Week 5,6 Term 4

Hello everyone,

What a great day we all had at Swimming Sports Day.
All the year 3 boys that I saw had a wonderful time and participated in the true spirit of the day.
Congratulations to Waterhouse for winning the day and Taylor for taking home spirit cup.
We are all a little tired today!

The boys did a good job on the Adaptation task. We had our presentation on Monday of this week. Each of the boys was assessed by a peer in the class. The talks were interesting and highlighted those boys that use their time well and those boys that leave things for the last minute.

We have a few weeks left of the term and in that time there is still lots of things we need to do:

Independent Homework:

• The boys have been showing me their homework sheets and from I have seen most, if not all,  have been doing some wonderful things at home. I hope they keep it up.
• If your son has not been as committed to the program please encourage them to complete a few Independent Tasks

Inquiry - Solar System:

• As the theme for this term has been independence the boys in 3S have been working on their inquiry into the Solar System, independently
• All you as parents should know is:
• that it is due in Week 7 on Friday
• 5 questions need to be done
• of the 5 questions only 1 needs to be answered in detail the other 4 can be answered in brief ( if your son wants to, if they want to go all out they can do that too)
• all draft work must be done in your son's inquiry book
• All boys are to work INDEPENDENTLY ( by themselves ) on the task
• At this stage all your son should have done is worked out his 5 questions and found websites / books / information that will help him answer the questions
• I have given the boys at least two hours a week in the computer room to work on gathering information and this will increase over the next two weeks
• I have asked all the boys to bring in all the work they have done so far at home - they will need to do this on Monday
• I have asked them to do this so that I can conference with them and find out what they know and what they have done on their own
• It is important that you let your son do this assignment on his own, otherwise it is not a true reflection of what he can achieve in year 3.
• It will give your son a wonderful sense of achievement and pride in their work if they know that what they hand up is entirely their own work.
• If your son is creating a model and would like help with dangerous things eg cutting wood, hot glue guns etc, then by all means help him. If he needs help to locate information, write out work, presentation, then politely decline to help him.
• This task is a culmination of their learning and it will help me determine the progress they have made this year.
• If you have any concerns please email or come in and see me.

Party Day:

• This will occur in the last week of the term
• The boys are taken out of the school to celebrate the end of the year
• A note will come home shortly with all the details about the day

Regards,
Nesha