Wendy’s Group: Week 4 Term 2
HUGE THANKS to the Maintenance Team for their work last weekend! It is wonderful to have the bricks cleaned outside our room and not to have to worry about slipping and sliding out there! And the staff room cupboards are brilliant! Thank you so much.
The highlight of our week was our day at the Children’s Writers’ Festival on Wednesday with Jess’s group. I hope the children have told you all about it. We heard from five different writers and each presentation was different and uniquely interesting. The day beautifully aligns with our current focus on creative writing. Miso, our Macquarie Uni student teacher, gave a wonderful lesson on Tuesday about the features of narrative writing and the whole group has launched into their creative writing with great enthusiasm. We had an almost silent room for almost 50 minutes on Tuesday morning, as the imaginations fired up and pencils (and pens) flew across the pages. Great fun!
Of course, we are now also deeply engrossed in reading…. many of the children were able to purchase copies of the books we heard about at the Writers’ Festival and I was able to purchase some copies for the school. Interestingly, our current shared book is by an author we heard two years ago the last time we attended this event.
In Maths, we are into fractions with a focus on equivalence this week. Textbook Unit 8 is due for completion.
We are also practising every day for the Lane Cove Children’s Voices for Reconciliation event next Thursday, 29th May. It starts at The Canopy at 10:30 and the group have voted to sing two songs this year! Come along and listen if you can. Mabel will be making a speech again this year on the new theme, Bridging Now to Next.
Especially families with children going to high school next year, please make sure you have the Year 6/7 night in your diary. Friday 30th May 6pm til 7:30. We’ll hear from last year’s Year 6 students about their experience of high school so far and if each family could bring a plate of food to share, we’ll have a some snacks together after the more formal part of the evening.
It was lovely to see so many people at the AGM on Thursday night, in spite of the ghastly weather. Here’s hoping for a smooth and successful year for Council and for Currambena. Many thanks to outgoing members and welcome to the incoming ones!
That’s all for this week!
With love,
Wendy