Week 7, Term 3

We bid a grand styled farewell to our friends who have gone on a Service trip to KUMA School in Cambodia as well as to the local schools in Bintan, Indonesia. 

  In Reading Workshop, we are well into our “Non-fiction” unit. This links perfectly with “Animal Adaptations” as the children are able to transfer a number of their reading skills as they research animals. The children are exploring a wide range of non-fiction texts and identifying features of information books, such as a Contents Page, Glossaries, Diagrams and Photographs, Labels and Index and so on. Over the coming weeks, we will explore how to use these features to access information from non-fiction texts in an efficient manner. This week, children formed ‘Reading Clubs’ with a partner, based on their interest. They are encouraged to delve deeper into topics that interest them and then share information with their classmates.

In Writing Workshop, our current unit, “All About Books,” allows for meaningful links across the curriculum. We are discussing ways to select topics to write about, planning ideas across the pages to make sure we are really “experts” before committing pencil to paper. Over the coming weeks, we will look at how we can sort everything we know about a specific topic into sections of a book so that they are not just a jumble of facts. 

In Mathematics, we continue to explore Repeating Patterns as well as Growing Patterns in our environment and looking at the differences between the two. Some of the questions children will be looking at are...

• What makes a pattern?

• Where do we experience patterns?

• Why are patterns important?

• What are similarities and differences between patterns?

• How can patterns change?

We have also been classifying, sorting and graphing animals based on their characteristics and habitats.



This Wednesday, we accompanied our G3 Buddies to create a mural using coins. The event called ‘Coins for Change’ was organised by the Bali Bridges committee to help the children of Bali Bridges. 


Thank you to Joaquin's dad for reading books to us this Tuesday!

Infant Aquatics Day
We had a brilliant day at the swimming complex! It was lovely to see the children showing their in-water skills and having a great, great time! I am so sorry I am unable to bring the pictures to you this week…as some of you may know, my iPhone dropped into the pool! I'm relying on Ms. Roses' camera so as soon as she is able to share the photos, I shall share them with you.

I am off to Bintan today with 22 of our K2 and G1 students and their parents. Really looking forward to this Service trip! Nanaki left for KUMA, Cambodia this Thursday and Sarah and Asher are leaving this afternoon to go to Bintan. We will have lots of stories to share with you once we come back. 

Have a great weekend!