HAPPY FRIYAY DECEMBER 6!

Can you believe today is our last Friyay together as school finishes on Thursday next week!?! Tonight is the school carols! Our classes are performing at 7:40pm. Please meet us by the OSHC room then! We can’t wait to see the beautiful Christmas colours and cheer on stage as we perform our two carol songs.

CHRISTMAS WRITING PROMPT

Choose one of the following clips to guide your writing!

CHRISTMAS BASED INVESTIGATIONS!

• Noah – In investigations I played with Raf and the sticks and I became a reindeer
• Mary – In investigations me and Kiziah Miss Moore and you a gift
• Eva – In investigations me and Ebony made a Christmas shop
• Raf – In investigations I got a lot of people to join me build a sleigh and some people were reindeers and some were elves
• Libby – In investigations I played Minecraft education and made a nativity scene
• Nevada – In investigations me and Cierra built a Christmas building in Minecraft
• Bianca – In investigations me and Annaliese made a God with paper
• Lucas – In investigations me and Jaiden were playing Minecraft. We made a house
• Aidan – In investigations me, Deakyn and a lot of friends helped making a Santa sleigh
• Jevan – In investigations me and Darcy built a elf wearing a hard hat
• Deakyn – In investigations me and Nate were building a Merry Christmas boat. Me and Raf had an idea to make a sleigh
• Annaliese – In investigations I made a chatter box and Bianca taught me how to make a boat
• Anna – In investigations I made a reindeer ears and you had to put it at the back behind your hair
• Dion – In investigations me and my friends built a sleigh and I was an elf
• Aurora – In investigations I built a Santa house. It was Santa in their house

TRIP TO THE PARK

• Lara – At the park I used Zest, Bravery
• Joseph – At the park I used creativity, mindful agency too
• Jake – At the park me and Jevan used the Character Strengths of bravery and zest. We saw a spider and didn’t get too scared!
• Krystian – I used bravery when we were all climbing the trees with everyone and Miss B
• Tcross – At the park I used Zest by moving around and being active
• Raf – I used bravery and perseverance because when I was climbing the trees, my fear is heights!
• Kurt – I saw Mason use bravery by climbing up the metal thing!
• Noah – I used bravery when I was jumping off the swings
• Dion – I used bravery when I was climbing the trees
• Aidan – I used bravery because I was climbing up the high trees
• Ava – I used bravery and creativity by having a race with Annaliese

The carols night begins at 6:00pm and our classes are performing at 7:40pm! See you there!!

WISE MEN WEDNESDAY…

December 4!

SPANISH REFLECTION

LIBRARY

Today we returned our readers for the last time this year. We cannot express how important it is to keep reading over the Christmas break. All of us have made such incredible improvements with reading and the various different strategies and skills that connect with reading. We are confident in reading aloud, reading for meaning, reading for comprehension, fluency, expression and projecting our voices. Please utilise public libraries over the break for loaning! 🙂 

CHARACTER STRENGTH PORTRAITS!

We see Character Strengths in each of us! This morning we drew a portrait of a friend and included their top Character Strengths.

PRAYER

Christmas signifies Jesus’ birth.

How do YOU celebrate Christmas?

• Libby- How my family celebrates Christmas is that we have a Christmas party at someones house, we have a big feast
• Ava- I don’t really celebrate it much but we put nice decorations on the tree
• Iris- Every time when its Christmas my grandma cooks a German feast
• Rhoda- How my family celebrates Christmas is that we open presents at our house and then go to my aunts house and we open presents there and have a lunch
• Aurora- How we celebrate Christmas we open a present from my aunty who lives in QLD and then on Christmas morning we open presents and then have a big Christmas dinner with my aunty
• Bianca- My family celebrates Christmas by putting music in the house and have a big feast for dinner
• Anna- My family doesn’t really celebration Christmas but at my mums house we have a tree and we decorate it
• Jake- If I was not going to America this year we would celebrate with a Christmas tree that has a carpet underneath it and put Disney decorations and balls and balls with our name on it
• Joey- In the morning I got to my grandparents house and we have a big breakfast with the rest of my family and we put up the Christmas tree and all of us have a ball with our name on it
• Akem- My family doesn’t celebrate Christmas that much but we go to temple
• Kristina- Me and my family go Christmas shopping
• Dion- I have lunch and dinner with both sides of my family
• TT- My family celebrates Christmas by waiting for each other to open presents and we put music on and go to Church and then have a big dinner
• Nate- I go to my aunty’s house with my cousins and we do activities, like Secret Santa
• Krystian- On Christmas Day we go to my neighbour then sometimes go to Victor Harbour
• Mia- On Christmas Day my family goes to grandma’s house and we have a feast

Prayers:

• Libby- Dear God I hope me and my family have a wonderful Christmas this year
• Ava- Dear God, Please make sure everyone’s Christmas is happy even the families I don’t know
• Kristina- Dear God, Thank you for my teachers because they always help me learn new things
• TT- Dear God, thank you for my teachers because they planned this dining hall today
• Cierra- Dear God, thank you for preparing this food for us because some people don’t have food
• Anna- Dear God, thank you for this dining hall because some people are not lucky enough to have food
• Iris- Dear God, thank you for making the blue star in the sky

3IB 3JM SHARED CHRISTMAS LUNCH

Set up!

