Swimming, Oral language and Parachutes

Swimming

As the long summer has continued we have really been enjoying our daily swimming. The lessons from the students from Nayland College have seen considerable improvements in both the confidence and the ability of the students in the water.

Oral Language

This term I have encouraged each student to prepare a presentation to the class on something about themselves. It could be about the students family, a pet, a skill...

Here are photos showing fantastic presentations from Phoebe and Diego. 

Our focus with the presentations is on the presenter having good eye contact with the audience, a clear speaking voice and interesting content. For the audience we are focussing on good listening skills and questioning.

Parachutes

One of the reading groups last week read an instructional text on how to make a parachute. Given the high level of interest in the topic we decided as a group to share the text with the class. Today we read through the instructions and then proceeded to make the parachutes. The students will, be bringing these home to share with you the process involved in making them. Here we are making and flying our parachutes.

Week 3

It was great to meet a number of parents last Thursday at our meet the teacher evening. For those parents unable to make it please feel free to pop into class before or after school any day. I would welcome the opportunity to speak with you regarding your child's learning.

This week we are excited to start our swimming programme with Nayland College. We will be at the Nayland Pool 2x a week and in our own school pool on the other day. With a ration of at least 1 senior PE student to each child in or class we expect great progress with swimming over the next few weeks.

We have also started our "No child left inside" programme with Nicole. This programme will offer fundamental sports skills . This week we are looking at throwing.

Here are a few photos showing the students in the pool, practicing their throwing and Jack sharing cupcakes on his birthday.

Welcome to room 14 2016

A big welcome to students and parents in room 14 and their extended families.
this Blog will continue to operate as a way in which you can keep in touch with learning taking place in the classroom, receive notices and see what we have been up to.

Here are some photos from day 1. Today the students were getting to know each other. We met our buddy class (Room 4 in the senior school) and went swimming.

Celebration of learning

On Monday 14 December we are going to celebrate the learning the students have been doing on their country's of choice. To celebrate we will share a morning tea and the students can wear something related to the country of their study.
Over the past 4 weeks we have had 12 students from Broadgreen Intermediate come across twice a week to work with the students in their inquiry topic. Their help has been invaluable in giving our class focussed attention in looking up websites and researching relevant information.
Below are some photos showing the students working together.

Superstars of Writing

As part of our writing programme in room 14 we try new and innovative ways of getting motivated to write. One of the most popular is for the students to be able to take on a new character and write from that persons perspective. Recently we did this with the students dressing up and writing in character. Here are some examples of their writing:

"Hi, I am princess fairy Katie. I have a black dress on and a pink halo too. I am going to an adventure in a mysterious cave. In the mysterious cave is one large dragon. He can breathe fire but I have a sword. I can hit him with all of my might. I cut his leg straight off him and I live happily ever after. the end."

"Hi, I am Amelia the Reindeer. I have a piece of fabric. I am going to have a sleep at the North Pole and eat carrots. My owner is Santa's wife."

 "Today I am super piggy and I have a cape. I can jump like a frog. I am going to kill super kitty because she is my worst enemy and she stinks like a hairy porpoise in a bucket of worms. When I kill her victory will be mine mwah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!"

"Hello I am Lachlan the pirate and I am the boss. I am wearing a pirate hat and a pirate suit. I am going to sail the salty seas and find some treasure. It is going to fly in the air and then we are going to take it back on the ship and go home and have a rest. The next time I won't be going because it will be the holidays and I am going to have a party. It will be amazing and I am going to have a good time. A very very good time."

"I am a beautiful princess, a pink princess. I have 2 pets.  One of my pets is a baby deer the other is a kitten. I love being a princess."

"Once upon a time there was a castle in the woods. There was also a scary monstrous dragon and it was terrifying to see. It was despicable and vicious. Then we move to the castle. The castle was a miracle. Inside the castle it was sparkly and charming. I hope you enjoyed my story."

"I am super Caleb and I am wearing a cape. I am going to save people from the robbers. I am going to use time travel to fly quickly so that I am there before the baddies get there. Then I can get the baddies."

The Mask Parade

Tomorrow...

Is the Mask Parade. It has all come together and the students are looking amazing! Today we had our dress rehearsal walk through. The AWA syndicate students with their colourful Truffula Trees and costumes really do look the part.

A BIG thank you to all the parents who have given their time to help make it so good. Here are a few photos from today.

Remember need to be at Montgomery CarPark by 4:30pm. The parade walking starts about 5:15 and we expect (although have no control over it) the finish will be around 6:15-6:30. Make sure you feed you child something before hand to help them get through.

Looking forward to the big day