The damage to the prep courtyard wall was a fantastic prompt for writing today. The students came up with their own stories about what might have caused the damage. On Sunday I saw a rhino riding a monster truck and the truck crashed into the wall. by Nadine I think that a giant whale crashed into the brick wall because she wanted to eat berries for her family dinner by Tanisha One day 71 rhinoceros ran into the school and there was a crash and a bang and lots of bricks fell down the builders still haven’t finished the wall By Ada On Sunday there were ten evil unicorns. They used their evil magic to blast a big hole in the wall. They were angry because everyone thought they were cute! By Carmen, Zara, Zoe and Sonquette A ghost began eating the school, then the sun began melting the ghost! Then a unicorn stood on the ghost. By Mila A tiny little drop fell on the school and that tiny drop destroyed the school. By Una
This week we have been exploring money during play. When you’re out shopping with your children encourage them to think about the cost of certain things and find appropriate coins when paying. Here are a few other ideas for having fun with maths at home. We have been very lucky with all the wonderful parent helpers we have had so far this year and the students love seeing their family members in the learning space with them. It is not too late to help out either with reading or with one of our upcoming excursions. To help with these events you will need a working with children check, which you can apply for at http://www.workingwithchildren.vic.gov.au and unfortunately, we can’t have younger siblings tag along. As part of our inquiry unit we will be exploring our local area and will be going for a community walks on the morning of Monday the 22nd of October, we would love to have some parent helpers to come along and help us investigate our environment and the types of rubbish we find. Prep B and C will bb 9:50 to 10:40 (just after assembly) and A will be 10:40 to 11:30. Swimming runs from the 3rd of December to the 14th of December and we will need parent helpers to walk with us to and from the pool. We will know session times closer to the date but it is likely to be after lunch. Please see one of the Prep teachers to sign up to help! Here are some students in action, exploring some stations as part of our mass and capacity unit. Today in cooking club, the students made chocolate balls! They collected, measured and mixed the ingredients. They used words such as hard, soft and rough when talking about different textures.Then they rolled the balls and coated them with coconut. Words to describe the balls included delicious, amazing, great, messy and fantastic. The Grade Five and Six students have been working on creating a game to teach people about Earth and/or space. Today we tested our board and video games for the first time! Check out some pics of our first drafts below. We will update you through construction phase, and we will hold a stall at the Festival of The Arts (Week 3 term four) to present our games to the school community! (no title)
Money Play
Parent Helpers!
3/4 Passion Projects Term 4
Whilst getting ready for the presentation of our
Passion Projects, some students are making terrific visual aids.
This week two students filmed their erupting volcanoes to include in their presentation in the coming week.
Grade 1 Dinner and the Grade 2 Dinner/Sleepover.
3/4 Rock Stars of Maths!
Congratulations to every student in the
3/4 Learning Area for becoming
Mangahigh, Rock Stars of Maths!
In particular we applaud these Rock Stars
who received medals and certificates!
Capacity
Cooking Club
Game Testing!
