Faction Carnival

This Friday is the Year 1-6 Athletics Carnival. Students are reminded to come dressed in their faction shirt. There is to be no zinc or hairspray brought to school. The students will be eating recess in their bays, so please ensure they have snacks in their bag. They will be able to eat lunch with their families and will then return to their bays on the siren. A reminder that jackets, hats and drink bottles must be labelled clearly with your child’s name, to ensure items are not lost. We can’t wait!

Cross Country

Is the next Usain Bolt in our mix?

Well done to the students who represented Room 23 in last week’s Cross Country event. Their endurance was most admirable. The rest of us had a great time cheering you on.

Cross country from Tasha

Literacy Pro

Year 3 students are encouraged to choose books at their current Lexile Level to read and regularly complete quizzes online. They can read books a level below or above their colour. If they are not successful upon completion of a quiz, they are encouraged to try it again the next day. They can have the book with them when taking the quiz. This is a great program and promotes the development of skills such as scanning a text for details, understanding language conventions and making inferences. Congratulations to Elijah who earnt his blue certificate at the last assembly. A fabulous effort. Keep reading!

Congratulations

Congratulations to Kalani, Ava and Saxon who achieved Merit Awards at our last Senior Assembly. These students have certainly exhibited the Term 3 value of diligence and should be proud of their efforts. 

Maths Update

This term, we have been focusing on multiplication and division. It is expected that by the end of Year 2 students know their 2, 5 and 10 times tables and additionally, their 3 and 4 times tables by the end of year 3. They need to be regularly practising these, to foster automaticity.

Olympics

We have been having lots of fun over the last few weeks researching the Olympic Games, comparing the Ancient and Modern Olympics, finding out more about the symbolism of the rings, torch and mascots and finding out more information about the host country, Brazil. The students are working on interactive research posters and have engaged enthusiastically in the processes involved.

Wonderful Writers

The students have been learning to proofread and refine their work during our weekly writing sessions. In pairs, they have been analysing exemplar texts, scanning them for ‘Effective Points’ and ‘Improvement Points.’ It has been great to see the students applying some of the effective strategies to their own writing. They are now working towards producing a published copy of their persuasive text about who is the best athlete in the world. I can’t wait to see the finished products!