Finding a spot ready to say a prayer!

Serving, eating and enjoying a meal together!!!

CHRISTMAS LUNCH REFLECTION

• Samurai – My favourite part about our Christmas Lunch was the food
• Krystian – My favourite part about our Christmas Lunch was the fun and the food and that we got to speak to our friends
• Stephen – My favourite part about our Christmas Lunch was the lettuce
• Annaliese – My favourite part about our Christmas Lunch was when we prayed and had a little bit of food
• Eva – My favourite part about our Christmas Lunch was having fun with all of my friends
• Maddox – My favourite part about our Christmas Lunch was the food was nice
• Iris – I liked the drinks!
• Bella – My favourite part about our Christmas Lunch was eating the food!
• Mia – My favourite part about our Christmas Lunch was eating the ice-cream and jelly
• Dion – My favourite part about our Christmas Lunch was eating with my friends
• Deakyn – My favourite part about our Christmas Lunch was having fun and eating with my friends
• Mason – My favourite part about our Christmas Lunch was eating all the food
• Jevan – My favourite part about our Christmas Lunch was sitting with my friends
• Bianca – My favourite part about our Christmas Lunch was eating food and praying
• Nevada – My favourite part about our Christmas Lunch was sharing food with all my friends
• Cierra – My favourite part about our Christmas Lunch was doing the prayer
• Kurt – My favourite part about our Christmas Lunch was eating ice-cream with my friends
• Rhoda – My favourite part about our Christmas Lunch was trying a new food a lettuce
• Angok – My favourite part about our Christmas Lunch was ice-cream and jelly
• Raf – My favourite part about our Christmas Lunch was eating all the yummy food
• Jake – My favourite part about our Christmas Lunch was trying out a new food, a carrot and lettuce and white meat
• Aidan – My favourite part about our Christmas Lunch was popping the bon bons
• Lynn – My favourite part about our Christmas Lunch was eating the food and having fun with my friends and talking
• Holly – My favourite part about our Christmas Lunch was everything!!!!!!!!

LARA’S 9TH BIRTHDAY  

• Kurt- You have so many character strengths
• Libby- You are such a great friend and make my laugh and you are beautiful
• Bianca- She is very smart and kind to her friends
• Aurora- She makes me laugh and is creative
• Eva- She is kind and beautiful
• Cierra- Lara uses her character strengths and has a smile on her face

Feeling marvellous? It is Monday! 

MUSIC

• Makur – We practiced our carols!

POS ED

This morning we used Mojo to help us chat about overcoming challenges.

PRAYER and RELIGION

Today we were introduced to the Christmas Story and what happened leading up to Jesus’ birth. We used real-life clips to support our understanding as Miss Battifuoco read the Bible passages.

We used our critical thinking skills to create a newspaper article detailing the good news!!!

INVESTIGATIONS – Provocation: CHRISTMAS! CHRISTMAS! CHRISTMAS!

• Darcy created his own Christmas animation using iMovie and Gacha life and shared to the class
• Thank you to Makur, Nate, Jevan and Jake who happily added some extra Christmas decoration to our room
• Rhoda, Aidan, Holly, Jasmine, Ann all created a house using the play sticks
• Mary, Keren and Kiziah created extra special Christmas cards
• Joey and Dion practiced their Christmas drawing skills
• Kristina and Tcross created a Christmas iStop motion
• Andy, Mason and Maddox created a Santa using Lego
• Samurai and Iris were creating a imaginary zoo

HAPPY 9th BIRTHDAY KRISTINA!

• Tcross – Kristina is a very good friend and she’s also very smart and kind
• Cierra – Kristina is a very good friend and she’s always positive 
• Anna – Kristina is a good friend and she always hugs me when she sees me 
• Nevada – She always makes me laugh 
• Holly – Kristina is full of great ideas!
• Aidan – You’re a good girl 🙂
• Jasmine – You always use your creativity 
• Ann – You use a lot of character strengths and you always smile! 
• Deakyn – You always use love to your friends 
• Bianca – Kristina is a very good friend and she’s very nice
• Miss Moore – Kristina is very helpful and a good friend to every one in the class 
• Makur – Kristina is very nice and friendly 

Thank you for a wonderful day of learning. See you tomorrow 🙂

Welcome to TREMENDOUS TUESDAY!

