Term 3 2018, Volume 11, Weeks 6 & 7

Term 3 2018, Volume 11, Weeks 6 & 7

  

🎵Roll up, roll up! Bring your jazz hands, get your tickets! 🎵


There's never a dull moment in the Middle School!
After returning from our fantastic camp experience at Sovereign Hill and Log Cabin Camp, the students have hit the ground running. They have been busy jumping, spinning and twisting their way through dance rehearsals before next Tuesday's two performances of 'Under the Big Top'. 

Please see the 'Reminders' section below for costume and                                                                ticketing information.

September

Monday 3rd - District Athletics Day (rescheduled from Friday 31st August)
Tuesday 4th- Whole school production @ Kingston Arts Centre. Rehearsal in the morning followed by a Matinee performance during the day and an evening performance that night.

Friday 21st- Whole school footy day, special lunch and early dismissal 2.30pm

WEEKS  6 & 7

In READING we have been developing our ability to use the reading strategy of Determining Importance. The students looked at how to find the main ideas from their reading and how some information in what we read is only there to support the main idea or enhance the experience. 

In WRITING the students recounted their camp experience in a variety of ways. Some wrote recounts or diary entries, others wrote acrostic poems. Some students designed and wrote postcards or advertisements for Log Cabin Camp. The Middle School also continued and published their narratives from Week 5 using the extensive planning we did.

In MATHS  the students learnt about angles. We classified the different types of angles (acute, obtuse, right, straight, reflex and revolutions) and completed a range of practical activities around our classroom and the school.

For SPELLING:

Week 7
Grade 3 Focus: The graph /s/ making the sound “zh” as in treasure.
Grade 4 Focus: The digraph /or/ making the sound “eh” as in doctor. Usually at the end of words.

For the remainder of the term our new INQUIRY unit will take the students on a different Science journey. We will be looking at Earth Science and in particular Day and Night. 

COMING UP...

During READING, the students will continue to identify important information when reading. They will also complete a range of reading activities based upon fictional texts and their own novels.

In WRITING sessions, the Middle School will analyse and then write explanatory texts. An explanation is a non-fiction text which describes a process or how something works. This writing unit will have links to our Night & Day science unit.

In MATHS the students will be placed in ability based groupings based upon the results from their Fractions & Decimals pre-test. The students will then work at their point of need for the remainder of the term to develop their skills and understanding in this subject area.

SPELLING 

Week 8
Grade 3 Focus: The graph /u/ making the sound “w” as in quilt.
Grade 4 Focus: The digraph /ui/ making the sound “oo” as in fruit.

Week 9
Grade 3 Focus: The digraph /se/ making the sound “z” as in cheese.
Grade 4 Focus: The digraph /ci/ making the sound “sh” as in special.

In ICT, the students have completed their first Google Slide document. They chose an insect to research and complete a project on the lifecycle of that insect. This activity complimented our Inquiry unit nicely and finished off the students learning to show us what they understood about living things.

'Under the Big Top' School Production - Kingston Arts Centre
Tuesday 4th September - Matinee at 12:45 and Evening Show at 7:00

Our school production is rapidly approaching! The Mentone Park students have been fine tuning their dance steps and are almost ready to bring it all together for two performances next Tuesday.

Please make sure that you have purchased your tickets from the Kingston Arts Centre website!

Please read the information below regarding costume arrangements for each class

Middle McDonald & Middle Mackay

The students of Middle McDonald and Middle Mackay are performing 2 different dances in the production next Tuesday. 

For their dances, they will be playing jugglers and lion tamers. Whilst we will be adding additional accessories to the costumes, could each student please bring the following to school:

§     - A black long sleeve top or skivvy  

§     - Black leggings OR long pants

§     - A plain red t-shirt

As the concert is next Tuesday (4th) could be please have costumes ASAP (no later than Monday the 3rd)

Please make sure EVERYTHING is named and brought in a plastic bag.

Thanks,

Jess & Ingrid

Middle McCallum & Middle Wilton

The students of Middle McCallum and Middle Wilton will be performing two dances at next Tuesday’s School Production.

For our dance, we are trying to achieve the look of sleek acrobats. Each student will need to provide a long sleeve black t-shirt or skivvy and black tights or long pants. We will be adding extra accessories to complete the costumes.

If each outfit could be brought to school in a named bag as soon as possible, by next Monday at the latest.

Please come and see us if you have any questions.

Thank you,

Nick & Nikki

Log Cabin Camp, 2018