Yaldhurst Transport Museum Visit

Today we went to the Yaldhurst Transport Museum. We liked it. By Josh

I went to the Yaldhurst Transport Museum today. It was fun. Then we were at school again. By Erin

I went to the museum with my group. I like the bike the best. It was fun at the museum. By Maya

On Tuesday I went to the Transport Museum and I saw a car and I saw a motor bike. By Trinity


We had a great trip to the Yaldhurst Transport Museum today. A big THANK YOU to Erin, Ron, Karen, and Gabriela who guided us around and helped us answer questions. We all enjoyed the trip.
Check out this link for some photos:

Yaldhurst Transport Museum Visit

At today's Junior Assembly Danny, Rheubyn, and Will received certificates for being cheerful, caring, and considerate members of the Junior Syndicate. 

Congratulations, Danny, Rheubyn, and Will, we are proud of you.

Today Benjamin turned 6. 

We wish you a Happy Birthday and a great year being 6.

Term 2 Week 5 - Certificate

At our Whole School Assembly this week Wil received the certificate for his reading progress.

Congratulations, Wil, we are proud of you.

Today we wrote about attending the Junior School mass. Here are some of the stories:

I went to mass yesterday. I thought it was lots and lots of fun. By Amelia

On Sunday it was Junior mass. I did a prayer. Annabel did a prayer too. Mrs Kundycki-Carrell was proud of Annabel and me. By Rose

I went to mass with my class. By Will

At reading time we read books about transport. Check out these pictures:

Junior School Mass

Thank you for attending the Junior School Mass today. I am very proud of the children, their behaviour was fantastic. Annabel and Rose read their prayers beautifully.

This week:

Monday: Whole School Assembly in church; Sausage Sizzle - $1:50. Order outside the library before school.

Tuesday: Trip to Yaldhurst Transport Museum.

Term 2 Week 4 'Star of the Week'

What an exciting day we had today. There was a lot of action around the new location of Rooms 8 and 9. We all enjoyed watching as the builders put poles and pyramids under the classrooms before lowering the trailer and driving the truck out. The truck stopped in our playground while the men put the sides of the trailer away before driving it out of the school. 
We saw a man dig holes with a special machine and this afternoon a concrete mixer came. 

There will be plenty to watch over the next week as the builders prepare the rooms and surrounds for children to move into.
This has linked nicely with our Transport topic.


This week we have been looking at different types of horse drawn transport. Has your child asked you about 'shank's pony'? We will see horse drawn vehicles at the Yaldhurst Museum on Tuesday.

The  'Star of the Week’ for Week 4 is  Rose.

Rose is a hard worker who always does her best. She is also a fantastic role model.

Thank you, Rose, it's great to have you in our room.

Remember our Junior School Mass at 9am on Sunday. I am looking forward to seeing you all there. Meet outside Room 2 at 8:45am.

Relocation

Wow! What great excitement around school today. Big trucks, big noise, big job. Rooms 8 and 9 have moved to their new location. Check out these photos to see what happened.

Term 2 Week 4

At our Whole School Assembly this week Will received the certificate for writing a great poem about autumn leaves. 

Congratulations, Will, we are proud of you.

Will's poem has been already posted on the blog, but here it is again: 

I Found a Leaf

I found a leaf

It has lots of lines

It's all yellow and spiky

It's little with points

It looks like it is a star ship.

Denver received a Principal's Award for her great story writing. Well done, Denver, we are proud of you.

I went to the beach. My Dad and I skipped stones. It was fun. My Dad was chuffed  

because I skipped stones. My Mum took pictures. My Mum was proud when I came home.

Notes:

*In Religious Education we are learning about God. This week we will talk about names. It would be great if the children were able to share something about their name, what it means, and why they were given it. Thank you for taking the time to discuss this with your child.

*Next Tuesday the Junior Syndicate will be visiting the Yaldhurst Transport Museum. This will be a great way for us to gather information about our Transport topic. If you are able to help, please return the completed notice as soon as possible. Thanks.

Term 2 Week 3 'Star of the Week'

Today we enjoyed working with our Room 4 buddies. They came to our room and helped us to write autumn poems. First we looked at a leaf and discussed ways to describe it, then we followed the same pattern as the poems we wrote earlier in the week to create a poem. It was good to have a big buddy to write down our ideas.
After morning tea we glued leaves onto long pieces of paper. Our teacher published our poems and glued them onto the paper. Come into Room 2 or Room 4 to see the finished product and read our poems. Here's a few:

I Found a Leaf

I found a leaf

It has lots of spikes

It's all red and bumpy

It's curly with dark spots

It looks like it is an unopened umbrella

By Lily and Eden

I Found a Leaf

I found a leaf

It has lots of cracks

It's all brown and purple

It has a stem with veins

It looks like it is a hand waving

By Bella, Marika, and Trinity

I Found a Leaf

I found a leaf

It has lots of veins

It's all brown and old

It's scrunchy with lots of holes

It looks like it is a hand

By Amelia and Katia

I Found a Leaf

I found a leaf

It has lots of veins

It's all green and yellow

It's bumpy with holes

It looks like it is a thumb

By Danny and Sam

The  'Star of the Week’ for Week 3 is  Benjamin.

Benjamin tries hard at all his work. He is focused and answers questions about our topics of learning.

Thank you, Benjamin, it's great to have you in our room.

This week we have been learning about questioning. We know that we ask questions to find out more information. We learnt about open and closed questions and about the difference between a question and a statement/comment. We know that good question starters are: Who, What, When, Where, Why, Which, and How.

News time is great for practising our questioning skills. It is pleasing to see the progress in the children's questioning. 

Forming questions is one of the first steps in the Inquiry Process.  We are now discussing what we know about transport and forming questions to help us find out more on this topic.

Next week we will refine our questions. The next step will be to gather information to answer these questions. Keep watching this space.

Enjoy the poems in the poetry book.

Have a relaxing weekend :)