Wow...we are already at the end of Week 4 - this term is vanishing before our eyes!! We have been busy, REALLY busy, but have been having a lot of fun along the way. We had our second lesson by Constable Rochelle around laws, rules and honesty - these lessons are great. The first lesson had students deconstructing "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" - wow...Goldie sure did break a lot of laws! We have also had our second hockey lesson with Julia - she is a fantastic hockey player and is teaching us some amazing skills. The laughter and encouragement during these lessons is fantastic. We are building on skills to prepare for the hockey tournament later this term.
In class we have been focusing on writing. We have completed a writing sample in the narrative style and some students really were stuck for ideas! This often comes back to the amount of reading they do, and I can't stress enough the importance of reading at home on a regular basis. It not only helps to calm down after a busy day, but it fills heads with images, vocabulary and ideas! We have continued on with weaving - students are finishing their round weaving sample - these are great fun. We are building up to felting, which will happen before the end of term.
Items required for our "Enterprise" have started arriving - each little package brings great excitement. We have to wait until ALL items are here before we begin the actual production of items. That will be a great week!!! Students have written their letters to secure a loan (and were all successful), have designed their company logo (with symmetry involved) and most have now worked out how much they need to "break even" and how many items to sell to make a profit!
We are also taking part in a Schoolkit activity to set our own world records. This has been hilarious. We are looking at superlatives (highest, biggest, fastest, most, etc) and an activity to do (throwing basketballs through hoops, watching, skipping etc.) and adding a twist of crazy (backwards, on one leg, blindfolded). We have set a few records and have more to do!
Next Monday our Student Council will be going to National Young Leaders' Day - great speakers this year including Amanda Wilson - so I am really looking forward to that!
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| Throwing Basketball hoops backwards, while blindfolded |
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| Skipping, blindfolded |
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| Catch and Swing on Tornado |
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| Hockey skills |
You always seem to come up with fun and stretching things to do, Room 5! Thanks to the council for their hard work (phew- it really was!) at the bottle flipping and flossing competition. Have a great time at NYLD
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