Thursday By: Matilda

Today when we first come in for the day Wendy started to talk. [like she does] Then 3BL came in to do some writing about our Cirque Du Schoole. [which is the junior school concert] I did two whole pages in my book!! and then I had to publish it on the computer. And on the computer it took up 3 pages!!!

Then the bell went and we went outside for recess.

Then we came back inside and played guess the number and we had to guess Finn's number and it was 9523 then we did some other maths in our maths book, then after we had finished that we did mathletics.

Then the bell went for lunch eating and it then went again for lunch play.

Now we are in the class room for the first half of lunch for sing a long with Wendy. BING! BING! There's the bell for half time time to go outside. 

Junior Concert Night 1!

Oh My Goodness!!! Extremely proud teacher :-) Very proud students and I'm sure super proud parents!!! Last night's concert was fantastic. Well done to these amazing students who have worked so hard to ensure their performance was a sensational effort by all. They read, sang, danced and spoke so well, an absolute pleasure to watch and the ultimate high to end the concert on.

I am so looking forward to tonight's concert, as are tonight's performers!

Monday by Joel

In the morning we had Literacy with 3BL we all listened to a book how to make a universe with 92 ingredients.  The book had a lot of information about Chemistry and the periodic table. I had to compare and contrast about a scientific experiment and a method to make cookie dough. After that we had to find a science book in a bookshelf and we had to write about that experiment and then we had to share with the class before recess.

After recess we had maths. We completed 3 lots of mental maths tasks one of them was a octagonal number chart that you had to choose a color of your choice on the number chart and then there are numbers in the color that you chose and you could times the numbers or double the numbers. After maths, night 1 practiced there Junior concert line and they did a great job and then the bell went for lunch eating, 10 minutes later the bell went for lunch recess.

Earlier on night 2 had to read their line. I was first to read my line then it went on until we finished. We looked at the states of matter on abcya website it told us about the states of matter which were liquid, solid and gas.

Friday by Finn

Today is sports day to raise money for MND. Lots of people came dressed in different sporting clothes. I wore a Basketball uniform for the team Oklahoma City. We had Mandarin and Art. I looked after the chickens today with Ruby. There were some activities on the oval at lunchtime such as the longest kick for soccer and football longest kick.

After lunch Brett came to speak to the boys about playing soccer properly following our school rules. The girls had social time with Enza and Beth. We shared our homework from the science homework grid.

We are getting very very excited about the Junior Concert next week and I have a very important job in it... I AM ONE OF THE MCS ON THE NIGHT THE FIRST NIGHT!!!!!

Thursday By Rachel

On Thursday we read The Minpins by Roald Dahl. We went to two science workshops with Ben from   Fizzics. We had concert practice in Drayton Hall.

Wednesday July 27th by Lucas

 In the morning we finished our class book George's Marvellous Medicine. It was a very entertaining book. Then we went down to Drayton Hall for concert rehearsal. We are getting very good for the night. After concert rehersal we had P.E. In P.E we did Badminton. Ming was there to show us how to hold the Badminton racket properly. After Recess we had Music. We were practising our speaking parts for the night. After Music we went to Library to borrow some books. Then we went outside for Lunch. After Lunch we did some Maths. We were doing some area by drawing 12cm shapes then we played a game of Around the World. After Around the World we had ICT with our Year 1SB buddies. We did an online survey it was so Fun!!

Today by Cooper

Today is Tuesday. We are reading George's Marvellous Medicine by Roald Dahl. We drew pictures of Grandma and George. We used dictionaries to find out where words come from. We are working on our ten times tables and we are getting  really fast!!!

We had a science incursion with Ben from Fizzics Education. I really enjoyed the combustion experiment because I was the responsible helper!!!

This Term's Homework Grid, in case the hard copy is misplaced!!!

Term 3 ~ Week 3!!!

Welcome back! I have not been using this for a while for a few reasons BUT would like to get back to blogging!
The children presented their SLIP projects on their chosen country to our class and also as part of the Year 3 & 4 expos.

Now we have commenced out study on Science. We are looking forward to the Incursion tomorrow.

This term's Homework Grid was sent home today. I will attach a photo later.

NAPLAN Week

The children have just completed the first 2 NAPLAN Tests, Language Conventions and Writing. They all tried their best and there were no tears, in fact many were smiling as the completed the Writing.
Tomorrow is Reading and Thursday is Numeracy.

