Pupil Free Day

Just a reminder that there is no school for the students tomorrow. Wishing every one a safe and happy Easter break. To those travelling to exciting places, remember to take lots of photos and perhaps even keep a journal, to remember all the fun you've had. I'm looking forward to reading lots of books in the holidays!
I look forward to seeing everyone back again in Term 2!
Thanks for all your support,
Miss B

ANZAC Assembly

This will be taking place tomorrow morning, on the grass outside the library. Please ensure children arrive to school on time so that we can commence promptly. In class, we have been talking about why we commemorate ANZAC Day and some of the symbols and traditions associated with this occasion. A special mention to Mia who did some additional research at home! Here are some of our reflections:

We acknowledge ANZAC Day on the 25th of April every year. We have one minute silence if silence to show our respect for the soldiers that died at war. People wear poppies as a symbol of remembrance of the men that risked their lives for us. ~Mia

ANZAC Day is important to us because we remember soldiers who died fighting in Gallipoli in the first World War. We wear red poppies as a symbol of remembrance. ~Noel

We remember soldiers who died fighting in Gallipoli in the first World War. The soldiers fought for our country, bravely. It's a time when we reflect and remember. ~Kate

ANZAC Day is important to us because the soldiers fought for us. We still remember them, even if they died for their country. We have one minute silence on ANZAC Day. ~Parker

 

Early Close Tomorrow

Just a reminder that students will finish school at 12:00 pm tomorrow, due to parent interviews. Students will still need to bring their recess, but will not require lunch.
Thanks for your co-operation and I look forward to meeting with many of you tomorrow afternoon.
Miss B

Homework Week 10

Due to the short week, there will be no homework given this week. Students are encouraged to continue to read regularly in the holidays and to have a go at some of the NAPLAN Practice Questions available on the public demonstration site below:
https://pages.assessform.edu.au/pages/year-3-demos

Talk Homework

        This week will be a cold write narrative so there will be no Talk Homework. We have been discussing simple plots, such as– good guy vs bad guy, lost/stolen and found, broken and fixed etc.

Congratulations to Legacy, Elija and Alya who earnt a merit award at assembly on Friday. Keep up the fantastic effort. Room 14 also won the Uniform Award- woohoo!

Reading Superstars

Congratulations to all the students who have recently received Literacy Pro Awards. In only 5 weeks, our class has read nearly 1000 000 words! What a sensation effort. The school holidays are a great opportunity to be reading lots of books and doing quizzes. Congratulations to Terry for earning his Bronze Certificate at assembly, after completing 100 quizzes!

Maths Update

In Maths, we have been exploring fractions. Fractions are equal parts of a whole. We worked with pretend chocolate bars to demonstrate that a whole can be divided into fractions (equal pieces). We have also been writing simple fractions. The denominator geos on the bottom. This is the total number of pieces. The numerator goes on top and is the part that is shaded. Remember: Ned rides the Donkey. We have been comparing fractions with common numerators. The bigger the denominator, the smaller the fraction because it is being divided into more pieces. I have been encouraging the students to identify fractions in everyday life (ie, we tell time in quarters, we rule our page in half sometimes). It would be great to see this encouraged at home also.

Nifty Narratives

Last week, we started our unit of work on narratives with a cold write. We then looked at a range of fairy tales in our teams and identified the characters, setting, problem and resolution. Our goal has been to recognise how tension is created by the author by slowly building the problem. Miss B showed us this with balloons. The problem starts small and, as a reader, you don’t feel very worried, but as the problem gets bigger (and bigger) you start to feel nervous about what will happen next. Luckily, the main character always solves the problem and there is usually a happy ending.

Earth and Space

Over the last few weeks, we have been studying how the earth, sun and moon work together. We enjoyed the beautiful Autumn sunshine, demonstrating this in groups of three. Some of our more enthusiastic ‘Earths’ got very dizzy after spinning too fast on their axis! In their learning teams, students also worked together to demonstrate how the earth revolving the sun, causes day and night.

'Earth' Abi orbits 'Sun' Oscar

The sun is shining on Australia, it is day time

The sun is shining on the other side of the world. It is night time. 

Showing off our awesome annotated diagrams

Harmony Day

Last Friday, we celebrated Harmony Day. We dressed up in our national costumes and had a special parade in the Undercover Area. Thanks to all the parents for your efforts- the students looked amazing! The art installation organised by Miss Randall was, as usual, a beautiful sight. This year, a collection of beautiful harmony butterflies. In class, we read a book called ‘This Love,’ which was about celebrating cultural diversity. Here are some of our reflections about what Harmony Day means to us.

Creating Images

In Reading Block, we have been practising visualising (creating mental images based on the words we read). We read an intriguing poem about a mysterious house and illustrated what we pictured after reading each stanza. Our work is currently displayed on the WOW wall in our classroom.

Space Station

One the students’ favourite spaces in the classroom is the Space Explorer Station. Each day two lucky students are selected to study our wonderful solar system. There are interactive games, space pictures to view and new facts to learn from the selection of special space books. Pictured below are some of the students enjoying their visit!

Space Explorers Ashton and Abi research the Solar System

Space Explorers Josh and Liam, with the spacecrafts they invented

Space Explorers Lola and Griffin are view images from space