Week 7
Hi Everyone!
Only a few more weeks to go and the year will be over! We can't believe how quickly it has gone. We have now finished all our testing and are in the midst of writing reports. It has been really great to have the opportunity to reflect and see how far every single child has come.
As you know we are having a class party on the last day of term and going on our excursion on the last Thursday of term. We are looking forward to having fun with the kids during this time.
At last weeks' assembly the Terrific Kids were announced, we are pleased to say that Lina won this out of all the year 2 kids in the school. Well done, we are really proud of you Lina!!!

Well Done our Terrific Kid!!




Well done to the following students who recieved a certificate at last weeks assembly for being great at following instructions!!

Term 4

Hi Everyone,
Seems like ages since our last blog! We have been so busy it has been difficult to find the time!
The term has gotten off to a nice start, it is great being back in our own classroom again. This term we are looking at the history of Australia and the kids have been really interested. We had Trent Hill come out to teach us some Aboriginal history which was excellent. The kids were blown away when he was able to start a fire with two dry sticks!!

Last week the Year 3 kids went to swimming lessons. Luckily the weather was pretty good but the kids were certainly tired by the end of the week.

Over the next couple of weeks we will be doing alot of testing to see how the kids have progresed, as well as to help us with report writing.
Over the next few weeks we will also be looking at classes for next year. Thank you to those parents who have passed on information to us. Please be assured that we always do our best to place your children where they are best suited.
We are looking forward to the fete on Saturday and would like to thank those parents who have offered to make cupcakes or help at the stall. This money goes towards different projects around the school.
We hope to see you all there!

Wow!! Our class performed The Gruffalo play today and they did an awesome job!! Here are some of our photos. I did manage to video the play but am still working on uploading it..... !
Well done to our characters who all did a great job!

Nearly Holidays

Hi Everyone,
Wow, there has been so much going on over the last few weeks. We have been working really hard on developing our students' handwriting and they are doing really well. In the new Australian Curriculum the expectation is that Year 3 students need to be using cursive in their writing. Some of the kids found it really difficult to begin with but we are amazed at how well they are doing. If your child is a little anxious about this please just reassure them that they just need to keep practicing!!

We have also been working really hard on The Gruffalo. We read the book, did some comprehension activities, rewrote the story as a play and then rewrote the story from the viewpoint of another character. We have been practicing our play and the kids are really looking forward to performing it at tomorrow's assembly. Hope to see you all there!!

The kids really enjoyed their visit to the Tea Tree Gully Library in Bookweek where they listened to stories and did some craft.

Can't wait to put up some Gruffalo photos soon!!!

Hi Everyone, Sorry it has been a couple of weeks since we have posted but we have been extremely busy!! As you know we have had to relocate to Rm 3 and we are not really sure how long we will be there. It could be until the end of the term. Thank you so much to those parents who hung around on Monday morning and helped us shift. It made things much easier.

We have been using a website called Class Dojo which helps us to track the kids behavior and learning. While this is something we are using in class, we did give the kids their 'secret code' which enables them to go online and check their progress. This is not something they have to do but as many of them did want to check it out we gave the code to all of them.

This week is Book Week and we have been to the library for a quiz as well as taken part in a variety of  book activities. The kids have really enjoyed this. Due to this we haven't run our normal literacy activities but will be back to it next week. We also visited the Tea Tree Gully library which the kids enjoyed and we appreciated all the parent helpers we had. It turned out to be a wet day so lucky we didn't walk!

Just an advance notice that I will be on long service leave in week ten of this term. Aleysha Turner will be in to work with Lisa.

Well look forward to hearing from you all...... Been a bit quiet ....... :)

Week 4

Hi Everyone,

Sorry we havent added anything for a couple of weeks, we have been so busy!
The kids are really enjoying our work on the Olympics and we are all learning alot. The kids have made torches and olive wreaths as well as sharing some great information.
Over the last couple of weeks we have had a lot of sickness, for example yesterday we had 12 kids away!
Lisa has lost her voice so wont be in for the rest of the week and we are hoping to have Mr V come in to work with us.
I will be out of the classroom on Wednesday due to a prearranged appointment and on Friday all junior primary teachers will be out at a conference. We apologise for the messy week, we are looking forward to getting back to a normal week too.

Well Done to Mia and Kayne for receiving this weeks Principal's Award!

Hi Everyone, we would like to welcome you all back to Term 3! We are looking forward to catching up with everyone and working hard this term.
Today was the start of our work on the Olympics and we had some excellent public speaking. Holly bought along some props to show the class how high the hurdles are in the Olympics, which was really interesting.
We looked at the history of the Olympic Games... so be prepared for some discussion from your children!
In math we started our work on measurement, in particular length, and we will be involving the children in lots of hands on activities.

Well, speak to you all soon.......