Term 2 week 9

Hello everyone

It's hard to believe that we are at the end of another term.
3 weeks of holidays and then we will be into term 3!

The boys have all worked steadily this term and all have improved in their work ethic quite considerably. I have also noticed a change in maturity as well as a more diligent approach to class work.

For the final week of this term we will be working on the following:

Cross Country:

• Thursday 21st of June
• Boys will be required to participate in the Cross Country
• There was a note that went home a few weeks ago please refer to it to determine what will be needed on the day

Portfolios:

• The boys will be finishing off pieces of work and compiling their portfolio
• Please take a moment to go over the content with your son when he brings it home

What's on your Plate:

• Instead of mental and spelling this week the boys will be working on an assignment
• The assignment will require them to select a food item and trace the ingredients back to where it came from and what materials / systems were needed to create it
• Once the boys have compiled their information they will put all their ideas onto a mind map
• We will be using bubble.us - feel free to google it and have a play
• I have asked the boys to collect all their information ready for Thursday / Friday
• We will also be discussing the difference between needs and wants with regard to consumable items

Some information that you will need to read:

InBody Health and Fitness:

• A note will be coming home today with regard to a fitness program that the year 3 boys will be involved in
• The program centres around creating a healthy body to support and sustain a healthy mind
• InBody Health and Fitness will be running the program a link to their site follows: http://www.inbody.com.au/
• Nick and Sarah have designed a special program to suit our boys. The focus will be on coordination, skill development as well as team skills.

Balimo Community School - 3S take Action:

• A bit of background information - 3S have spoken about raising funds to purchase livestock for an underdeveloped community. Thanks to Estelle Chapple we were given another alternative - a community in Papua New Guinea.
• Estelle put us in touch with Alison Dundon an Anthropologist for Adelaide University
• Alison came and spoke to the boys about PNG and Balimo - the talk was extremely well received by the boys and they were all very enthusiastic to do something for the Balimo Community School
• As a class we spoke about what essential items the children in this community might need for school  and a list was compiled.
• The boys have been very committed to this idea and have helped me compose a letter that will be coming home tonight.
• Essentially what they boys would like to do is compile some items, in a back pack, that can be sent to Balimo School, that the students there can use.
• The boys decided on items that they think could be found already at home
• They will require your help to collect the items

Thank you for your support during the term. Need I say, we have another hectic term ahead in term 3.

Term 2 Week 7, 8 and 9

Hello everyone

Hope you are all well and ready for holidays. I know the boys certainly are counting the days.

New Inquiry: What's on your plate?

• Thank you to all of you who sent in a photo of a meal
• As a class we went through the placemat assignment, which essentially is an A3 sheet with four questions which relate to the inquiry unit.
• Your son will be bringing his 'placemat' home and may ask for your help with finding out where certain foods come from, or even what some foods are made up of eg pasta
• Please help him out as best you can
• From the 'placemat' each boy will select one type of food to trace back to it's origin
• They will do a flow chart using prezi (if possible) to show the progression of the food item
• This is an interesting inquiry unit and the boys should take a lot from it

Homework

• I have noticed that some boys are not completing homework, especially spelling.
• As ample class time, is given to spelling and mental, I believe that the boys should be able to complete the work set
• Also the quality of work from some boys is beginning to drop - neatness in presentation and handwriting especially is declining.
• Could you please speak to your son about maintaining the quality of his work

Thanks for your ongoing support.
Regards
Nesha