Guess what…

BRAINTEASER – CHOOSE DAY TUESDAY

Would you rather be a reindeer or an elf…?

Would you rather give or receive a present…?

Would you rather Father Christmas came down the chimney or through the front door…?

SUM PRACTICE

Provocation: Find a partner and give each other different math sums to work out and record! 

FITNESS 

We visited Grevillia Park today. Skills of collaboration, teamwork, risk-taking and nature play were on show! Look at our awesome group photo at the end 🙂

PRAYER – What really happens when we are grateful?

• Libby – You can get better sleep
• Angok – Smile more
• Nevada – You become happier
• Jevan – You get kinder so you can do other stuff for people
• Lynn – When you are grateful, peoples minds get happier and they even try their best for something
• Anna –  You can help people and tell them something like a compliment
• Holly – When you’re grateful you’re calmer
• Bianca – When you’re grateful you’re calm and kind
• Ava – When you’re grateful you can feel more happy and get rid of all the bad things that come into your mind
• Annaliese – When you’re kind you have to be nice to everyone

What are you grateful for already in your day?

• Libby – I am grateful for going to the park because it was really fun
• Makur – I am grateful for the park and recess
• Mia – I am grateful for going to the park
• Frankie – I am grateful for the food that I ate today because some people don’t have a lot of food
• Rhoda – I am grateful for the brainteaser that we did this morning
• Lara – I am grateful for playing with my friends at the park
• Anna – I am grateful for playing handball with friends and being a dinosaur with Jake
• Bianca – I am grateful for the park because we played there
• Jevan – I am grateful for fitness so we could have fun with our friends
• Ava – I am grateful for playing with Bianca and playing spies

MATHS – PLACE VALUE RECAP

Together we discussed the different facts of place value that we know! We spoke about the different values of each column and how to represent numbers using expanded form and blocks! Each of us had a go at representing different numbers using different forms of place value.

Jasmine:

Kurt:

PE

• Makur – We played European Handball and I got to score

MINDFULNESS – ONLINE STORY BOOK

LITERACY

This afternoon together we read our new Shared Text…..

What type of character was the Grinch at the start?

• Jevan – He was a mean character. He took all the presents and everything in the house
• Akemjot – Because I think he wanted to ruin Christmas for everyone so he could get all the presents
• Anna – The Grinch was mean and awful at the start because he didn’t really like Christmas because it was too noisy. He was feeling left out
• Lynn – I think the Grinch stole Christmas because he heard everyone singing and it made him have a headache so he ruined Christmas so they could stop
• Deakyn – He took all the presents from the people and he saw them still celebrating Christmas

What did the people in Who-ville do once they found out the Grinch was trying to ruin Christmas?

• Angok – They sing

What did this show to The Grinch?

• Ann – They still want to celebrate Christmas even without presents they still wanted to celebrate they wanted to give than receive

We were given various activity provocations originating from the story – The Grinch including; Character Profiles, Wanted Posters etc.

Have a lovely night! We will see you tomorrow for library borrowing day!

Welcome to FRIYAY November 21!

SPORTS ASSEMBLY

Well done to all the children who participated in the different sporting carnivals throughout the year. These children were presented to the school! Great growth mindset guys! 🙂

PRAYER

Do you think Jesus and God would be proud of your sporting efforts? Why?

• Aidan – We tried hard
• Jake – It is something that you’re proud of so Jesus or God is proud of you
• Joey – God would be proud because you tried your best and didn’t give up
• Anna – God and Jesus are proud of us because we tried our hardest and tried a growth mindset
• Aurora – I think God and Jesus are proud of us because we worked hard to get the opportunity to do it
• Deakyn – We use all our bravery and perseverance for it
• Mia – If its not your thing you can still try it using bravery

What do you think is the one thing God and Jesus are proud of with you?

