to Doomsday…
Doomsday, the final book in the Phoenix Files series by Chris Morphew, will be launched at Shearer’s Bookshop on Wednesday 22 May at 6pm. Come along and join in the fun. All welcome.
View ArticleKindergarten Care for our World
Kindergarten have been learning how to care for their world by composting, recycling and caring for their world both in the classroom, playground and library as part of their PDHPE/Health program. A...
View ArticlePLC participating in KOALA Awards
This year students in the Junior School at PLC will be participating in the KOALA Awards. Unlike the Children’s Book Council Awards, which consist of Australian books published in the previous year and...
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....
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