Our Maths unit on data has been filling our days with very real information to graph in a range of ways. The data collected about how Currambena people travel to school was fascinating. Last week, Elaine ( our Scientist in Residence) helped us to collate and then analyse the data and to calculate that we generate about 170kg CO2 per day as a school in our travels. Next step is to figure out what we might do to reduce this! The walking bus sounds like a good start!
Then we had our Rubbish Free Lunch on Wednesday where we audited the lunch waste in the afternoon. We have graphed the results which were very interesting. We managed to reduce our rubbish significantly between the two waste audits… see the report in this Newsletter.
Our third graphing exercise started this week with some daily times tables practise after which we are graphing our individual results. We have a whole group of emerging statisticians!!
This week we are also reading and writing poetry with great enjoyment. Please send in any books of poetry you would like to share with us. I hope you will read some of the original creations – and some transcribed for the joy of it - in this Newsletter.
As well as all this, our friend Moses Aaron, story teller, is coming to our group this Friday for his final story-telling performance. He is retiring from storytelling and has asked us to hold a Soiree, where he will not be the only performer. Quite a few of the kids will be performing songs, reading poetry or stories or dancing. Then we will all walk up to Lane Cove for lunch together. Should be a fun day.
The piano players will also have the chance to perform on Friday at School Meeting. Good thing that lessons are back to normal schedules this week! Keep playing and practising and bring your books on Friday. We will take the keyboard down to the spare room for the meeting.
In other areas, Personal Interest Projects are now underway. Due date is Friday 18th September. Art/craft lessons with Chris are producing some wonderful creations on Thursdays. Colour mixing, charcoal drawings and special glazes have featured over the last few weeks. The children are learning some great new skills. Our Science Experiments have recently given way to our other activities but we still have a list of experiments to conduct… Bubble experiments are next!
Thank you to everyone who has come in for Parent Interviews. I have very much enjoyed talking about each of the children with you. Speak to me about making a new time if you were unable to make your interview.
Please also speak to me if you are interested in the possibility of going to Moree for the Y@G Aboriginal dance festival there in the week starting 21st September. It might be possible to go just for the first day or so to get the feel for it with a view to a future Currambena excursion/camp.
That’s all for now, except to thank Margaret, Peter’s mother for her donation to the school of an “Eye Clops” magnifier which can be plugged into the Tv and used as a microscope! That will be great fun for us all!
Have a great week.
Love, Wendy
