Hello, from teachers and students.
Hello from Grade 5/6 and MS. Jacinta Condon
Reading
We love reading at the start of each day. We all have novels that we have personally selected that cover a range of genres. We have a variety of books to choose from in the classroom and in the school library but we also like to bring some books in from home. Some of us even enjoy a visit to our local public library. Here are some of the great books we are reading in our room at the moment. We are also looking at symbolism used by authors to convey messages in texts. We focused to start with on colours and have chosen the colour that best represents the book we are currently reading.
Blue-Trust
Yellow-Friendship
Red-Excitement
Yellow-Sunshine
Green-Environment
Teal Elegance
Red-Intense
Red-Strength
Ivory-Unification
Red-War
Purple-Mysterious
Crimson-Tense
Red-Revenge
Purple-Havoc
Black-Power
Orange-Energy
Purple-Mysterious
Yellow-Happiness
Purple-Mischievious
Red-Power
Blue-Trust
Yellow-Friendship
Red-Excitement
Yellow-Sunshine
Green-Environment
Teal Elegance
Red-Intense
Red-Strength
Ivory-Unification
Red-War
Purple-Mysterious
Crimson-Tense
Red-Revenge
Purple-Havoc
Black-Power
Orange-Energy
Purple-Mysterious
Yellow-Happiness
Purple-Mischievious
Red-Power
Writing
It is only week 2 and students have already been busy producing poems in class using a range of poetic & sound devices and symbolism. Here are some examples of our amazing work so far.
Mathematics
This week, we were lucky enough as a staff to have Michael Minas visit us for an interesting and informative Professional Development day at our school. We looked at how mathematics skills can be taught through games and discovery/problem solving tasks. Michael has a range of amazing games that you can play at home with your child to promote maths concepts and skill attainment. For more information, visit his fantastic site called Love Maths.