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Word of the Week – last one for Term 1 and Other Things
Term 1 has finished and the time went so quickly. We have been working very hard researching, writing, calculating, keeping fit, reading and thinking. We have explored the writing genre of exposition...
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A Question about the Alphabet
Over the school holidays Mrs S was doing some research about grammar and vocabulary. She found a book called Blake’s English Guide for Primary Students. It contains alphabetically arranged entries on...
View ArticleWord of the Week – Number 1 for Term 2
Here is the latest word of the week. Wow! We have had trouble fitting this activity into our day lately. Fundraising walkathons, NAPLAN and other ideas to explore meant running out of time happened...
View ArticleWord of the Week – Number 3 for Term 2
Here is our word of the week for this week. Those of you who visit regularly may notice that there is no post labelled Word of the Week – Number 2 for Term 2. Mrs Smith just ran out of time. Last...
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Amazing Adjectives
Adjectives are one group of very important words that we use in our writing. One definition of adjectives that Mrs S used told us that they “give life and personality to all the people and things we...
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Looking at Text Types
We have been talking about and comparing text types. All texts are different and an author will choose different types depending on the purpose of their writing. Some texts are persuasive. The author...
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Exploring Maths with Pattern Blocks
We have been using pattern blocks to explore angles, parallel lines, to create symmetrical patterns and to solve some number problems. A pattern block set contains triangles, hexagons, squares, two...
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Pattern Block Families – The Challenge
We enjoyed creating Pattern Block Man so much that Mrs S gave us one last challenge. Watch our video to see the challenge we faced. After we had created our families and double checked the ages we had...
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On The Lookout for Some New Species.
Over the last month we have been working on creating an information book about a newly discovered alien creature. First of all we created our creatures by using cursive writing and symmetry. Take a...
View ArticleLooking at Perimeter
In Maths we have been working on our understanding of perimeter. We used pattern blocks to explore perimeter with informal units of measurement and then used an interactive with our IWB to find out...
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