• Noah – I think Jesus is proud of me because I am helping my mum with everything
• Angok – I think Jesus is proud of me because I help my mum
• Jaiden – I think Jesus is proud of me because I draw. When I can’t draw it and I keep trying
• Frankie – I think God is proud of me when I try new things
• William – I think God is proud of me because I am smart at school
• Nate – I think God is proud of me because I help people when they need help
• Krystian – I think God is proud of me because we all try at the carnivals and in class
• Keren – God is proud of me because I listen to my older sisters
• Makur – I think God is proud of me because I help my uncle

INVESTIGATIONS

MINDFULNESS

Specks of Gold from our Week 

• Aidan – My speck of gold for the week is going to the Book Fair
• Angok – My speck of gold for the week is having investigations
• Andy – My speck of gold for the week is fitness
• Akemjot – My speck of gold for the week is doing art in this classroom
• Ann – My speck of gold for the week is investigations
• Annaliese – My speck of gold for the week is playing with my friends and different people
• Anna – My speck of gold for the week is Miss B giving me this and Manseerat’s birthday
• Aurora – My speck of gold for the week is coming back to school
• Ash – My speck of gold for the week is the sports presentation
• Ava – My speck of gold for the week is learning a new program today
• Bianca – My speck of gold for the week is playing with my cousin
• Cierra – My speck of gold for the week is playing handball
• Deakyn– My speck of gold for the week is Dion because he’s like a brother to me and we think of the same thing almost all the time
• Dion – My speck of gold for the week is playing with Deakyn
• Ebony – My speck of gold for the week is playing hand ball with friends
• Eva – My speck of gold for the week is  having investigations
• Frankie – My speck of gold for the week is being friends with Holly
• Gabriella – My speck of gold for the week is playing cricket at sports
• Holly – My speck of gold for the week is playing with Frankie
• Iris – My speck of gold for the week is doing investigations
• Jas – My speck of gold for the week is having fun with friends
• Jaiden – My speck of gold for the week is learning
• Joey – My speck of gold for the week is doing art
• Jake – My speck of gold for the week is my delicious and really tasty lunch
• Keren – My speck of gold for the week is going into the library at lunch
• Kiziah – My speck of gold for the week is going on the oval
• Kristina – My speck of gold for the week is doing a project about clouds
• Kurt – My speck of gold for the week is playing Bey Blades with my friends
• Krystian – My speck of gold for the week is playing Bey Blades with my friends
• Lucas – My speck of gold for the week is doing math
• Lara – My speck of gold for the week is doing drama
• Lynn – My speck of gold for the week is being with the whole class
• Libby – My speck of gold for the week is doing drama
• Mary – My speck of gold for the week is the quiz is fun
• Mia – My speck of gold for the week is doing home work
• Mason – My speck of gold for the week is playing chasey with my friends
• Maddox – My speck of gold for the week is playing games with my friends
• Makur – My speck of gold for the week is
• Noah – My speck of gold for the week is learning new things every day
• Nevada – My speck of gold for the week is playing handball with my sister and Cierra
• Nate – My speck of gold for the week is playing with all my friends
• Rhoda – My speck of gold for the week is doing vertical subtraction
• Samurai – My speck of gold for the week is playing Bey Blades
• Tcross – My speck of gold for the week is doing drama and art
• William – My speck of gold for the week is doing math

We ended our Friday with some collaborative games on the oval.

Have a lovely weekend! See you in week 7!

WELCOME TO MAGICAL MONDAY!

We hope you had a wonderful weekend filled with many Specks of Gold! Ours sure were…

CHARACTER STRENGTH

I dare you not to laugh…

What makes you laugh?

• Libby- What makes me laugh is funny youtube videos
• Jaiden- When someone makes me laugh and we both laugh
• Nate- When dogs tease other dogs
• Eva- When someone tells me a really funny joke
• Mia- When someone tells me a joke and we do funny things together
• Akem- It makes me laugh when people tell me a good joke
• Kiziah- When Mary tells funny stories or does something funny
• Rhoda- When ever my friends do something funny

How do you feel when you laugh?

• Cierra- I feel energised and happy
• TT- My bucked it filled
• Kristina- When I laugh I feel happy
• Lucas- I feel happy
• Mason- I feel good when stuff is funny
• Krystian- I feel happy
• Dion- I feel excited
• Joey- I feel humorous
• Jaiden- I feel tired if I laugh too much
• Lara- I feel happy
• Raf- I can’t breath when I laugh too much

Turn to the person next to you and tell them a joke to make them laugh!

Provocation – Use the word HUMOUR to create an acrostic poem:

FITNESS

PRAYER

Today it is Miss Corrine’s birthday. She is a very kind and lovely volunteer who comes into our classroom every week to read to the children. Today we gave her a very special happy birthday with our song and some bucket filling.

