Sunday 27 March 2022

Week 9

 


Welcome to Week 9. It's lovely having more students back in class now. We wish those still isolating a speedy recovery and look forward to having all of Room 2 back soon.

Our school value focus this week (and last week) is WONDER. A lucky Room 2 person will be presented with the Principal Shield on Friday. I wonder who that will be??

This week I am on a course about Project Based Learning for Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. Mrs. Clarke will be looking after Room 2.


No swimming for us this week.

What's on this week....

Monday - 
Tuesday - Netball/Futsal practice
Wednesday - Library, Chess and Indoor Bowles
Thursday - Netball/Futsal practice
Friday - Golden Time, Sausage sizzle, Principal Shield presentation.

Good luck to all the sports players who start games this week. Play hard but fair.




Week 8 Learning


It was lovely having a music focus this week. We used the music, In the Hall of the Mountain King by Edvard Greig, to learn about the elements of music: rhythm, beat, tempo and dynamics. The student had a go at using chopsticks for drums and playing marimba. We learned about how music tells a story and used a storyboard and soundscape to represent this. The students even learned about fractions in music notation. 

Here are some pictures of our week.

































Sunday 20 March 2022

Week 8

 

Swimming is back on for us this week.         Please bring your togs each day.

Welcome to Week 8.

This week, Room 1 and 2 will base our learning around music. Our Literacy, Numeracy, and The Arts will be through the medium of music. 

Some of our big ideas for learning will be:
  • Using music notation to learn about fractions - whole notes, half notes, quarter notes.
  • Learning to make music using marimba and percussion 
  • Understanding that many pieces of music tell a story and composers use elements of music to help tell that story - beat, rhythm, tempo, pitch, dynamics
  • Visualising music using soundscapes
  • Responding to music by moving in a variety of ways



What's On This Week:
Monday - Swimming, 
Tuesday - Swimming, Netball/Futsal practice, 
Wednesday - Swimming, library, Chess and Indoor Bowls
Thursday - Swimming, Netball/Futsal practice
Friday - Swimming, Feast of the Annunciation liturgy, Sausage Sizzle, Golden Time




Friday 18 March 2022

Week 7 Learning


We've had another fabulous week of learning in Room 2.

Here are some photos of our week

Some of our Picasso Portraits







 


Problem Solving for Maths - 2 Step addition and subtraction problems



Book Sell during library time





Cooking with Mr G - Baked custard with blackberry and passionfruit









Bread and water morning tea to think about those less fortunate than ourselves.








Golden Time fun - Prisoner Dodgeball and Mr Macmillian's inflatable pole challenge







Year 6 Leaders Celebration