Classroom Update
BARRANDHANG (Kinder/Yr 1)
At the end of last term, the K/1 students began exploring weather and various weather concepts. Over the last two weeks, we revisited some of the different types of weather we studied last term and discussed what we already know about them. After our discussion, the students completed two worksheets, drawing their interpretations of different weather phenomena such as cloudy, raining, snowing, sunny, and lightning.
Dinawan (Year 2/3)
Welcome back to Term 3! A very big thank you to Ms Wheeler for teaching 2/3 for the last 4 weeks of Term 2.
Year 3 are focusing on the book "Finding our Heart". Finding our heart, by Thomas Mayor with illustrations by Blak Douglas, encourages us all to understand the past so that we can create a shared future. We are learning about the Uluru Statement of the Heart and learning to write a personal response.
We are also completing the Chemistry unit in Science where we are learning about Solids, Liquids and Gases and all about these different states of matter. We are learning about the water cycle, and how heat energy and the removing of energy changes the state of matter.
Homework went home this week, thank you to all the families that help and support the completion of homework. It would be great if there could be a focus on Home Reading this term - the more children read the better they are at all areas of learning.
Bidyin (Year 4/5/6)
To kick off our literacy learning this term, the students participated in a fun revision activity. Each student had a turn to lucky dip from a bowl of literacy devices and terms, then created a revision poster to explain their chosen concept. It was a great way to refresh their memories and showcase what they remembered from last term.
Each term, we focus on a different novel as part of our literacy block. In Term 1, we read War Horse. In Term 2, we explored two short novels: The Black Cockatoo and Dirrarn. Now, in Term 3, we have begun reading Convict Boy, a historical novel that follows the journey of a convict named Thomas, jumping between past and present timelines.
We’ve also reintroduced 10 minutes of free reading at the start of each literacy lesson—by popular demand! During this time, students read a book of their own choice borrowed from the library. This reading is separate from our class novel and is designed to foster a love of reading.