What's Up - Week 3

Week Three sees the beginning of homework. This year we will be completing as much homework as possible online within Google Drive.  If this method isn’t going to work for your child, we are more than happy to look other options, however we would like everyone to try for a few weeks first.

On the 22nd of February we will be going to the Stratford Pool for a session on water safety and survival. All Year 7 and 8’s will attend this session. At the same time we will be completing trials for Turnball Cup. An outside swimming coach with help with the selection of this team. We will be travelling by bus on this day. More information will be sent home later in the week.

Continuing with the water safety theme we are lucky enough to have secured a day at TOPEC where we will complete an action packed day of river safety. We feel river safety is really important for many of our kids with rivers on farms and around in our everyday lives. This day will be on the 12th of April. We will be requiring parent help and since the cost of this day is quite high we will be needing parent cars to transport us to and from TOPEC. More information will be sent home closer to the day.

Within the classroom we are busy completing maths, reading and writing tasks as well as some cool art to brighten up our rooms. We continue swimming each day, weather permitting. In maths students are completing a task where they have to construct a tiny house. The house has to have furniture and other required features incorporated. All pieces of furniture have to have their area and perimeter measured and recorded. So this forms our first mathematical focus. In reading students will be begin novel studies this week. These novels will be read in class. Once finished students complete a set of questions based around comprehension and critical thinking. Last week, in writing, we started a piece which required students to be descriptive and show the readers through descriptive words where the story was set. These pieces will be edited and posted onto blogs throughout this week.

Digital Citizenship and online safety is a focus for the beginning of the year. We will be completing lessons in class around this very important subject. Students have also been asked to complete an online game for homework over the next few weeks that is based around making them think about being safe online.

Have a great week.