Compound Word Pictionary

Hi everyone!

This week we have had fun during literacy exploring compound words.  Everyone enjoyed the task "Compound Word Pictionary" where we broke into two teams and each illustrated our compound words.  The competition was tight and on this occasion ended in a draw!  We look forward to playing this again sometime soon  - have a look at some of the pictures below from today's wonderful session.   Cheerio for now - Ms Jolly and 4A

Term Two Chills!

Welcome to back another term in Grade 4A! 

We are very excited this term to be having cookery in the canteen kitchen which has now been re-fitted for us to use.  So far this term we have already prepared several dips, home made pitta crisps and vegetable soup - apparently this has been a great hit with everyone, and students have been discussing how they have gone home and made soup for their families!

Quidditch has started with a bang already, and we are now two rounds in for the wonderful Grade 3s and 4s who are braving the cold to play on Tuesday lunchtimes.  Remember to rug up!

Cheerio for now

Ms Jolly

Welcome to 4A 2017!

Welcome back for another exciting year at KPS!

4A have got off to a flying start this year, and we have many CALC ("creating a learning community") activities now under our belt.  The most important of these were our personal goal setting (which we will discuss with parents and caregivers at the upcoming Parent Teacher interviews) as well as creating a code of conduct for our classroom.

We have also had some exciting visits to start the year already in Grade 4: on Monday of this week students were visited by Alison from St John Ambulance. Students were able to practice CPR and learn about what to do when there is an emergency.  Students loved this free program, and all of them felt it was a valuable reminder of what to do when providing first aid.

Today (Thursday) we have been outside participating in tennis "Hot Shots" clinics.  We all enjoyed the opportunity to practice our tennis skills outside in the cool of the morning!

We look forward to many more wonderful things happening in our grade this year!

Cheerio for now -

Ms Jolly and 4A

Gizmos, Gadgets, Feathers and Leaves!

What an intriguing start to a blog post!  This term is 3B we are studying the topic "Feathers, Fur and Leaves" for science - our budding investigators have already begun to explore what biological systems are and how things in our lives are catagorised.  We have started a Science Table and Chat board with 3A and below are our current exhibits - and our new class pet, Fang!

During this term we are also beginning to investigate Simple Machines - or Gizmos and Gadgets. All of our students have enjoyed bringing in their simple machines from home: below our budding inventor Matt shows off his home made pulley while Josh proudly holds his drone! Great job on bringing these in for share and learn everyone!

We're looking forward to camp now, and as we head towards the end of year, to the exciting times we still have ahead in 3B!

Cheerio for now -

Ms Jolly and 3B

Let's Upcycle!

Hello students and parents of 3B -

Our topic this term is "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle", and with that in mind we spent a fantastic afternoon using newspapers that would have ordinarily been thrown straight in the bin to make structures.  Our challenge was to re-use the newspapers to create a cubby house, structure or shelter for one of the Grade 3s to sit underneath.  We had a wonderful time making these structures and getting another use our of waste paper.  Later this week we are upcycling old water bottles and clothes to make "Bubble Snake Makers" - recycling can be a lot of fun!

A big finish to term in 3B!

Welcome back to 3B!

We have had an amazing  couple of weeks in 3B! This week we were treated to an Athletics clinic where we participated in a lot of activities such as hurdling, running and javelin throwing (the javelins were rubber chickens!)  We all had a wonderful time during this clinic: thanks Ms G for organising this extra sports clinic for us!



We also had our celebration incursion for our "Inventors" Unit.  Karen from TechKids ran a fantastic program where we built and programmed a model spinning top.  What a wonderful way to finish off our unit discovering inventions!  Have a look at some photos from our incursion below. . .

Something Wonderful. . .

Welcome again to 3B's blog!

We have been busy in our grade over the past several weeks preparing for Open Night, Education week and also NAPLAN.  All students handled their first official testing period with great maturity: well done everyone in Grade 3 on getting the first NAPLANs under your belt!

Along with the business of the past few weeks we have also been focusing on narrative writing, culminating in each student publishing a picture story book of a fractured fairy tale. These have been very popular in both grades, and we have been sharing them during independent reading sessions.

Students have also been studying Inventions Around the World in their integrated unit.  Combining both reading response skills and imagination, students were asked to create an invention of their own based on the book "Something Wonderful" by Raewyn Caisley & Karen Blair.  Some of our budding inventors suggested the following:

* Eliza P said she would "borrow her neighbour's rabbits, connect them together and make a lawn mower

* Micheal B said he would make a large self-moving rabbit feeder

*Evie K said she would dismantle her computer to make a robot gymnastics teacher. 

These were just some of the great ideas from our wonderful thinkers in 3B!

Cheerio for now - Ms Jolly and 3B