The Purple Hearts Term 2 Week 9

Hi all,

This will be my last newsletter entry for the term, as I am going on leave for the next week.

Meg is returning to Currambena to cover my class for the week. She has been working and living out west in country NSW.  She is very capable and I am sure the children will have a wonderful time with her.

This week we focused on Reptiles – this will continue into next week with Meg to coincide with an animal incursion. Our class was very keen for me to organise this – we will have a special Reptiles Up Close on Thursday.

We walked up to the library for our last session of the term. The children enjoyed looking through the books and having parents who walked up with us read them stories.

We looked at making equal groups and sharing between groups as opposites. For example, making three groups of three is the same as sharing nine between three groups.

On Thursday we had an interesting discussion in class meeting about sicknesses and packing away. The children talked about how lots of people were sick this morning. This meant not everyone could sit on the couch if they were sick. Some children noticed that some people who said they were sick might not actually be sick. I let everyone know that as an adult and their teacher I have a lot of experience in seeing when children are sick and how sick they are. I know if someone might need an ambulance in an emergency, or whether they should be at home resting. I also can tell if someone needs a break and sometimes they can feel better and join back in.
After this discussion we had a handful of sick people making swift recoveries and enjoying the rest of their day at school.
We also talked about our pack away – whether one or two people should be able to sit out if they were tired or sick. We came to the conclusion that unless you were truly sick and needed to go home, it would be unfair not to join in.

I wish you all a wonderful holiday, in the first half of next term I will organise a schedule for us to have mid-year parent teacher meetings and will send you your child’s report before out meeting.

All the best,

Vinnie