Happy Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is a national holiday celebrated on the 4th Thursday of November in Canada and the United States. It began as a day of giving thanks for the blessing of the harvest. It was celebrated by the Pilgrims after their first harvest in the New World in October 1621. 

Room 26 celebrated by making their own Thanksgiving Turkeys and thinking of all the wonderful things they are thankful for. 

Room 26 News

We have been extremely busy the last couple of weeks. Swimming started on Monday. The students have been doing a fantastic job so far and have set a wonderful example. The pool staff have already commented on how well behaved and well mannered the students are. Well done, room 26. 

In Literacy we have been focussing on reading strategies. We have been developing our self questioning skills when reading a variety of texts. The students have been taking on the role of author and character to answer a variety of questions. The students had some amazing questions to gain a greater understanding of what the text was about and the perspective of the author and different characters. 

The students have been taking on the role of teacher during Mathematics. We have been focusing on interpreting data. They had a variety of graphs and pie charts to create their own questions to ask the class. They even asked questions related to fractions and percentages of the data. 

I have been very proud of them. 

Congratulations to Paige and Tejas who made it to the semi finals of the Year 4 Super Scientist Presentations this week. Everybody did a fantastic job presenting their facts on their chosen Science topic. 

Dancing will continue in weeks 8 and 9 and Dance Parties will take place in week 10. Letters will be coming out tomorrow with more details. 

Please remember to return any library books by next week. Students can still take part in Literacy Pro quizzes until the end of term. We are almost at out target of 5,000,000 words. 

Latest News

We have have such a busy term so far. I would like to thank everyone involved with the recent Arts Festival. It was a huge success. Some students in room 26 were involved in dancing and choir. The highlight of the evening was The Italian Play with two very special guests. 

We have recently completed Year 5 NAPLAN testing to see what the students understand and what we need to develop further.  I was extremely proud of all students who did an outstanding job. Fingers crossed for next year.

We have recently been learning how to summarise in Literacy. We are now making connections with our Science (Earth and Space) by summarising information from the internet to create individual projects. The students are learning many skills, including time management, research skills, summarising and how to present their information to a high standard. 

We continued to develop these skills further on Tuesday, when we met with our buddies in Room 30. They were researching information about Quendas. Room 26 were helping Room 30 with their ICT skills. They did a fantastic job. We always love supporting the younger students. 

Next week (week 5) the students will be presenting their power points for Super Scientist Challenge. A timetable has been sent out early this week  and presentations will take place from Monday to Thursday. Please make sure you are well prepared. The top 2 students from each Year 4 class will compete in the final in week 6. Good luck everyone. 

Humphreys Dance is going well and the students in Room 26 are beautifully behaved. Can't wait to see the final dances in week 10. 

Our swimming sessions will be in weeks 7 and 8. Please ensure that all forms have been returned and payment made by early next week. We need a written letter from parents if students will not be taking part. 

Please make sure that all students are continuing to complete their homework on time, learn their spellings and take part in Literacy Pro. It would also be beneficial to keep revising times tables, as these are important in a large amount of the Year 4 Maths program. 

I will keep you posted with any other information over the next couple of weeks. The term is certainly going quickly.