It was great to see all the children back yesterday, looking taller, rested and well! There was so much sickness around at the end of last term. Let’s hope we all stay well for a while now!
Thank you so much to the parents who came and cleaned up at the Maintenance Day on Sunday. It was gorgeous to come in and see everything looking so good on Monday!
We have started making plans for the term and we are very keen to go on lots of excursions, mainly to Museums and maybe to CSIRO Science Labs as well. We also have the 40 Hour Famine this term, Tree Day this Friday and a Rubbish Free Lunch event later in August. We also intend to write our play for the concert which is in week 4 of next term so we are definitely going to be busy… nothing new there!
On TUESDAY 11 TH AUGUST at 7 pm we will have a presentation about the Laura trip. We’ll show the photos and talk about the whole experience. We will also discuss the possibility of going again in two year’s time. There is another Indigenous Dance Festival, this time in Moree in NSW, this coming September and I will pass on information about this to anyone interested.
Another important feature of Term 3 is our Parent Interviews. I will put up a timetable for these in the next few days. Please talk to me if you are unable to find a time that suits you.
This week we are finishing off our Project Presentations from last term and completing some work on fractions and decimals. We are also starting a unit of work on description in English. The children are very keen to do lots of science this term so that will be another focus in our planning. PE is going to be a bit different without Luuk and Willem but we are planning to offer a range of choices on Monday afternoons including dance, basketball skills, team ball games, bushwalking and meditation! Should be fun.
This term we are continuing with the Free Friday concept, which involves School Meeting at 9:30 and then a very flexible day with opportunities for 1:1 work, reading, times tables tests and catching up on anything incomplete at the end of the week. Chris is here for the whole day and so the craft room is open and available to everyone. We all enjoy it very much!
Enjoy your week, too!
Love, Wendy
PIANO AND GUITAR lessons will start again next week. Thanks.
