Tuesday 18 September 2018

Term 3 Volume 12 Weeks 8,9,10




Term 3 2018, Volume 12, Weeks 8, 9 & 10


  
🎵Spring in the air, everywhere I look around🎵




Before we know it Summer will be here, but isn't it lovely to be able to get out and about in this beautiful weather.


We have had a wonderful term with our excursion, camp, science magic, athletics, father's day celebration, yo-yos, stomp, pole painting, footy day and we cannot forget the amazing CONCERT....and of course we are now busy preparing for next term as I write!!!!




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September

Thursday 20th - Wonder movie and Teacher V Students netball game
Friday 21st- Whole school footy day, special lunch and early dismissal 2.30pm


October

Monday 8th - School resumes
Friday 26th -  Halloween Disco








WEEKS  8&9&10

In READING we have been confidently using the reading strategy of Determining Importance. The students further explored this strategy by using a T chart to record important and interesting information from their reading. We also used this to assist in researching our writing topics.



In WRITING the students explored Explanation writing. During this process, the students have been exposed to various topics such as - Do stars twinkle?, How rainbows are formed, How do we hear?, What is wind? and How bees make honey. The students were very enthusiastic during this learning. This week, the students researched topics and created their own Explanation reports. We will endeavour to publish these and then present them in a large book format.

During  MATHS  sessions, we looked at the properties of 2D shapes and 3D shapes. We also began our fractions unit. The students were put into ability based groupings based upon the results from their Fractions & Decimals pre-test. The students worked at their point of need to develop their skills and understanding in this subject area. A whole post test will also follow.

For SPELLING:
Week 8 - no spelling due to concert
Week 9
Grade 3 Focus: The digraph /ti/ making the sound “sh” as in station.
Grade 4 Focus: The digraphs /ui/ and /ew/ making the sound “oo” as in screw.

Week 10
Grade 3 Focus: The graph /u/ making the sound “w” as in quilt.
Grade 4 Focus: The digraph /ci/ making the sound “sh” as in special.



During our new INQUIRY unit, Night and Day, we have had fun exploring shadows and in particular where we are in relation to the Sun depending on the time of day. We performed a shadow stick investigation and answered questions with the findings. We realised that having the sun out is a necessity as some days we could not carry out our investigations so our findings were incomplete.



In ICT, the students continued with their Google Slide presentations and some students explored a coding website. We look forward to more of this next term.



next term...


Of course Term 4 will be jam packed. We look forward to a focussed group of Middle School students ready to give their best efforts to ensure they grow in all areas of their learning.

We hope you all have safe and happy holidays!



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