Writer of the week for week 2

The writer of the week for last week was...

NIKKI

Nikki has been doing some amazing writing in the Junior Room, she is able to use lots of sight words and her sentences and stories are great. She always puts in a lot of effort with her writing. This is her story of the week:

I went out to feed the Zebra and I had a cake.

Great imagination there Nikki, can't wait to read more.

Thanks

I just wanted to say a huge thanks to Haily for the amazing share lunch on Friday. The sushi went down such a treat with all that had some. I think that there was even some for Helen to take home to Ben. Thanks heaps.

This coming week is quite busy, due to the weather last week we didn't get the photo's done. We are hoping that Tuesday is a stunning day with no wind so that we might be able to do them then. So make sure you have your smiles on, on Tuesday if it's a good day.

There are a couple of other things as well but I will update you closer to the time.

Enjoy the beautiful Sunday.

LOST BOOK!

hey parents and students, we have a little problem in the Junior Room. We have lost a book and if it's not found we can't get anymore from the Library for our classroom.

The book is call...

FANTASMAGORIA: AN ATLAS OF FABULOUS CREATURES, ENCHANTED BEINGS AND MAGICAL MONSTERS.

If you could please have a look at home and bring it back if  you have it. That would be great...it would save us from having to get books from our library.

Here's what it might look like (although I can't remember seeing it in the classroom)

Painting, sandpit and puzzles...

As I have told you in a previous post, we have been exploring painting, building in the sandpit and also doing some puzzles. We do these when we have finished something or have some 'free' time (not that there is much of that!) I thought today I would go around and take some pictures of work that was being done. To encourage writing, I have got the children to write a sentence under/on their picture. Here are a couple that were done today...

Eliza's says "Here is the beach."

James says "This is a rocket."

I think they are fab pictures and I love the sentences that they come up with. I also asked the sandpit people to build me a town, here are the results...

I know that when I took the pictures it was a work in progress. These activities encourage oral language and also the key competencies like thinking. 

REMEMBER IT'S THURSDAY TOMORROW SO BRING YOUR TOGS!

Mid week

hey guys, well as you know it was suppose to be photo day today, but the lovely rain, wind and sunshine decided to make this a hard, so we posponed it. The date is in your newsletter and when I find out (I can't remember when it is) I will put it up.

I would like to say a HUGE thanks to Lynley for doing shared lunch and what a great surprise it was having the ice cream truck come along and all the students getting an ice cream. They looked like they really enjoyed it and I know that they enjoyed the party games that you played too. Here is a picture of everyone.

This now brings me to our reading activity of the week, this is part of our shared book and our reading. It helps the class to work independently as well as gain meaning from their books and read between the lines. Last week was the first week we did this and so the best activity was...

Liam

We also have lots going on this week. The seniors are away to athletics tomorrow, so the year 3's will be with the Juniors tomorrow. Haily is making shared lunch on Friday....sushi yummy! And as always there is swimming on Thursday, so don't forget your togs!

Book Sale

What a successful day at the Book sale today! We sold lots of books, lots of sausages and most of the raffle tickets, which we will draw on Tuesday.

I just wanted to say thank you to all our wonderful helpers! You guys were amazing, we couldn't have done it without you.

We also had some fab sponsors that donated some amazing prizes, we had Roller Derby tickets and two gift hampers to name just 3 or our 7 different prizes. Thanks to all how donated something, you really helped make the day!

Have a good rest of your long weekend and we shall see you on Tuesday :)

Friday Friday Friday oh....

Go on sing along you know the song!

Anyway onto tomorrow, we are having a shared lunch tomorrow. It's Pizza and a 'surprise' proudly made by Lynley. Thanks heaps Lynley we are really looking forward to it! Yummy!
Remember to bring a gold coin as a donation to say thanks for a wonderful shared lunch.

We had a fun swimming day today with lots of children learning lots over the term that we took off swimming. I will remind you to bring your togs each Wednesday night on the blog.

We are also off the the library tomorrow morning so remember to bring your library books and we will get new ones.

Now for what you all have been waiting for.....WRITER OF THE WEEK!

There have been many awesome stories this week, lots about birthdays and pets. It was a hard choice this week as everyone has come such a long way with their writing but the writer of the week is....

Louis

Here is his story...

In the holidays I went to Moana pool and I went down the hydro slide 12 times and Josh and Sam got on my back going down the hydro slide. It was fun going down. Josh, Sam, Kutlo and Gus came to my birthday.

Well done Louis sounds like an awesome birthday party.

IT'S BIRTHDAY TIME!

There are a few birthdays this month. I hope that they all have a fabulous time on their special day. I have heard a few stories about a couple of the birthday that happened in the holidays, sounds like they were a lot of fun!

Eva 

Louis 

Gus

HOPE YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL BIRTHDAY!

Term 4

First day of the last term over, what a great day it was! Was good to see all the Junior Room again and hear the stories about the holidays. There are just a couple of things that I need the children to remember...

 1 - PLEASE BRING BOOK BAGS DAILY, in these need to be their yellow book, any books that have been read and need to come back, their PINK spelling book and their sight word chart that they are working on. 

 2 - Although all the Junior Room have done very well with their reading this year, we need to keep up the good work. Please read with your child each night, this will help to secure their reading strategies. 

3- All of the class have a sight word chart in their book bag, these are pieces of paper that are laminated (or the ones that I gave out last term aren't laminated). PLEASE PRACTICE THESE WITH YOUR CHILD EACH NIGHT it will help with their reading. 

 Also we are back into swimming this term, if you can provide transport there is a roster on the notice board with a pen. Please fill in where you are able to provide trasport. You don't have to do it every week there are lots of spaces open. This also brings me to the book sale this weekend. There is a roster on the notice board for this also. I have managed to get some good raffle prizes so come along...more hands make light work is the saying. Well thats about it from me, if you have any questions please just ask :)

MAKE SURE YOU BRING YOUR TOGS ON THURSDAY'S

Book Sale...

Well as you all know it's half way through the holidays. I hope that you are all having a wonderful holiday and that all the Junior Room has had a chance to get out and about. As most of you know we are holding our book sale at Labour Weekend/20th October, if you have any old books can you please drop them off to Sue at the shop. The more books we get the more that we can sell! Also spread the word to all your friends and family about the sale and get them to come along. There will be great bargins, raffles and a sausage sizzle! Go on spread the word and enjoy the last week of the holidays...bring on Term 4!

Term 3 wrap

Here is the long awaited Term 3 wrap slide show. We have been up to so much, a trip the Museum, 3D shapes, golf coaching plus heaps more! Enjoy our wrap up.

Our Maraca's!

First of all let me say that I have been a bit slack when it comes to posting on here. We have been so busy in the Junior Room that I haven't found time to post, so here is a slide show about our Instruments that we made. We did plenty of other things too, so I will put more slide show's to show you what's been happening in our wicked little room...enjoy!