Wednesday 22 August 2012

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 ....... :)


6 comments:

  1. Hi Rachael and Lisa, hope you have settled in to your new temporary "home". Thanks for the new update. It is nice to read what is going on even if I don't always think to post something in return :) I do have a question which always stumps me a bit...I struggle to be able to tell which books are on the Premier's reading challenge list if they are highlighted on the library list Angus has brought home but they are not on the website? He does read a lot but I have to admit we are not always diligent at writing them all down! I have written some of them down just in case, but not 100% sure if they are included or not. Any tips / suggestions please? Thanks, Leanne

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  2. Hey Leanne,
    Nice to hear from you! Yes it can be a little confusing. The year 3 kids need to read the library books that have a green Reading Challenge sticker on the spine. We have plenty of these in our class library books and when the kids read them during the day they can add them to the list. Also, when the kids borrow from the library thesy just need to look for these books.

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  3. Hi Rachael, belated thanks for the reply. I wanted to thank you for choosing Angus' books today. He loves them and can't stop planning a camping trip with his Dad to use his survival book (the whistle is very popular too!). He is very proud of himself for winning a prize for his drawing. He said he couldn't believe it :) Leanne

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  4. Hey no problem, he earned it..... Sorry about the whistle........ Lol

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  5. Thanks Adla and Hannah!! I am on the countdown.....

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