Senior School Learning
Grades 3/4 Student Learning
Reading
“Using our iPads in reading to look at our mentor texts like Owl Moon and the Sweetest Fig” - Henry
“I’ve been enjoying completing the reading tasks using Google Classroom” - Maia
“I like it how we read the Sweetest Fig and did tasks on it”- Andrea
“I like the activities we have been doing and I enjoy using Reading Eggs” - Sienna H.
Writing
“We have been learning about how to write a narrative. Our characters are cats and one of them looks like my cat!” - Ruby
“I have enjoyed creating description bubbles about our characters; Squid and Ginger Cat” - Wesley
“Doing the email writing to the imaginary Teesdale Cinemas” - Madi
“I liked doing the writing about Ginger cat and Squid with all the 3/4 students” - Hannah
Maths
“We have been learning about collecting data. We have been collecting information about rubbish in the yard” Tom
“I liked going outside, working in a group, and being able to use technology” - Sofia
“I have enjoyed using the ipads to record and collect data” - Livvy
“I have been enjoying running around outside doing the data collection and then using the iPads to calculate the data” - Pete
“I have liked the data collection because we get to go outside and help Mr Irwin” - Fletcher
Grades 5/6 Student Learning
Reading
“Last week we practiced summarising a text and this week we have moved on and did some visualising linking it to our five senses” - Gilbert
"In Reading this week I have enjoyed making mind movies in my head. To make mind movies we have to visualise the story. Visualising is using your imagination to understand the text better" - Wilfred
“In reading we have been visualising. We have had to make our own descriptive language text and share it with a partner. They then had to try to draw the picture” - Jessica
Writing
"In Writing this week, I have enjoyed doing our 'see think wonder' because I love using a picture stimulus. I also love writing narratives because I like being able to use adjectives to make my pieces interesting and I love being able to be creative." - Molly
“We are starting to do narratives. We have been using the: see, smell, taste, hear and touch strategy. Narratives are my favourite writing genre” - Cailin
Maths
"This week in Maths we have enjoyed graphing. For graphing we collected information about ways we can improve Teesdale Primary School. For example, we collected data on ways to reduce rubbish at school. We created a survey and then used the data to make a graph. We could choose a bar graph, pictograph, pie chart and a line graph" - Blake L
“In Maths we have been using Essential Assessment to see what we know on topics. We have been learning about square numbers, adding decimals and viewing graph data and placing it into frequency tables”. - Gilbert
“In Maths we have been learning about graphs. We had to collect data and then place it into a bar graph”. - Jessica
Science
Have you ever wondered if that thing you’re holding could snap, tear or stretch? Well this week our grade 3 and 4 students have finally picked up a clothes peg and put it to good use (don’t we wish they’d do this at home!), by using it as a clamp to put this theory to the test to great effect.
MakeyMakey has arrived thanks to our school community getting behind the Woolworths Earn and Learn program, and the senior school students are loving it. Who knew you could play video games using play-dough or turn your best friends into piano keys, while learning about electrical circuits!
