Term 4, Week 3

Thanks again everyone for another excellent week in Room 3. We have really been enjoying the sunshine and getting outside during our break times and our training sessions for athletics. Although it was a shorter school week, we still managed to fit in a lot of reading, writing, maths and technology. Did you see our recyled newspaper fashions on the school blog? We were proud to share our designs in junior assembly, together with some of our writing. We loved learning to weave paper with Mrs Jessop on Wednesday, and plaiting our own friendship bracelets on Friday. Fabric and fibre is certainly turning out to be an awesome art focus for us!

This week we’ll continue our athletics training by practising a range of jumping techniques, however our particular focus will be on maths as we begin our new measuring unit – capacity. Monday will kick off with an exciting introduction to baking as we measure out our ingredients for our very own – real! – gingerbread men! On Tuesday we’ll further explore capacity with a sandpit session, and we’ll be reflecting on and evaluating our ideas on Thursday and Friday. It’s tricky to understand the difference between capacity, size and shape – we might be in for some surprises! We’re also looking forward to making our very own recycled sock puppets in art/technology, as we recreate our favourite characters from the Gingerbread Man story.

Please check out our awesome calendar art – orders close on Friday!!!

Finally, please note that nits have been about once again in Room 3 – notices were sent out to all families last week. In order to eradicate the problem, it is essential that all children have their hair checked over every night, and that nits are treated immediately (with repeat inspections and treatment after one week). Nits are passed from one child to another through contact between the children’s hair as they sit, stand or play closely together. While nits are a reality of school life, with everyone on board we can certainly hope to minimise the spread!