We are so very excited this week to have our brand new multi-touch interactive board up and running.
This morning we used it for numeracy games (available on our own class blog in the learning activities tab!).
We look forward to applying it to a range of lesson activities to enrich our learning experiences!
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A reminder that school starts for teachers and students on Monday 10 October, 2016.
See you there!
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The last few weeks of term 3 went by so quickly! Luckily we captured many memorable moments…
 Basketball skills |
 GALA Day – Netball |
 Our skills are improving |
 Enjoying sport |
 Engaged in a maths challenge! |
 Book Week celebrations |
 Getting ready for the parade |
 So many amazing costumes |
 Healthy eating – fruit smoothies |
Our smoothies were delicious! |
Several times a week, we have reading groups. We rotate through a variety of literacy activities to develop our writing, spelling, speaking, reading and comprehension.
Have a look at us engaged in learning experiences below…
 Literacy activities in small groups |
 Spelling and writing tasks |
 Creative writing |
 Using technology to collaborate and learn |
 Building reading stamina |
 Independent reading |
We are finding Geography to be a fascinating subject. This term (and this week) we have been learning about environments and climates around the world and within Australia. We are also exploring why environments are significant, what threats they experience and how they can be or are protected.
 Learning about climate zones |
 Climate zones in Australia |
 Learning about Australian environments |
 Playing fruit salad with maths questions |
We recited a funny poem called The Creature In The Classroom (by Jack Prelutsky). The video is coming soon!
It is a humorous poem about a monster/creature that enters a classroom and eats all the classroom resources. The teacher yells at the creature until the creature eats the teacher at the end!
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We hope you enjoyed the performance!
A reminder that Banks will be performing at assembly tomorrow (12 August).
When: 2:15pm
Where: Hall
This week we celebrated Education Week, including open classrooms, where Banks were very fortunate to be visited by family members to discuss their learning.
Have a look at our week…
 Learning about weather |
 Working in small groups |
 Completing a visible thinking routine |
 Being read a lovely story by Mrs M – thank you! |
 Combining maths and art |
 What can we make with a square? |
 Mrs S reading ‘The Perfect Square’ |
 Using our imagination to create something out of a square |
 One of our crafty creations |
 We enjoyed integrating literacy with art and maths |
What a fabulous start to the term! Look at our exciting photos below and read on to find out about our week…
In week 3 we had our athletics carnival. We ran many races, including 800m, 400m, 100m and relays. It was great for our fitness, sporting skills and teamwork.
Maths groups lessons have also been very enjoyable, especially with learning about standard and non-standard partitioning. We have been learning to break numbers according to their place value (and in other flexible ways) to help us build and understand numbers.
Our art lesson was a special one this week because it was all about celebrating our unique and positive qualities. Inside each handprint is a student name and great qualities that they chose to write to describe themselves. They are on display outside our room – come and have a look!
Question: What have you enjoyed learning about in term 3 so far?
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Term 3 has started with an important celebration – acknowledging the positive qualities of both ourselves and our friends!
Banks sat in a circle and each person received a piece of paper. We wrote our name at the top and discussed what makes someone special, valued or important to us.
Mrs R then asked everyone in the circle to pass their paper to the person to their left, in order to receive someone else’s piece of paper. We had to read the person’s name and then write something positive about them.
We kept rotating until we ended up back with our own paper, which was filled with lovely compliments!
We enjoyed reflecting on and celebrating the positive attributes of everyone in class Banks.
