by Simone AFFLECK | Mar 25, 2021 | Grade 3
Part of our literacy this week has been reading and analyzing poems. We are becoming good at recognizing the language features that are used by poets. Learning to reading certain poems in rhythm can take some practice. We have been surprised that although some poems...
by Simone AFFLECK | Mar 18, 2021 | Grade 3
As Grade 3 learn about how goods and services are traded, we had a Trading Thursday today. During the week we practised bartering to negotiate on an agreed price through role play. Mr Isles joined in our role play but wasn’t happy with the deal so wasn’t successful in...
by Michael CLARK | Mar 18, 2021 | Grade 3
Today was a very exciting day for the students. Each child brought in an item they no longer needed hoping they could swap for something they wanted. We started the ‘Swap Shop’ by walking round the tables to see what was available. If they saw something...
by Margot SIMONDS | Mar 18, 2021 | Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Library
This week the library has been hopping, with books coming in and out, a new Scholastic Book Order opening ( see more below) and students talking lots about reading. We are still working hard to organize and get the library up to date. There are quite a few...
by Michael CLARK | Feb 25, 2021 | Grade 3, The Grades
I would like to thank all parents and students for the lovely cards and delicious chocolates for teachers day yesterday. In all the years I have been teaching I have never experienced such lovely comments.As a class we raised a total of 87 OMR, which is a great...
by Margot SIMONDS | Feb 25, 2021 | Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Library, The Grades
Primary Information Literacy classes read ” Stand Up Tall, Molly Lou Melon” by Patty Lovell this week and really took a close look at ways to describe characters. We looked at physical descriptions, as well as personality characteristics and also...
