Happy Halloween

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Happy Hallowe'en!

What a fun time was had by all at our Hallowe'en Celebration.  The children looked amazing in their costumes and had such fun playing Hallowe'en games.


Thun Thun attemps to eat his doughnut.

Luffy eats his prize.

Torch managed to get an apple.

Lunar is not going to be beaten!

The children 'dookin' for apples.

UOI


This week in UOI we have been investigating different types of materials and their suitability for building houses.  The children agreed whichever material was used would have to be waterproof.  This led to to testing materials to find out which were waterproof.  The children were given the task to make a cut out chicken waterproof.  I have to say the results were impressive.  Some of the materials the children used to make their chickens waterproof were; plastic bags, bubblewrap, laminates sheets and sticky tape.



Trevi uses bubblewrap to make his chicken waterproof.

Maths

The children have engaged in a number of various mathematical activities this week to reinforc; number recognition, addition and number bonds to 20.

Lunar makes a visual display of numbers using dot painting.

Prim makes towers with cubes according to the numbers on the card.

Thun Thun and Junior discover number bonds to 20.

Literacy


The children were also engaged in a variety of literacy activities ranging from' reading animal riddles to looking at spelling patterns from shared reading.

Lunar draws pictures from her sound can.

Thun Thun and Junior write the answers to the animal riddles.

Euro explores the contents of his sound can.


Trevi writes words with the same spelling pattern.

Attention

Open parents morning for Primary Years - Wednesday 6 November
We are holding an Open Morning for parents, friends and family on Wednesday 6 November with the intention for visitors to see what we do within our classes each day. This is a great opportunity to see our learning in action during period 1 and period 2. We will also have a special community morning tea after the event has finished. 

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