Have a Great Holiday

Hi All,

I hope you all have a great holiday. The students have worked very hard this term and deserve the break. Next term is busy with camp, swimming and all the other bits and pieces we will be doing. I look forward to seeing all the kids back here on Monday 14th July.

Regards,
Mr.Fraser

Balloon Science

Today our mini science lesson was on Force and Friction. The children learnt about these concepts during our balloon races. Here is some of the fun:

Final Day of School Arrangements

Tomorrow is the last day of term. We will be finishing earlier than normal at 2:30pm.

Swimming Forms and Deposit Due Back Tomorrow (Fri 27th June)

Just a reminder that if your child will be participating in the swimming program next term, to return the form and the deposit tomorrow (Friday, 27th June 2014).

34F Trivia Night Hamper

Just a reminder to donate items for the 3/4F trivia night hamper. The theme for our hamper is 'Pamper Package' so we are looking for products such as soap, candles, towels, hand cream etc. We only have a few items so your help would be appreciated.

What's on this week...? (Term 2, Week 10)

We have made it to the last week of term 2!! This week in Maths, we will revise time, money, place value and multiplication. In Literacy we begin to look at Explanations and will continue these in term 3. We will complete a fun science activity later in the week and continue to work through Mookii World in LAB. We finish early on Friday, so stay tuned to Mitchat for finishing times. Have a great final week.

Term 2, Week 9 Timetable

This week is planning week. As a result, the timetable is different. The grade 3/4 teachers are planning for next term's activities on Monday so all the specialist classes will be held on Monday. Here is what this week looks like:

Monday
PE
Indonesian
Music
Art
Assembly

Tuesday
Library

Wednesday
LAB
CRE

3/4F Chance Games

This week, we have focused on chance and how this effects the outcomes of games. We have made board games to demonstrate our understanding. Here are some of the finished products. We will test them all next week.

What's On This Week...? (Term 2, Week 9)

This week is the second last week. This week is also planning week, so the timetable will be different with all the specialist classes on the one day. I will let you know the timetable as soon as it comes to hand. This week in Maths, we will finish and play our chance games. These are looking great and the kids have demonstrated an improved knowledge of chance events. We will also look at collecting and recording data. In Literacy, we complete our focus on procedural writing and begin to look at explanations. We complete our science unit (Melting Moments) and continue to work through the MookiiWorld in the computer LAB. Nearly holiday time - Two weeks to go!

What's on this week...? (Term 2, week 8)

This week we celebrate the Queen's birthday with a day off on Monday! For the remainder of the week, we continue working on our self evaluations and finish off procedural writing in literacy. In maths we look at chance and begin by looking at how chance games work, playing lots of these games and then making our own chance game. On Thursday we will run our second last lesson of the 'Melting Moments' unit called 'Break it up'. In this lesson, students will implement their new conceptual understandings developed throughout the unit about how materials are affected by heat. Even better, this lesson involves chocolate!!! On Friday, we have grade 3/4 sport and LAB (in which the children will continue to work on their Mookii World activities. Have a great week.

3/4F's Homophones Pair Tree

3/4F have been learning about homophones over the last couple of weeks, and finally our 'pair of pairs' tree has fruited. Check out all the homophones that have grown!

Tessellation Ties

We continued exploring tessellations today by making tessellation ties (something that Dads would be proud to wear)! Here are some of the results... Can you see what 2D shapes have been used?

Tessellation Fun

This week we are learning about 2D shapes and how they can be used to make tessellations. Yesterday, the students began by playing with a range of shapes to make tessellated patterns. Here are some examples.

 

Camp Forms Due

Just a reminder that camp forms are due tomorrow (Friday 6th June). If you have not already returned your child's forms, please ensure that they are returned by this date so we can guarantee your child receives their required dietary needs.

Payment (first instalment or the lot) is due on Friday 13th June.

Thanks.

Mr.Fraser

Science Day

On Friday last week, our school held its science day. Students dressed up in all sorts of scientific outfits from solar systems to animals to scientists. The students had a great time participating in a whole range of different scientific activities and experiments. We finished the day with a fashion parade and a big bang (the good old Diet Coke and Mentos trick). It was a wonderful day. Here is our class!

What's on this week...? (Term 2, Week 7)

This week the students will begin looking at 2D shapes and how they can be used to form tessellations. As we head towards the end of the semester, we begin to reflect our first two terms and begin writing our self evaluations. In ICT, the students continue to wok on their Mookii World activities. We move into our 4th and 5th lessons of our Melting Moments science unit, called 'Freeze it' and 'Sometimes Solid'. As the grade 5/6 students will be at camp this week, there is a slight change to the timetable with art being moved to Wednesday morning. Finally, we continue our class rotations where students have the opportunity to work with a different teacher and different students while completing a range of different activities (either Autumn art with me, robotics or stop-motion video). Another exciting week. Enjoy it.