Buddy Reading

Hi Families,

Something that we have started this term is ‘buddy reading’ with Year 2B.  The children have thoroughly enjoyed the last four weeks being able to show the Year 2 students our reading abilities and listening to their reading.  The Year 2’s also help us practise our Magic 100 words.   It is now a much anticipated part of our week.

Catch you soon,

Miss Richards

Gaining a Birds Eye View of Our Local Area

Well Families!

We made it to the top of Mt Nutt today and back to school again.  We were able to gain a ‘birds eye view’ of our beautiful Queens Bay and the surrounds of Queens Beach.  Thank you to the family members that came  along for our walk.  Your support is greatly valued!  Thank you to all my students who walked there and back without complaining!  It was only during the last leg that I heard….”How much further?”  The drawings that the children created to record the views they took in were awesome, demonstrating their understanding of such a complex concept.SAM_0596

The view from the top of the water tower.

The view from the top of the water tower.

Exploring Our Material World

Hi Everyone,

Below are links to two games that our students can play to help reinforce their understanding of materials and their properties.  This term in science we are building our base knowledge of what objects around us are made of and why they are made of that material.  For example, the children all agreed that if everything was made of paper we wouldn’t be very happy because if it rained everything would be fall apart or be ‘smooshed’.

Enjoy!

Miss Richards

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/6_7/grouping_materials.shtml

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks1/science/properties_of_materials/play/