I hope you have all have had a fantastic week - Room 7 had another busy bee one.
Thanks to all the children for wearing mufti on Thursday and raising over $500 for Lachie's little sister Lily who will be having her 2nd cochlear implant. I have some gorgeous photos of your cherubs wearing their mufti clothes:
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| A wig even! The new BIG SISTER Giselle shows us all how to wear a wig =) The children thought it was all quite hilarious! |
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| Butter wouldn't melt! I love this photo we had been working in pairs discussing our interests. |
As part of our inquiry unit we had some fantastic discussion on our interests - what they are - why it's important to have interests. We discussed that our interests make us "special, unique & join us with other people" - We had a question "Can we have the same interests?".
This led into us looking at our place in the world. We start with 'me' - our circle moves out into our family/extended family ----> our community (what is community?)--------->The world.
I have been impressed at the childrens' ability of talking in pairs (a good way to get information shared) and then to come back as a whole class & share those discussions & ideas.
25 nights reading:
Woop-te-woo - big excitement!!
We have 10 children who have celebrated at home reaching 25 nights of reading in their reading log. Well done to Caitlin, Lachie, Cameron, Tahirih, Giselle, Monet, Sepp, Boston, Ruby M & Shkhan.
When your child reaches the 25 nights at home - can you please put the sticker in and sign the part in the reading log - make a bit of a fuss (do the 25 nights dance!!)...then at school the children get a mention - their name on the STAR chart & a 'caught ya SHARP ticket'.
I was pretty proud of Room 7 - Caitlin was the 1st person to be mentioned for reaching 25 nights reading at our syndicate assembly.
MOVING MARCH......This is being celebrated this week - what is moving March?? Ask your child & see if they can tell you =)
A big congratulations to Boston & Mitchell who are part of the walking club. Every Friday morning you will see these 2 boys outside the office stamping the cards of those children who walk, bus, scooter or bike to school.
Interesting news: Each day we have 2 children share news - we do this on a roster system. This week we had Ruby M who had written a fab story - she shared this with the class and then had a turn on an ipad to use puppet pals (app) to turn her story into a short clip. Ruby, Caitlin, Tahirih & Claudia did this very well - sound effects included. If you have an ipad I would suggest you get this app - it's a great app for encouraging your child to invent their own storylines.
And...I loved George's news this week (photos & all) one of their cows giving birth to a calf. The children were fascinated by the photos - thank you for those George's mum =)
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| Bailey & Mitchell the warriors - wow their Grandad visited them from Fiji and look what he brought them ...worth going through Customs for =) |
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| Very exciting for Giselle - the NEW BIG SISTER - welcome to our world Giselle's little brother Marco =) Thanks for sharing the photos of Marco. Just gorgeous! |
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| Cuddles adventures with Miss Burt - Cuddles came home with me on Wednesday night - well we had fun. Shopping at Fresh Choice - & who did we see but Mrs Lyford. |
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| Cuddles got to meet my own special bunny rabbit - only 42 years old!!!!! |
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| Well well well - look what I caught Cuddles doing - he sneaked into my little stash of Easter Eggs!! Oh what happens when one takes the class rabbit home! |
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| Ruby sharing her 'The ugly giant' story book |
