This visit by Lucy’s dad was a big success and has got us all ready for our excursion on Thursday. Make sure you have brought back your permission form and Health form. We will also be visiting the old Cultural Centre to hear about their plans for the new HEART project. We will need to leave straight away to walk there so bring your sneakers, hats and sunscreen and let’s get ready quickly on Thursday morning.
It’s very exciting and you can read about his visit by clicking on the link below.
What a lovely group to be involved with. Congratulations on becoming a Dreamcatcher, Trinity! 🙂
You certainly deserved this medal, Cassidy. Congratulations on being named Year 3 Ocean Faction Champion Boy!
To Oscar for being such a kind and enthusiastic student. You give careful thought to all your tasks. You show a good sense of humour and you offer valuable feedback to your peers. You add “that special something” to our class, Oscar! 🙂
To Lawsen for settling into your new school so well and for your wonderful enthusiasm for learning! Keep it up! 🙂
To Jai for the positive way you approach all tasks; ready to have a go and give it your best effort. I love your original artwork and creative thinking in STEM activities. Way to go! 🙂
To Meg for entertaining us with your creative flair for writing. You have a unique imagination and good written expression. I love the way you put your head down and get lost in the writing process, Meg. Way to go! 🙂
To Lucy for being a responsible and enthusiastic class member, always giving of your best and sharing your ideas in class discussions. Thank you for being “Miss Lucy” and helping to sign off reading in the mornings. You have been an asset to our class, Lucy! 🙂
Great job, everybody! We value your contribution to our class! 😎 Mrs Veary
Today we are going to start our Science unit on Heating Up. We need to understand how energy causes heat and how heat is transferred through different objects.
First we will look at how animals warm up when they are cold. Watch this video clilp: PENGUINS CLIP. • What do you think they are doing?
• Why do you think they are doing that?
• How might this help them keep warm?
Now we are going to do a role play to see what humans do.
We will be learning about Harmony Day in Australia and why we celebrate it on 21st March.
HARMONY DAY FACTS FOR STUDENTS – this website explains what it is and how we celebrate it.
Today you will be doing a reading comprehension and writing down your answers. (This is like Book Club, but you have to write down your answers instead of speaking them.) 🙂
Some words you may need to understand are:
HARMONY DAY – is held on 21 March in Australia to celebrate and show respect for the different cultural backgrounds of so many Australians.
CULTURE – is the ideas, customs and social behaviours of a particular group of people in a country
DIVERSITY – is the ways in which people can be different from each other.
MULTICULTURAL – people of many different nationalities and cultures. (Australia has over people from over 120 different countries.)
FUN CRAFT ACTIVITIES: When you are finished with your reading comprehension, choose a sheet to colour in and/or make something for Harmony Day! Have fun! 🙂
In Rotating Inquiry Groups, when your group do the Chinese Schools Booklet you will need to find this link Kids from China – FactMonster.com to find the information you need.
FLAGS – You will need to google to find the colours of the Chinese flag. Colour in your flag in your booklet.
CHINESE STRUCTURES – you will need to google to find pictures to copy one of these famous structures into your booklet.
CHINESE WORDS – use this link to find the Chinese words you need for CHINESE FOR KIDS DICTIONARY and draw the Chinese characters for that word into your booklet.
We will be doing the VENN DIAGRAM comparing schools in China with schools in Australia together as a class later on. Try to finish your booklet except for this middle page. 🙂