It's hard to believe this is the last week of term and half a school year has gone by. The children had a great day at the athletics carnival and they all need to be congratulated on their positive attitudes throughout all events. It was lovely to see all their smiling faces all day. Thanks to the parents that supported and helped out.
On Tuesday we have another busy day. The children are doing a dance fever performance at 9.30 in the undercover shed and parents are invited to come along and watch. We are going on our excursion to Greenbank RSL at 10.30. The children will be given the opportunity to eat lunch lunch before we leave, they will be given a drink and chip snack there and then they will have afternoon tea at the usual time upon our return.
As a follow up to the excursion, the children will discuss what they saw and learnt and they will complete a worksheet. They will also plan and design their 'Soldier's suitcase'. We decided to postpone doing this activity until after their excursion as it will be more relevant after they have had the opportunity to see real artefacts and hear stories from returned soldiers. The children will complete their suitcases on Wednesday. This week we will also finish our science unit so their will be lots of mixing of different ingredients!
The children are looking forward to finishing up the term with the movie 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid'. Don't forget we need the permission note signed as it is PG.
We hope you have a good week and an even better holiday. Fingers crossed we have more of these beautiful clear skies for the coming two weeks! Safe travels for any families driving or flying.
Felicity & Melissa
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Week 9
Welcome to Week 9, sorry for the delay in the weekly update. It was lovely catching up with a lot parents at interviews yesterday and we look forward to seeing any more of you today.
The children were not telling you stories when they came home with only a spelling list and no homework grid yesterday! We decided with a short week this week and lots on in the coming fortnight, not to forget a busy term, that we would reduce homework for this week and not have any homework next week. We would still like the children to read for the next couple of nights but ask that all reading books are back on Friday so we can return them to the library.
This fortnight we will continue our focus on money in maths and also revisit areas the children need additional teaching and support with that have been covered during the term. The children are busy finishing their descriptions of an animal as part of our English unit and we will be having lots of fun exploring mixtures in our science unit over the remainder of the term.
A reminder that next Monday is the junior sports day, lets hope the weather cooperates!
Enjoy the remainder of your week,
Felicity & Melissa
The children were not telling you stories when they came home with only a spelling list and no homework grid yesterday! We decided with a short week this week and lots on in the coming fortnight, not to forget a busy term, that we would reduce homework for this week and not have any homework next week. We would still like the children to read for the next couple of nights but ask that all reading books are back on Friday so we can return them to the library.
This fortnight we will continue our focus on money in maths and also revisit areas the children need additional teaching and support with that have been covered during the term. The children are busy finishing their descriptions of an animal as part of our English unit and we will be having lots of fun exploring mixtures in our science unit over the remainder of the term.
A reminder that next Monday is the junior sports day, lets hope the weather cooperates!
Enjoy the remainder of your week,
Felicity & Melissa
Monday, June 3, 2013
Week 8
Welcome to Week 8! A big thanks for all your support at our assembly last week. We're sure you agree that all the children did a wonderful job, we are very proud! A reminder that this week we are hosting mass on Wednesday at 9am in the church. We would love to see as many of you there as possible.
We are continuing to finish some assessment items this week and also continue activities in our units of work. In english for the remainder of the term, we are having a strong focus on comprehension and punctuation skills. In maths we are looking at the features of Australian coins and notes. We will also begin to count collections of money. It would be great if the children have the opportunity to do this with real money at home as it's much more exciting than our pretend money at school!
A reminder to please book in for parent/teacher interviews this week if you haven't already done so. We look forward to catching up with all of you.
Have a good week,
Felicity & Melissa
We are continuing to finish some assessment items this week and also continue activities in our units of work. In english for the remainder of the term, we are having a strong focus on comprehension and punctuation skills. In maths we are looking at the features of Australian coins and notes. We will also begin to count collections of money. It would be great if the children have the opportunity to do this with real money at home as it's much more exciting than our pretend money at school!
A reminder to please book in for parent/teacher interviews this week if you haven't already done so. We look forward to catching up with all of you.
Have a good week,
Felicity & Melissa
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