Classroom News 

Foundation and Year 1

Discovering in Term 2! 

I liked playing with Audrey at the craft station. I made a butterfly and a bee with paper cups and colourful strips of paper. I also made squishys for Stella - Abigail

I enjoyed making masks at the craft station. When I play videogames two of the characters have masks so I tried to make them like theirs. When I played at the Sand station it is really interesting using the magnifying glasses to see close up details of the animals and shells - Valentino

Elissa and I played at the Shadows station. We made a dog shadow using our fingers and a torch. After the Shadow station we played at the dollhouse - Audrey

At the Lego station I played with Finbar and we built a security house. We also made a shop with a carpark which had a roof - Aiden

I like playing in the craft station with Valentino. We made swords using cardboard, glue and crayons. I also liked playing at the Water and Sand station. In the Sand tub there are desert animals and in the Water tub there are sea animals. I used the tongs to pick up the animals and look at them. I could even use the magnifying glass to look at the animals closer!  - Ezra

I liked playing in the craft station. I made an octopus and a headband using paper and straws - Ada

At the Craft station I made a sword with paper - Ben

At the Costume station I dressed up as a crocodile. I can’t wait to be a crocodile again! I want to be a crocodile forever - Emmet 

I liked being at the Feedback station with Ada. We had to draw a picture of two flowers. I helped Ada make her picture better and she gave me feedback to help me. My drawings improved - Savannah

At the Art station I used oil pastels to colour in a picture of a fish. I used different colours - Avatea 

Year 2/3

Inquiry Expo Tuesday 23/4 at 2:40pm 

Dear Parents and Guardians, your child/ children will be presenting their learning at our Inquiry Expo on Tuesday at 2:40 pm. Please come and enjoy their presentations. Below is a taste of the work that will be on display that the children have been working on. Next week, children will begin to write information reports. If you have any photos that can be used to help them with their work please email them to me or get your child to bring them in.  Enjoy the rest of your week.

Year 3/4

Inquiry Expo Tuesday 23/4 at 2:40pm 

Dear Parents and Guardians, your child/ children will be presenting their learning at our Inquiry Expo on Tuesday at 2:40 pm. Please come and enjoy their presentations. 

Wellbeing 

This week the Year 3/4 students have been revising The Westmead Feelings Strength Bar, thinking about different events that match the different levels of that emotion. Sai has given different examples for the emotions in the red, yellow and green areas of the bar. Olivia has shown the emotions by the different faces she has drawn. 

Taking notes 

Studentshave been learning how to take notes to retell a story. In class students listened to their peers talk about what they did on their holidays. As they were listening they wrote down keywords on sticky notes. The students were then able to use their notes to retell the events of their partners holiday. 

Year 4/5  

The game Greed has diamonds and emeralds. If you get 3 of a kind, you get more points. It was a good game to play with my group.   Emmastacia

Greed is a game of chance and probability. If you have lots of points then you will be happy. But with one more roll, you can become sad because you could lose all your points. Greed is a really good game to play with your friends.   Raffaele and Cody

This week in Maths, we have been playing and enjoying a dice game called Greed. Greed is a very fun game of chance. There are six dice and each dice has six different letters on it which spell out the word GREED. Each letter is worth a different amount of money and once you get 5000 you win! But you can lose all that if you risk it for more money. I love playing Greed so much!   Aleisha

We learnt how to play a game called Greed. The game of all or nothing. It is a game of chance and probability. We loved playing Greed.   Shamus and Tristan

We played Greed during our Maths sessions this week. Greed is a game of chance. We all had so much fun when playing Greed. One minute we were winning and the next minute we were losing.   Tiffany and Azariah

Greed is a game of chance. It is a fun dice game of all or nothing. It’s a game where you have to be willing to take a risk.   Stephanie and Lauren

Greed is a game of chance. It’s a great game that is pretty easy and fun to play. It teaches you how to be greedy as well. We played if for Maths this week and you should buy and try playing this game! All you have to do is get to 5000 points - easy right? No! You need to pick a letter or you can lose your points.   Natalie

Greed is a game of chance. You need to get 5000 points to start scoring. One thing that we liked was that if you rolled four diamonds in one roll, you got 1000 points! We felt a bit nervous and also confident while we were playing this game.   Brenton and Callix

Year 5 /6 

Maths ~ Strategies when adding numbers

Over the past week students have been experimenting with a range of useful strategies when adding numbers in Maths. They learned three strategies; the Jump, the Split and the Compensation strategies. All of them useful, all of them effective.

Here are some of the results...

Inter School Sport is HERE!!!

After weeks of anticipation the wait is finally over. Inter-School Sport is back! 

This term our students will participate each Friday morning in either netball or soccer. With new uniforms purchased, we know we will definitely be the best dressed in the Northern Region! All students are looking forward to this activity and have been training every day this week to hone their skills. Good luck to all 3 teams and remember, it's all about PARTICIPATION and FUN!!

Wellbeing ~ Lunchtime Clubs

Thanks to our Lunchtime Club leader, Roery Villegas in Year 6, the Minecraft Club re- opened its doors yesterday and was back and running for our students from Years 2-6. Roery was asked why Lunchtime Clubs are important...."Sometimes kids might not want to play outside, but spend time inside with their friends." Judging by the smiles below, he may be on to something! Each Wednesday, all students (Years 2-6) welcome!!