Focus on Learning

Stage 2

What a busy start to Term 4. I cannot believe that my year 4 students will be leaving me and going up to the 5/6 room. Where have the last 2 years gone?

English

In Literacy we have been focusing on getting our sentences correct and making them more interesting for the reader. Below is some of their fantastic work.

Mathematics

In Maths we have been focusing on Time and Patterns and Algebra. Time is something that my students do not feel confident in but at the end of the 2 weeks I was impressed with their progress. Time included work with clocks but also learning about calendars, months and timetables (bus and train). See below us practising time.

Other KLA's

In Geography we are learning about Australia's vegetation zones. Below the students are researching and making posters about what they are learning.

Skipping

We are practising our skipping everyday in 3/4 getting ready for the showcase in Week 8. See below

Coolamon Challenge - Week 3 

Congratulations to our winners from Week 2 - Priscilla and Dani !  They received a voucher for a complimentary ice-cream courtesy of The Coolamon in Quirindi. 

This week's challenges are maths based.  Good luck!

Nature Ninjas - our gardening club

Our Nature Ninjas have already been hard at work this term, planning an array of projects for our school garden areas.  In the next fortnight, we will be focusing on germinating a variety of seeds to add into our garden.  We are hoping to propagate tomatoes, radish, strawberries, zucchini and cucumber.  

The Nature Ninjas have begun working on the revitalisation of the Wellness Garden.  We have pulled out some of the older plants, to allow space for planting strawberries and perennial flowers.   

Be sure to scroll across so you can see all of the photos! 

Chicken Update

Our chickens are settling into their new home.  Our chickens now have names: Cocoa, Marshmallow, Maple and Milo.  We have been working hard on feeding, collecting eggs and making sure their water is always full, especially with the hot weather! 

Our eggs have now been placed in the incubator.  These eggs will be incubated for around 21 days until they hatch.  Today is Day 13 out of 21 for our eggs.  At this stage, the chicks have begun to form inside the eggs.  Below is a video of the eggs being 'candled' - a bright torch shines on them in a dark room, and we are able to see veins and the beginning stages of a chick!