Hi everyone and welcome to terrific Tuesday!

Our morning began with ‘Writer’s Workshop’ in which our learners had the opportunity to re-visit and continue creating their  ‘Brown bear’ story, which we started yesterday. This literacy experience enabled the students to practise building their reading skills and connect with print through writing.  We are very proud of our students efforts as they have shown such confidence and enthusiasm in their writing abilities.

We then ventured off to the fish farm in which we freely explored and helped Mr. McCarthy feed the fish as we learn about caring for living things ion our world. We were particularly captured by the big  and small Barramundi. We had learnt that the word Barramundi is an Aboriginal word meaning ‘Large Scales’.

After recess the students engaged in maths investigations, engaging in rotations. We continued to focus on subitiizng and patterns. We began by sharing a book about patterns, the students sharing their thoughts and ideas in relation to the pictures showing  patterns in nature and patterns made by people such as fabrics. Emmett shared with his friends that his school shirt had a stripy pattern, everyone then took the time to explore the patterns they could see on their uniform. The students were then invited to make their own patterns using coloured pop sticks. Some students confidently moved beyond using two colours as they created patterns. We worked with a partner  to roll a dice and say how many. The students were encouraged to compare the amount on their dice and use their mathematical language such as ‘more’  ‘less’.

With such sunny weather, the students were eager to go outside after our mindlessness time. They were encouraged to wear their hats outside as we promote sun safety. We decided to have a indoor/outdoorplay play session which involved imaginative play, kite making  and painting outside.

Overall a great day.

See you tomorrow

Mrs. Iolanda 🙂