Have a very happy Easter and fun filled holiday. See you on the 29th April.
Enjoy this lovely Easter artwork by 3/4G
Friday 11 April 2014
Happy Easter
Thanks to those who gave me Easter presents :-)
Have a very happy Easter and fun filled holiday. See you on the 29th April.
Enjoy this lovely Easter artwork by 3/4G
Have a very happy Easter and fun filled holiday. See you on the 29th April.
Enjoy this lovely Easter artwork by 3/4G
Wednesday 9 April 2014
Last Week of term
The cheers rang out as the children read that there was no homework in the last week of term! I think we are all ready for a break as many children are tired, a bit cranky and quite sensitive to things that would not normally bother them. Friendships are being tested as children grow and change and renegotiate the very complex world they find themselves in with people they spend most of their days. Mostly though there are still lots of smiles and lots of hard work going on.
We have been working very hard on complex letter blends (digraphs) that make up our bigger words. We started with 'ai, ay and a_e' that make the long a sound. Also 'ee and ea' for the long e sound. This week the focus has been on 'ie, y, igh and i_e' for the long i sound. The fun thing about learning the rules of our english language is of course learning that we can almost always break them so sometimes we just have to learn how to spell a word. 3/4G are becoming very familiar with verbs, nouns, adjectives, adverbs, conjunctions and prepositions. Here is a brief rundown of what they are in case mums or dads have forgotten.
COMMON NOUNS- naming words: chair, table, computer
PROPER NOUNS - names of people and places: Mrs Glazebrook, Opera House
PRONOUNS- replace proper nouns: he, she, they
VERBS- doing words: run, walk, play
ADVERBS- add meaning to the verb: quickly, happily
ADJECTIVES- add meaning to nouns: red, beautiful, big
CONJUNCTIONS-joins parts of sentences: but, and, or, yet
PREPOSITIONS- relates other words in sentences: before, beneath, beside
By knowing these parts of speech it is hoped students will become better communicators and more creative and persuasive writers.
As well as reviewing basic number work we have been learning about area, perimeter and time. Students are encouraged to wear a watch everyday so they pay attention to what is going on and at what time of day. This is a very new concept to many students so it is important to keep drawing their attention to time and what it means.
Year 3 have been reading Charlie and The Chocolate Factory. We are up to the part where Charlie finds the 50 pence and has just bought himself a chocolate bar and eaten the whole thing. A very interesting discussion took place as I put to the students that Charlie is very selfish! We all love Charlie so the idea that he could be anything but wonderful was a foreign concept but once I pointed out how bad his family's situation was and how no one else in the family benefited from the money he wasted on chocolate they did take time to think and discuss. We all know he gets the golden ticket but don't you wonder......what if he didn't?
A local Blue Mountains theatre group are showing the musical of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Here is a link to find out more information
http://brooktheatre.net/whats-on/charlie-and-the-chocolate-factory/
Looks like it could be a bit of fun.
Year 4 are reading a book called I Hate Fridays. This is a fun and interesting collection of diary entries by a group of Year 4 students at Koala Bay Public School. The students in this class are certainly and interesting bunch.
Well this wonderful term has been a lot of fun. Next term Year 3 head into NAPLAN and we have another fun filled time ahead.
Happy Easter to all.
We have been working very hard on complex letter blends (digraphs) that make up our bigger words. We started with 'ai, ay and a_e' that make the long a sound. Also 'ee and ea' for the long e sound. This week the focus has been on 'ie, y, igh and i_e' for the long i sound. The fun thing about learning the rules of our english language is of course learning that we can almost always break them so sometimes we just have to learn how to spell a word. 3/4G are becoming very familiar with verbs, nouns, adjectives, adverbs, conjunctions and prepositions. Here is a brief rundown of what they are in case mums or dads have forgotten.
COMMON NOUNS- naming words: chair, table, computer
PROPER NOUNS - names of people and places: Mrs Glazebrook, Opera House
PRONOUNS- replace proper nouns: he, she, they
VERBS- doing words: run, walk, play
ADVERBS- add meaning to the verb: quickly, happily
ADJECTIVES- add meaning to nouns: red, beautiful, big
CONJUNCTIONS-joins parts of sentences: but, and, or, yet
PREPOSITIONS- relates other words in sentences: before, beneath, beside
By knowing these parts of speech it is hoped students will become better communicators and more creative and persuasive writers.
As well as reviewing basic number work we have been learning about area, perimeter and time. Students are encouraged to wear a watch everyday so they pay attention to what is going on and at what time of day. This is a very new concept to many students so it is important to keep drawing their attention to time and what it means.
Year 3 have been reading Charlie and The Chocolate Factory. We are up to the part where Charlie finds the 50 pence and has just bought himself a chocolate bar and eaten the whole thing. A very interesting discussion took place as I put to the students that Charlie is very selfish! We all love Charlie so the idea that he could be anything but wonderful was a foreign concept but once I pointed out how bad his family's situation was and how no one else in the family benefited from the money he wasted on chocolate they did take time to think and discuss. We all know he gets the golden ticket but don't you wonder......what if he didn't?
A local Blue Mountains theatre group are showing the musical of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Here is a link to find out more information
http://brooktheatre.net/whats-on/charlie-and-the-chocolate-factory/
Looks like it could be a bit of fun.
Year 4 are reading a book called I Hate Fridays. This is a fun and interesting collection of diary entries by a group of Year 4 students at Koala Bay Public School. The students in this class are certainly and interesting bunch.
Well this wonderful term has been a lot of fun. Next term Year 3 head into NAPLAN and we have another fun filled time ahead.
Happy Easter to all.
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