Jess and Susan’s Class: Week 4 Term 2

Dear Parents,

This week’s highlight was definitely the Writers’ Festival. It was such a fantastic day, and all the authors were super interesting and inspiring. Even with the rain and long lines, every child who wanted to buy a book or meet an author had the chance to do so during the lunch break. In class, we’ve been working on narrative writing, focusing on how to structure a story with a beginning, middle, and end. Using our class novel as a mentor text, the children have been writing their own story beginnings about an invisible friend. Friday was a great chance for me to sit down with each child and go over their work one-on-one to give feedback.

In Maths, we had a helpful lesson on arrays, which really helped some of the children understand how repeated addition, multiplication, division, and fractions are all connected. We’ve also continued with our Mad Maths Minute, and it’s been awesome to see the kids’ automaticity improving. We’re also continuing our space exploration, looking more closely at the planets and how they’re similar and different through Venn diagrams. Next week, we’ll likely start learning about other objects in our solar system, like asteroids and comets.

Warm wishes,

Jess

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Dear Parents,

This week in Maths, we focused on symmetry. After exploring symmetry in regular 2D shapes, the students created “symmetry monsters” on graph paper. Some children also chose to extend their learning by building fantastic symmetrical creations using Magna-Tiles.

Our PIPs are coming along nicely, with students adding more detail and images. While Google Slides remains the most popular format, we’ve been discussing other presentation options, such as conducting a live interview or creating a video.

As always, it’s been a joy to spend time with our beautiful class.

Warm regards,

Susan