3P in full swing

We have had a great first two weeks at school. Today we had our first two students stand up in front of everyone and do their 'show and share'. Rachael shared photos and video of a fishing trip with her family and her dog. She showed us the pilot whales and manta rays that she saw.  Tia decided to be a photo journalist and record some of her cats sneaky moves on the scratching tower her uncle made.

We started homework this week and almost everyone improved their spelling scores from Monday, with a few people getting 10/10. Well done. Our spelling rotation has been quite fun. Students have been making their words out of plasicine. This helps with fine motor skills and strengthening our fingers for good handwriting. Students also got to SAY, SPELL, HOP and WRITE their words outside on the hopscotch pad. We also wrote sentences and are practising alphabetical order.

Above top: Jake showing his never ending enthusiasm, doing a great job. Photo taken by Miles. 
Above bottom: The Baboon group also enjoying this task.

We have also been identifying strong verbs and descriptive adjectives and putting these into alliteration sentences. Eg: Dreadful Dylan danced until he died of dizziness.

In Maths, 'buzz off hairy legs' has been a bit of a highlight and otherwise students are learning how to order, represent, write and describe four digit numbers.

We have also been talking about Australia Day and what people think about changing the Australian Flag. Students have designed a new Australian flag and they will hopefully be on the window soon.