Term 4 2018, Volume 14, Weeks 7,8 &9
🎵It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas....🎵
and
🎵We are the Champions, my friend🎵
I couldn't decide which song so I went with both. Your children have been amazing and it's this time of year when we start to think back to their first day of 2018...seems like yesterday!!!
It wasn't long ago we were watching the horses racing to win the Melbourne Cup and now we are preparing for the last few weeks of 2018.
Its been a magical year and as the teachers are busy preparing reports, the students are getting excited about everything Christmas. We are still doing lots of learning but this shared enthusiasm brings the students together in a wonderful way.
and
🎵We are the Champions, my friend🎵
I couldn't decide which song so I went with both. Your children have been amazing and it's this time of year when we start to think back to their first day of 2018...seems like yesterday!!!
It wasn't long ago we were watching the horses racing to win the Melbourne Cup and now we are preparing for the last few weeks of 2018.
Its been a magical year and as the teachers are busy preparing reports, the students are getting excited about everything Christmas. We are still doing lots of learning but this shared enthusiasm brings the students together in a wonderful way.
Friday 7th - Whole School Sports Day -Wear your house colours!!!
Monday 10th - Up Day
Tuesday 11th - Middle School Incursion - FULL STEAM AHEAD
Tuesday 11th - Christmas Carols 5.30pm-7.30pm
Monday 17th - Middle School Incursion - THE FLYING BOOKWORM (9am)
- Meet the teacher.
- Reports go home.
Tuesday 18th - Middle School Incursion - WOODWORK INC.
Thursday 20th - Special lunch and KK
Friday 21st - Early dismissal at 1.30pm
Tuesday 11th - Middle School Incursion - FULL STEAM AHEAD
Tuesday 11th - Christmas Carols 5.30pm-7.30pm
Monday 17th - Middle School Incursion - THE FLYING BOOKWORM (9am)
- Meet the teacher.
- Reports go home.
Tuesday 18th - Middle School Incursion - WOODWORK INC.
Thursday 20th - Special lunch and KK
Friday 21st - Early dismissal at 1.30pm
WEEKS 7, 8 & 9
READING sessions are a real hit as we have been enjoying the amazing work of Roald Dahl in his classic, The BFG. The students have worked through the activities relating to each chapter that we read to them and are eagerly waiting for when we can view the movie.
In WRITING the students have refined their narrative writing skills by participating in a range of different workshops. They have been refining their understanding of how to best plan and create their characters, setting and plot. We move to transactional writing where students write letters to friends, family members and members of the North Pole. They will also create cards using different applications during ICT
During MATHS the students have been enthusiastically exploring tessellations, symmetry and flip, slide and turn. Tetris was a big hit to complement these units.
For SPELLING the students have completed the SMART spelling sessions for the purpose of homework however, we have continued to include spelling as part of our reading sessions with reference to our class novel, The BFG.
During our INQUIRY unit on Geography, the students have been given a project to explore one country in depth. they have a booklet of questions that they will research and then they will decide how to present their information.
In ICT, the students have been exploring POWTOON to recreate scenes from the BFG. The skills the students are presenting are amazing and it's been wonderful being able to share such a fun learning experience with them.
Student spotlight...
Maths Olympiad 2018
Throughout this year, 14 dedicated Year 3-6 students have voluntarily given up their lunchtimes and time at home each week to represent our school in the 2018 Maths Olympiad. The Maths Olympiad is a challenging competition for high achieving maths students. It allows individuals to ‘put their talent to the test’ and compete against other students from across Australia and New Zealand.
These students have worked hard to develop their maths problem-solving skills in this challenging competition. The students are:
Middle School
Ethan G.B.
Kirby A
Sergej A
Isobel O
Coming up...
Over the next two weeks, the students will continue to be engaged in many learning opportunities. Team building activities and looking forward to the following year by reflecting on this year and hoping for things to come will feature highly.
As we near the end of our class novel, The BFG, the students are looking forward to viewing the movie to make comparisons. No doubt a Christmas movie will be a nice way to celebrate this time of year also.
The students will also begin bringing home some work and books they've completed during the year. Sometimes a green shopping bag is a good idea to make carrying these things a bit easier.
Have a great week,
Nikki, Nick, Jess and Nicole.
As we near the end of our class novel, The BFG, the students are looking forward to viewing the movie to make comparisons. No doubt a Christmas movie will be a nice way to celebrate this time of year also.
The students will also begin bringing home some work and books they've completed during the year. Sometimes a green shopping bag is a good idea to make carrying these things a bit easier.
Have a great week,
Nikki, Nick, Jess and Nicole.
