Classroom Learning
1A
2A
Our class has just completed writing a narrative. We read the book Lucy Goosey by Margaret Wild and then wrote our own stories about Lucy Goosey. Students needed to include expanded noun groups, evaluative language such as feelings and compound sentences in their stories. We have now started looking at writing alternate character descriptions based on fairy tale characters. Early next term we will present a character description to the class.
3A
3A have been working tirelessly on extending our vocabulary to make our narratives engaging to the reader. We are becoming experts on language features such as, noun groups and verb types. We also use our scientific language word bank to explain how night and day occur. In Maths, we can correctly order notes and coins based on their value.
4A
This term, Year 4 students have been learning about erosion in Science. The unit is called “Here Today, Gone Tomorrow” and is about the importance of preventing erosion. Mr Cookson, who is an agronomist, made a special visit to share an experiment with the Year 4 students and talk to them about the importance of our land, soil and reef and how we can look after them. Ileana who is in the photo, helped her father make the experiment and grow the grass. The experiment highlighted the difference between rain on soil with ground cover, compared to rain on soil without any cover. The students discussed the outcomes of the experiment and enjoyed leanring about Mr Cookson’s career path to becoming a scientist.
5A
In HASS students are learning to represent places and selected characteristics on a map. Also describing the relative location of Mexico and Sweden.
6A
Students in 6A have been working on some early algebra problems. To encourage them to show their working, they are given the correct answer and must show/explain how the answer is found. Using this method often forces students to try a range of strategies in order to come to the correct response. It also generates valuable discussion. The answer to this problem is ten. See if you can figure out how it works. HINT: Look closely at the number of choc chips, the number of bananas, and the hands on the clocks. Oh, and don't forget your order of operations rules!
