Hi everyone.
Autumn has definitely arrived this week and some of us are feeling the cold! Please encourage your children to wear or bring warmer clothing for these cooler days… but we do still need sun screen and wide-brimmed hats for outside play. UV levels are around 6/7 most days.
Thank you so much to the Maintenance Team for the work last weekend. So many jobs were achieved in spite of the awful weather! Great achievement! It’s particularly good to be able to close the sports shed doors properly!
This week has felt quite relaxed as we begin to wind down towards the end of term. The drumming and the social on Friday were good fun and we have had a glorious time with birthday afternoon teas this week!
There has been a flurry of activity in class with children finishing off PIPs. We have had the first few presentations and they have been wonderful so far. It is very difficult to predict the exact timing of presentations but, if your child really wants you to be here, we’ll do our best. I’m encouraging the children to make and use palm cards for their presentations and it would be great for them to practise presenting at home. Stumbling over pronunciation when presenting to the group is not fun!
We have also been having fun making our science models. There are water filters, water transportation mechanisms, hail protection devices and even a water fountain that works without electricity! Our water sessions with Jess’s group on Mondays have been great fun this term and the design processes have provided some fabulous learning opportunities. I’m really looking forward to seeing all the working models in operation starting next week and probably continuing into the start of next term.
In Maths, we’ve moved on to multiplication and division and in English, finishing up our unit on informative writing. Everyone completed comprehension questions based on information about Tim Winton (author of “Blueback” which we read earlier in the term) and we have now started reading “Laughter is the Best Ending” by Maryam Master for our shared book. Camp artworks are being painted this week and we had a fun music session on Monday with Gemma.
For Buddies this week, preschool came down to our room and we had a gorgeous time. The room was very calm and the atmosphere happy and engaged as our group showed their preschool buddies some of the possibilities with our games and construction toys. Maybe we’ll do this every week!
Stay warm and well and have a great week!
Love,
Wendy