Thursday, 30 August 2012

Term 3, Week 8


Fist of all, huge thanks to those lovely mothers who helped us out with our Junior Masterchef Pizza Challenge last Friday – we all had a fabulous time chopping, grating, designing and eating our tasty treats! We also had a special treat on Thursday when we watched the environmental film (from the Dr Seuss classic!) The Lorax – thanks to Mrs Mansson from Room 4 who shared her DVD with us :) We also began thinking about character as part of our drama focus, exploring voice and movement through descriptive language and through acting out.

Unfortunately our Grasshopper Tennis lesson was rained out last week, but we begin again today ($5 to Miss Driver please if you have not paid already :)) and there will be an additional lesson in the final week of term to ensure that all children get the full four lessons :) 

We will also continue to look at character in combination with our listening focus for music – we’ll explore the ways in which classical composers have used different instruments, rhythms, pitching and expression to convey the characters in Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf, and in Saint Saens’s Carnival of the Animals, as well as to tell a story. We look forward to visiting the Recycling Centre on Thursday morning (if you have kindly volunteered to provided transport, please be at school at 9am as we will orgnanise ourselves then go!) to learn more about what happens to the things we put in our blue recycling bins!

We are excited about working on some calendar art with Mrs Jessop on Wednesday :)

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