Dear
Parents and Students,
Welcome back! I hope that everyone is fit and healthy, and have
been able to make the most of the past two weeks. After an unexpected break, it
seems that everyone is keen to get back to work in class, and we are managing
to get back to most of our normal routines.
Maths
After the unexpected two-week
interruption, we managed to complete and review Topic 11 this week, and had our
topic test on Wednesday. We have already begun topic 12, which shifts our
attention to decimals. We will continue with decimals next week, and the topic
test will take place on Thursday.
We had just finished Unit 4 in Grammar before the
break, and our review of adjectives was due for completion this week. We have
already begun our next unit dedicated to Capitalisation and Punctuation. We are
also busy working on our Book Promotion projects, as part of the upcoming
Literacy Week, and we are also learning about Australian Aboriginal Dreamtime,
as part of our Literacy Week study of Myths and Legends. Literacy Week will
take place next week, beginning with our visit from author Anders Roseberg in the library on Monday.
Science
We
have been busy deciding on what each pair will be doing for the upcoming
Science Fair. In addition, we had a lot of fun on Wednesday, as we completed
our Chain Reaction Machines. We have also been reviewing what we have
been learning about force and motion.
Next week we will turn our attention to electrical energy.
Social Studies
We have
continued our study of early people in the American Southeast, and we are
beginning our investigation of what the region is like in the present. We will
continue our studies next week, and also, to tie in
with Literacy Week, we will learn about Sequoyah, a native of the region who
developed a written form of his language, along with his young daughter,
Anyokah. .
It has
been a very busy week, starting with the welcoming of TJ, who has just joined
our class from the USA, and finishing with the celebration of the birthdays of
Briana, Riko, Yi Jun, and Zoe.
Thank you to all parents
and students for your patience and cooperation as we adjust our schedules to
accommodate recent events. On the topic of scheduling, our Yearbook Photos will
be taken during the next few weeks. Individual portraits will be done this
coming Thursday, 27th February, and our whole-group Class Photo will
be taken on Monday, 23rd March. Please try to remember not to
wear white, and wear your best smile on the day!
I hope
everyone enjoys the weekend, and I'll see you all on Monday for the beginning
of Literacy Week!
Dates to remember:
Feb
24 – Feb 27: Literacy Week
Mon. Feb 24: Author
visit – Anders Roseberg
Clubs start
Thu. Feb 27: Yearbook
photos – individual portraits.
Maths test –
Topic 12
Fri. Feb 28: 2/28
Peace Day National holiday – school closed
Tue. Mar 3: Caves
book sale
Wed. Mar 11: Pottery
Mar
16 –Mar 20: Spirit Week
Wed. Mar 18: Race
Day – parents welcome!
Mon. Mar 23: Class
Photo
Building a Chain Reaction Machine
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