56B - Around the Traps 

News

It has been great having the students back in the classroom this week. We are starting to get back into some routine which is great for all of us! I have discussed the concept of I-Time with students this week. The 5/6 students have been given the choice between I-Time and Social Enterprise for the last weeks of the term. I-Time will involve students making a plan to create something here at school. It could be a billy cart or a piece of art but the possibilities are far-reaching. They must plan before starting and they will be reflecting as they go. Others will attempt to create a small business in the remaining weeks that will hopefully mean they can sell at the Beechworth Christmas Market. 

Each of the 4/5/6 students will bring home a Stride for Education sponsorship sheet this week. Please support them if you can. 

La De Dah Day is this Friday. With the Melbourne Cup next week, students are asked to dress up for a day at the races. "Races Chic" is the theme!

Literacy 

It is good to start our Guided Literacy groups face to face again this week. Students are doing a mix of a group novel, kids news, spelling, word studies, guided reading and silent reading.

Maths

The work on Number & Algebra has continued this week. Many of the students took an A3 Times Tables laminate on Monday. Stick this somewhere they can see it regularly. Test them at the dinner table!

Life Relationships

Last week we attempted to match some reproductive system words with their definitions. There were some strange words and some even stranger definitions. I gave students the opportunity to write anonymous questions on some paper and pop them in the "letterbox" at the end of the lesson. (If they didn't want to write a question they could just fold up the paper and pop it in the box). We answered those this week. This system will continue as it seems like there are heaps of questions!

Inquiry

We baked some cookies last week to highlight "irreversible changes" to matter. It was also a good excuse to eat chocolate chip cookies!

Have a great week everyone!