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Over the last few weeks of Term 3, the children in the Junior Learning Community have been learning how to write an Information Report.  Together as a class, we read about the Australian Emu. The children in Grade One, drew pictures to show their understanding of what it looks like, where it lives and what it eats. 

The children in Grade Two used the information given to them to write about the Emu under the subheadings of Appearance (with a picture), Habitat, Diet and Interesting Facts. 

The children worked hard and produced excellent reports. 

The children in the Junior Learning Community have really enjoyed participating in the Volleyball Clinic over the last few weeks of Term 3.  Following a few warm up games, the children went on to learn some basic volleyball skills. 

These included the skills of Passing (getting their arms and hands in the right position for passing the ball), Setting (extending their elbows and pushing the ball up high to meet their target) and finally Serving (the action that puts the ball into play). 

It was very impressive to see the children's hand-eye coordination and their fast reflexes and movement.  Future Volleyball stars in the making! 

During Maths lessons, JLC students have been exploring division and the equals symbol. They were given an open ended challenge to put themselves into equal groups without talking or making any noise. 

The first attempt was a case of ‘too many cooks’ and the students decided they needed a leader to guide them. 

It was fascinating to watch the children working together as a team and the strategies they used to solve the problem.

Students were drawing number pictures on whiteboards, counting and using a hundreds chart to assist them.

During Term 3, our whole school BounceBack topic was ‘Relationships’. The key message being ‘Getting along with others and making friends will make you happier’. As part of this topic, the children in the Junior Learning Community watched a short video about the importance of being a good listener.  In the video Howard B Wigglebottom found himself in a lot of trouble because he doesn’t listen properly to his teachers or to his friends. The children studied the importance of whole body listening and the parts of the body, namely, our eyes, mouth, brain, ears, heart, hands and feet that show we are good listeners. 

Kind Regards

Miss Carly Wills and Signora Gina Micheli

JLC Classroom Teachers