Grades 2/3
Well done 2/3s!
End of Term 3
We made it! What a term it has been. Enjoy a well-deserved rest to all our students and families. Thank you for your adaptability during the changes to remote learning as we refine the program based on family feedback. We have enjoyed seeing students for their small group and whole class workshops in both languages for Literacy, Mathematics, Wellbeing, Inquiry and of course Fun Fiesta Fridays!
Adiós Serena!!!
Sadly our amazing Grade 3 student Serena is leaving NPS to move to Brazil with her family this week. We wish Serena the very best of luck on this new adventure and at her new school- they are lucky to have you! You have shown our Newlands school values and keystones in your learning both at school and online. We will miss you lots!!
Maths/Matemáticas
We are proud of the 2/3s in tackling multiplication and division while learning online. They showed us lots of strategies they can use to solve problems.
There was a lot of improvement in recognising important information in a Spanish worded problem, too!
Literacy/ Literatura
We have been working on historical recounts, which ties into our Inquiry subject, and the discussions in class have been exciting to witness. We were impressed with the creativity shown to draft, edit and revise recounts from the perspective of a child convict.
The children are learning to decode words in Spanish and are growing their lexicon.
Inquiry /Investigación
We have been focusing on Australian history over the past few weeks, learning about the colonisation of Australia, our convict history and the thousands of years that make up Australian Indigenous history as the oldest continuous culture on the planet. We also looked at the difference between migrants, immigrants and refugees and the many diverse reasons why people move to Australia to live . All 2/3 teachers found that students had engaging discussions about their families, who emigrated from lots of different places around the world! We enjoyed students sharing their family history and links across the world.
Thursday Fiestas
Keep an eye on your child´s TEAMS calendar, as our class fiestas are tomorrow (Thursday 16th)!
2/3 N´s is at 2:30 and the theme is "Block (colour) party"- dress top to toe in one colour (or rainbow)
2/3 M's is at 2:30 and the theme is "COLOURFUL" - wear footy colours/ block colours/ rainbow
2/3 O's is at 1:30-2:30 and the theme is crazy hair - bring a biscuit!
2/3 E's is at 2:30 and the theme is footy colours! (or your fave sports teams' colours) and if you don't have one, just as colourful as can be!!
Shout-outs
We want to give a MASSIVE shout out to every single 2/3 student for their amazing efforts and perseverance this term, plus some extra shout-outs from this week of learning below...
2/3 M: Rocco for asking questions and sharing his learning during our Inquiry Workshops. Casey and Indie for collaborating to learn some new multiplication strategies. Marco for his excellent writing about his learning about the First Fleet.
2/3 N: Sierra, for giving it her all in class on Tuesday morning! Alfie, for explaining his though process during decoding Spanish words. Nate, for excellent participation in Maths.
2/3 E: Serena for her creativity in the flag-making Inquiry activity and Eddison for always contributing during video workshops and being supportive of his peers.
2/3 O: Lucien, Ella and Adam for a consistent approach to their work and contributions to class discussions!