Home Learning Grid

Welcome Back to Term 2!

Goodness me, how time flies!!! The children have been very busy after the holidays. We thoroughly enjoyed sharing our learning for our SLIP presentations at the Expos held in each classroom. Thank you for your support of your child's interest in this area. 

We are now commencing our unit on Geography, looking firstly at Australia.

Sharon, a pre-service teacher from Monash finishes her 4+ week placement today. We have been looking at Anzac Day and the children went through 3 different activities related to this. 

Homework will be sent home today, all being well. Homework will be shared each Friday starting next week. Please ensure that your child brings his/her homework book each Monday and Friday. I expect Diaries every day.

This week ~ March 7th

We have another busy week of learning this week. We are learning more about Persuasive Writing and our word work this week is related to this, using emotive language. We are also learning to distinguish between fact and opinion. In Maths, we are learning about time and continuing our 2 x tables. We have our final session with Hawthorn on Thursday and are doing a presentation at Assembly on Thursday. Friday is Ride2School Day. The children collected data on the ways students travelled to school on Monday and were amazed that 269 students came by car.

Homework Grid

Week 4 ~ February 15 -19

This week we commenced Literacy Groups. At the moment we are learning the routines as to how this operates in 3WS this year. On Wednesdays and Fridays this needs to be a short session due to our Specialist Lessons. I will send out a note asking for Parent Helpers early next week. Every child has read and responded to their shared text. All students have written a narrative, explored punctuation (fullstops, capital letters and talking marks) and looked at different letter combinations to represent the 'f' for feather sound.
All children completed a Maths Test online and have been learning more about length. The children are enjoying Mental Maths and are especially proud of their improvements in speed and accuracy with the 2 x tables. Thanks for your assistance with this. All students have their Mathletics usernames and passwords and I will be setting home tasks as well as showing them more features within Mathletics. Tables Toons are quite a good way to drill times tables!
We continue to talk about and model RESPECT and how this looks within our classroom and school. The children have all had a turn looking after the school chickens, some more enthusiastically than others.
Year 3/4 Sport is now on Monday during the last session. We have the Looking After ME program commencing this Thursday 25th February during the first sessions. This is facilitated by Hawthorn Football Club and the SEDA program. There are 3 sessions, all on Thursdays at the same time for the 3 & 4 classes.
SRC badges will be presented at Thursday's Assembly. Congratulations to Lena and Julian. The Welcome Picnic is to be held on Friday 26th February commencing at 5:30. Here's hoping the school oval is finished!

Week 3 ~ February 8 - 12

We have had a great week! It was really nice to meet so many parents at the Year 3/4 Information Evening on Tuesday night. Thank you to those who attended.
We had evacuation and lockdown drills this week. All children responded well to instructions and knew exactly what to do for these drills.
I have finished assessing all students' spelling this week. We have also completed some Mental Maths tasks to work out where each child is at.
The children enjoyed making and eating Pancakes on Pancake Day. Next week I'm hoping to make dumplings with the children.
On Thursday, we went to Library and the children used the iPick strategy to choose 'just right' books. This year each child can borrow up to 6 books from the Library.
Today we had a visit from Rachel. She showed the class presentation on First Aid. Please expect some discussion on this over the weekend.
Thank you to the children who had their All About Me boxes ready today. We will present these next week.
Happy Birthday to Julian!
We will be holding SRC speeches on Monday. I am looking forward to listening to these.
Also next week, Hawthorn is coming to OOPS on Thursday for the first of 3 sessions of its 'Looking after ME' program.
Have a great weekend. :-)

Week 2 :-)

Phew! What a busy week! We have spent this week getting to know more about each other as well as completing lots of assessment and attending Specialist classes. We now have Assembly on Thursday. Congratulations to Liam on receiving an award at Assembly. Welcome back to Alfred.

 It is Year 3 &4 Information night on Tuesday. Good luck to Lucy at Swimming Trials on Tuesday. Choir commences on Thursday at 8am in Drayton Hall for those who would like to join.

I hope you you all have a wonderful weekend.

Welcome to the 2016 school year !

Looking forward to returning to school and learning more about my students as well as meeting their parents! See you all on Friday January 29th!!