Month: April 2022

Introducing our Science Blitz!

Good morning to our relief teacher and to everybody in Room 6.  Today is the first day of our SCIENCE BLITZ!!!!  That means that we will be doing lots of fun science activities over the next few days and weeks. 🙂

We will be looking at HEAT ENERGY first.  Here are some of my wonderings to ponder over:

What is heat?

How do you measure heat?

What causes heat?

Can heat move?

Your first lessons are on Inquisitive – Heat and Seek. Click to enter Inquisitive and you may have to enter your class code (remember it’s on the board). Enjoy your investigations.

Mrs Veary 😎

Growth Mindset Series #1

Now that we have explored the different SMARTS, we are going to learn about how our brains work and what we can do to help grow our brains. Here is our first video, which helps to explain how this works.

Why don’t you ask Mum and Dad to watch this video too, so that they will understand how special your brains are?

Here is the worksheet where you think about what you learned in the video.

Growth Mindset video 1 worksheet

Maths – 3D objects

Welcome back everybody!  So lovely to see you all fresh after the Easter break. 🙂

NEWS – This term we will be starting partner newstelling.  Everybody will be telling their news every Monday and there won’t be a weekly news roster any more.  🙂

Today in Maths we are going to be investigating 3D objects – their names, their properties and their differences.

Challenge: Look around you this week and see how many of these shapes you can see in real life objects and buildings around you?

ANZAC DAY 2022

Yesterday was a very important Australian public holiday – it was Anzac Day. We had a school Anzac Day ceremony last term by video link.

This morning we have talked about celebrations and commemorations. Which one is Anzac Day?

What things do Australians need to remember on that day?

Anzac Day is on the 25th April every year.

ANZAC stands for:

Australian

New

Zealand

Army

Corps

SIMPSON AND HIS DONKEY – on this Anzac website you can read all about Simpson and his bravery.  This statue stands outside the War Memorial in Canberra.

simpson and his donkey

Here is a news clip from England from Simpson’s home town which explains the story of his bravery.

This is the story of Simpson and Duffy, told as a picture book by Mark Greenwood. [Later we will be reading a story from the donkey’s point of view and holding our first Philosophy lesson!]

As you listen and read information on these websites, think about the true meaning of Anzac Day for Australians, and why we should continue to have this special day each year.

CHALLENGE: – Try and find out what wars Australian soldiers are fighting in right now?