Practise Sheets T2 Week 5 - 9

Practise Sheets for Term 2 Weeks 5 - 9 are now available. Click on the Practise Sheets Term 2 tab to find the link.

Term 2

Hello to everyone again! We are well into Term 2 now. 

Here’s a snapshot of what to expect.

We have spent the first few weeks of the term revising concepts to prepare for NAPLAN. I am very proud of the way your children conducted themselves during the NAPLAN testing time. Each one gave their very best effort with a positive attitude.

As we move into the remaining weeks of the term we can expect to cover topics such as;

English

·         Visual Literacy - picture books, advertisements and short films
·         Reading Strategies such as predicting, compare and contrast and connecting
·         Grammar - verbs (action, saying, thinking), clauses in complex sentences and collective nouns
·         Punctuation - quotation marks, ellipses, brackets, colons and hyphens
·         Spelling - phonemes au, aw, ie, ew, or, our, sc, alk, eigh, augh, along with some spelling rules
·         Speaking & Listening - super scientist

Maths
·         measurement - length, mass, capacity
·         symmetry
·         number
·         chance

Science

We have finished our Earth & Space science inquiry. Students have chosen a planet to research. They have presented their research on a poster, made a 3D model of their chosen planet and then given an oral presentation. We will now study living things in a Biological Science unit.

HASS

We will be looking at festivals from around the world.

Just a reminder that Super Scientist is just around the corner. Students will present an experiment this semester. I have put a timetable up on the classroom door for students to see what day they are scheduled to present their experiment. Further information regarding this competition can be found on an earlier post.

So much fun to be had in Room 20!!

Science Inquiry Projects - Planets

Wow have we been busy! I'm sure the children have told you all about the planet they chose to research and then design. We have found out some amazing facts about planets during this inquiry. Each planet design had to represent features of their planet. For example, you will see a model of Mars with a satellite on it, Earth with a person on it and many representations of storms and rings that circle certain planets. Please enjoy these photos of some awesome projects and planets.

Super Scientist

AIM: To promote interest in Science and develop Scientific understandings, with an oral language focus.

WHAT IS IT? A competition from Yr 1- 6, where all students give a 2 minute science based presentation. This presentation can take the form of an experiment.  The experiment does not have to relate to your current science topic. We are looking for the students to not just show us a cool science experiment, but be able to explain the science behind the experiment, and explain it to their audience in an enthusiastic, detailed manner.

There are three ‘levels’ to the competition, which will culminate in an overall winning student from each year level, who will then present their demonstration to the whole school, at a special assembly.

By the 31st of May, each classroom will determine 1-3 students who are their ’top’ presenters. This means that, over the course of 4-5 days, all students deliver their presentations to the class, and the teacher will assess each presentation and work out the finalists.

By the 7th of June, we select an overall ‘Year Level’ winner. This involves ALL the Year 3 classes getting together while the class finalists deliver their presentation for a second time. The Yr 3 teachers then make a decision who the overall Yr 3 winner is.

The final stage is the whole school assembly, where we celebrate the individual winner from each Year Level. Each winner gets to present their experiment to the entire school. We then hand out certificates to all class finalists, and give a special certificate and prize to the overall winners. The exact date and time of this assembly will be determined at a later date.

Super Scientist

It's time for our Super Scientist Competition for this semester. Students will prepare a short experiment, 2 mins, to present to the class. Please find a schedule for the presentations below.