Hello from P4,

We have started Term 1 with a zest for learning. We welcome Trinity to our class. It has been lovely to see our class friendships grow as our students learn more about each other throughout the day.

In literacy, we have included dictation and editing depending on our learners’ ability. We have continued to explore persuasive text and are looking at the different modality of the words we need to use to convince the reader. Both Skylah and Rose are increasing their word knowledge weekly, lovely to see.

In maths we are exploring the attributes of 2D shapes and where we see them in our school environment. We are also continuing to explore number in a variety of ways. Koby continues to demonstrate his mathematical expertise. Trinity and Taten are catching up to him at a fierce rate.

Science is proving to be fun, again, with lots of exploration of push and pull, especially with magnets. We have created several ways to demonstrate the force pretending to use magic, while hiding the magnet in the palm of our hand. We have also discovered that magnets have a north and a south.

Several students have begun training for cross country, can’t wait for the big day. Ms Jennie is conducting training sessions several mornings each week. Unfortunately, due to the weather, Cross Country has been postponed and will now be in Term 2.

We had a lovely visit from Colleen, Adriana and Fay last Thursday to showcase our students’ wonderful work. The students explained their favourite subjects and our daily routines.

A huge thank you to all our parents and carers who continue to communication with our diary, emails and phone calls. It helps us to make sure we are working with our learners in the best way possible.

Until next, have a lovely break, we will see you next term,

Koby, Rose, Skylah, Taten and Trinity.