Preps

The final term is flying by and the finish line is looming upon us. The halfway point of the term has gone by. We had a great time with the Grade 6 buddies last Friday. The Senior School students had to find a simple origami animal, make it and then instruct the Preps on how to make the same animal but the older student was not allowed to touch the younger students paper. The Preps had a brilliant time and the older kids got an insight into how difficult (and frustrating) teaching can be.

In English we have been working on reading with fluency and expression. The rooms have been filled with plenty of funny reading voices (even the teachers have been giving it a go). In writing the kids have loved writing similes and a highlight was the LPS teacher similes. A favourite was ‘Wiley is as funny as a monkey’.

Maths has been all about number skills and knowledge. We have been looking at counting, with a focus on starting at random two-digit numbers. The students have also been looking at the place value in a two-digit number. 

The students have loved learning about tall buildings and last week we looked at how foundations can be used to increase the size and strength of a skyscraper. The kids were amazed how one wooden skewer pushed into the ground allowed a tower of blocks to become so much taller and stable.

Using skewers in the sand as foundations to make our unifix skyscrapers taller!