• Ann- You are really nice and love to help kids read and that’s nice
• Tcross- I have seen around since reception and you are beautiful and sweet
• Jaiden- This women is a nice teacher and she helps people read and when I get stuck she helps me
• Akem- Miss Corrine is a very good reader and always helps me
• Lynn- Miss Corrine is very nice to help our class read
• Krystian- Miss Corrine is very nice because she helps me to read

We talked about how volunteers give up their time to do things for us out of love and the children said some prayers for those who help us…

• Lucas – Dear God, thank you for my parents because they always give me food, Amen
• Aidan- Dear God, thank you for my friends because they always cheer me up when I play with them, Amen
• Eva- Dear God, thank you for my friend and family because they always help me, Amen
• Ann- Dear God, please help the people that volunteer to be successful in life because they do it just for love, Amen
• Ebony- Dear God, thank you for my friends and family, Amen
• Anna- Dear God, thank you for the people who give up their time for us, Amen

INVESTIGATIONS

The children had agency to lead their own learning for investigations today. There was lots of creativity and curiosity as the children turned to room into many different things. There was a cafe, a house, an arena, as well as creations made from boxes into many different things.

MINDFULNESS

Today we read Cloudette for mindfulness. It was a digital story and the children were able to follow on the screen as we read.

Sometimes being small can have its advantages. If you’re a little cloud like Cloudette, people call you cute nicknames, and you can always find a good spot to watch the fireworks. But what about when you want to do something big, like help a giant garden grow, or make a brook babble?

This charming book gets at the heart of what it means to make a difference no matter your size.  The children can find much to relate to in Cloudette as they follow her on her pursuit for greatness.

LITERACY- Narratives 

Today we used the Literacy Shed for a Christmas writing prompt. We started with a 3 minute advert about the Greatest Christmas Gift. We opened dialogue about the advert and the message of the greatest gift being giving your self and your time to others at Christmas time. The writing provocation was to create a narrative with the title ‘The Greatest Christmas Gift’.

https://www.literacyshed.com/greatestgift.html

Akemjot’s birthday is today!!!

• Ava- You are very humorous and very kind and full of lots of energy and stamina
• Angok- You are good at cricket
• Joey- You’re a good friend and he always plays with me
• Mia- You are energetic
• Miss Moore- You are creative and always make me laugh

Hi Bloggers!

Welcome to TRUSTING Thursday!

LITERACY

Fairy bread seems like an easy snack to make doesn’t it? Bread, butter, 100’s and 1000’s right? NOT RIGHT! This morning Miss Battifuoco asked for some help in making a fairy bread snack. You would think the steps are quite simple? She followed instructions from students perfectly and we learned that the words we use and the detail we give matters. Get the bread and put butter on it. This meant that the loaf of bread had butter on the outside of it!

Miss Battifuoco took all of the ingredients out of the bag and then asked if someone could guess what we might be making. 

• Nevada- Fairy Bread

What would be the first step? 

• Annaliese- Get the bread out

What would be step number 2? 

• Maddox- Do butter

Whats next? 

• Andy- Put Sprinkles

Next step?

• Iris- I think after you pulled out the bread you put butter on it

Next step?

• Lara- You open the sprinkles and put it on the bread

It was at this point the children realised that something was wrong……….

• Anna- Say the amount and where to put it

Who thinks they can tell me what to do from the start? 

• Dion- Put the bread on the plate

Try again? 

• Dion- Put one piece of the bread onto the plate
• Krystian- Open the lid of the butter and put it on the table, grab one knife and spread the butter on one piece
• Angok- Spill some sprinkles

NO NO NO NO NO, yelled all the children……….

• Raf- Pour a little bit on the bread,
• Raf- Sprinkle the sprinkles on the bread
• Eva- Cut the bread with the knife into halves
• Holly- Eat it

We changed our language and the words used a little to create a slice of fairy bread. We completed our own procedures for the fairy bread and a partner then used our procedures to make one. Most of us had success! Some of us worked on using more detailed language and action verbs to make sure we ended up with a perfect fairy bread piece!

FITNESS

We played a big class game of FAIRY BREAD TAG. We were either given the label of bread, butter, 100’s and thousands and had to dodge the hungry taggers in the middle.

PRAYER – BUSHFIRE PRAYER

We discussed the Bushfires occurring in NSW at the moment and how grateful we are for those who are risking their lives to try and battle the fires and save peoples homes and animals.

CHRISTMAS CAROL ART

In preparation for HFCS Christmas Carols night, today we completed some art work that will be shown when we are on stage. We will be singing two songs, ‘I am Here’ and ‘Silent Night’. Our provocation today was to create a piece of art to be shown in an iMovie during Silent Night. Some of us used our black books to draw whilst others were interested in creating art work using their laptops.

MINDFULNESS – READING AND TYPING CLUB

NUMERACY – ADDITION

This afternoon we practiced our vertical addition. We used our growth mindsets to give all tasks a go!