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What a Term!

on September 29, 2017

Dear Readers,

Well done to all the citizens of Readeville for another knock-out term of learning! Thank you, as always, for all of the support that you provide at home and in the classroom to help make our students as successful as possible. Here are some of our learning highlights for the past few weeks of this busy term:

Japan Day: The students enjoyed origami, cherry-blossom art and a mapping challenge, as well as insights into traditional elements of Japanese culture, such as a tea ceremony and a performance of Japanese story-telling and music. Thank you to Oka Sensai for the time and effort that he put into the day.

Maths: We have been investigating fractions and equal sharing of whole objects and collections of objects. The children have had lots of hands-on experience exploring halves, quarters, eighths and thirds. We have also looked at mapping in our world and the language of position and location.

Writing: We have been analysing all of the steps that go into planning and creating a ‘great story’. This included story plans and making plasticine models of characters and settings. The children thoroughly enjoyed bringing their narratives to life in this way and the end result was engaging tales that made us want to read on. Our writers have also been investigating similies, such as ‘as cool as a cucumber’, to see how interesting words and phrases can lift a piece of writing.
Also, here are a few housekeeping notes:

The children return to school for term four on Monday, October 16.
We would greatly appreciate donations of tissues, hand-soap and hand sanitiser if you are able to provide them.

Please remember to send back consent forms and payments for our zoo excursion if you have not already done so. These are due back by Thursday of week one (October 19).

Finally, we hope you enjoy the photos below and we wish you a safe and happy break ahead. See you next term.

Regards,

Marie


One Response to “What a Term!”

  1. Caroline says:

    Hi Marie, can you please email me the Zoo permission form?

    Thank you,
    Caroline
    (Ashleigh’s mum)

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