Month: March 2016

Library Timetable

Starting next week Monday, students will be responsible for book borrowing from the Library before school.  Students will need to bring their library bags on the same day as they have news.  They will go up to the Library before school and choose a new book to borrow for the week.  This is really going to show how responsible you have all become!

Reminder of News Days:

MONDAY:  Kacey, Sonny B., Sunnee W., Tori, Gigi and Jaiden

TUESDAY: Oliver, Roka, Natalia and Riley

WEDNESDAY: Dlveen, Sophia, Rowley and Leroy

THURSDAY: Lily F., Lily H., Josie and Harry

FRIDAY: Kai, Ethan, Jarrah and Ruby.

Please note that as the Library will be closed on Friday mornings, Friday people will be spread out over the week, starting with Kai (Monday), Ethan (Tuesd….) etc.

Mrs Veary 😎

Scavenger Hunt Turns up Treasures

CONGRATULATIONS!!!   This week we had so many Scavenger Hunts returned and I was blown away by the interesting facts different students had found out.  Thank you to all parents for taking this opportunity to share this learning experience with your child in a fun and real life way.  I hope you learned some secrets from the past too.  🙂

Students are working on sharing their findings.  We all enjoyed watching some amazing powerpoints they brought in.  Today students learned the basics of creating a powerpoint and next week they should be able to finish their own powerpoints of local historical structures with the criteria:

  • at least one slide per place,
  • heading,
  • photo or photos, and
  • at least 2 good facts.

Other students are creating posters on card displaying their photos with headings and facts.  Great work everybody!!  😎

Here is a photo Oliver’s Mum shared with us of the underground cellar at Voyager Estate.  Thank you Charlotte.  🙂

voyager cellar

 

Timeline to do our Finding Out

Everybody deserves a huge pat on the back for your hard work today.  🙂   It was a challenging task but you worked together well in your teams to sort dates and facts, then match them to actual pictures of our school.

IMG_6480 (Small)I hope you have learnt a lot of new facts about how our school structure has grown and the materials used over the years….since 1927!   Now we can answer quite a few of your Wonderings on our Wonderings Wall.  Great work!  😎

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Celebrating – Merit Certificates

These students earned merit certificates at the past two assemblies!  Congratulations to Gigi, Ruby and Kai!  🙂

IMG_6431 (Small)Merit Certificate awarded to Gigi for

writing a very exciting “Lost” story, then publishing it as a digital storybook.  You have been a very helpful computer experts Gigi, and I look forward to reading more of your stories.  Great job!

IMG_6466 (Small)Merit Certificates to Ruby and Kai for:

Ruby for writing then sharing your story about “your Lost Dog”.  You read with great expression and you have produced a terrific digital storybook.  Well done!

Kai for your focus and persistence when working with numbers.  Ten thousand was a worthy target and I love the way you set challenges for yourself, then work determinedly to meet them.  Way to go!

Well done to all of you and I will be looking out to celebrate someone else’s hard work at our next assembly!  🙂

Mrs Veary

WORK FOR THE DAY

Good morning beautiful people and your relief teacher for the day!  I am sorry but I am not well today but I hope to see you all tomorrow again.  Work hard today and here is your work for the day.

WORK FOR THE DAY:
Liz will be in first thing 8:30 and she is going to test Harry (if he is there) first.  If she could then test these students:  Oliver, Leroy, Lily F. and Lily H.  Please could you tell her this as she won’t have read this post.
9 – 11  Students go to Phys Ed with Mr Gibbon then Art with Mrs Dornan.  Liz will go with them.  Liz to discuss with Jaiden the Monster Houses which he will draw AFTER RECESS while the others have Maths.  Also Liz to prepare a couple of activities for his work station while she is not in class after recess.
After recess:
Liz goes to Room 4.
NEWS:  Students know how to run this.  Choose 2 people to be timers.
MATHS: Jaiden to draw his Monster House carefully and go over outline in dark pencil when complete.  No colour as we will be doing a wash over it.
MATHS: REST OF CLASS: Students started little workpack “Numbers to 1 000” yesterday.  Today to work on Pages 2, 3 and 5.  Leave page 4 for today.  [bookets are on table next to teacher’s desk.]

LIZ RETURNS ROOM 6 at 12.20.  Liz to prepare edicol dye wash materials for OUTSIDE ONLY on borrowed table from resource room (covered in newspaper) – COLOURS: TURQUOISE BLUE, YELLOW, GREEN (maybe purple and orange)

MONSTER HOUSES: finish drawing them and then go over pencil lines with dark pencil, ready for wash over them after lunch.

LUNCHTIME

STORYTIME – students sit on floor and you read a little from “13-Storey Treehouse”.  (10 mins) while Liz sets up outside for wash.  Jaiden participates in story.
SEND OUT STUDENTS TO DO WASH AS READY (Liz to supervise and maybe Jaiden can help her) – while inside students do their first Thinkers’ Key activity.  (You should find the booklets on my desk or on the desk beside the teacher’s desk).  Your choice which one you choose and explain that these are all about creativity – use lots of colour and labels and detail.  Share in circle with class

Fast finishers: complete and colour your pictures of your “Favourite Room” to go with you story.  (inside your draft writing books) and some (Ruby) will be ready to create their Show Me audio version.  Ruby and Gigi can be expert helpers with this.

(If you finish early you could reward the class for good work with a little game outside…)

Enjoy your day everybody and work hard.  🙂
Mrs Veary