Art Class
There has certainly been some loud nosies escaping from our art room recently as Mrs Gray has been working with mosaics. I popped my head in last Thursday to...
Tales from outer suburbia 2
Last Friday we performed our assembly item and the kids did a great job. I hope to post a few videos shortly. I was also pleased with all the...
Adjectives, Verbs and Adverbs
We are always looking for ways to enhance our writing. One strategy we are trying at the moment is to make better choices when selecting the adjectives, verbs and...
Tales from outer suburbia
This term we are reading ‘tales from outer suburbia’ by Shaun Tan. I am finding it really interesting – even a tad quirky. We are currently reading the short...
Our Journeys
We have been working hard on increasing our knowledge of latitude and longitude this term. For a writing task, the students were asked to create a journey and list...
Tightrope Walkers
We found the tightrope walkers a challenging activity to complete. Once we had it balanced, the tricky part was to get it to slide down a line. A key...
Rocking and Rolling
Last Tuesday our class conducted a science experiment trialing a few different ways to make a cylindrical piece of paper and half a ping pong ball stand up straight....
The Literacy Centre Visit
Last week we were fortunate to have the Literacy Centre visit our school. One of the books we were introduced to was ‘The Little Refugee’ written by Anh Do...
Swinging Pendulums
The last few weeks we have been studying pendulums. A pendulum is a weight hanging from a fixed position. Some of the terms we have learnt are oscillation, amplitude...
Character Traits
This week in Language we are building upon our knowledge of characters and are looking how we are introduced to characters and the specific qualities they have. To start,...