A Wet Start......

......did not dampen our spirits at all yesterday. We brought along all our energies and excitement and it was great to see everyone back. Today, the sun only added to our cheer as we embarked on some dancing and serious counting.

All our Stage 1 students will enjoy dancing for PE this term.

Thousands of craft sticks. How do we
count them all?

Grouping ours in pairs and then in groups of ten.

Our lesson reporters talked about efficient counting strategies and the
 challenges of working with someone else when each ons has
different strategies in mind.

When Everyone Gives Their Best

It is a beautiful result that comes about when everyone does their best in a team task. This week, 2S rose to the occasion and presented an excellent item about the the journey of two drops of water all around the water cycle. I was particularly impressed by the number of students who learned their lines despite having the option to carry their scripts to stage. Hopefully, all the big words - evaporation, condensation, precipitation - and their meanings will be remembered thanks to that song that we can't get out of our minds. 

Unfortunately, even though we recorded the whole item, we cannot post it due the copyright issues of the song:(

Many thanks to all the families for getting the comstumes ready and coming to watch us on the day.

Class Assembly Item

Class Item

We are very excited as we look forward to presenting our class item at the Primary Assembly next week on Tuesday 28th June at 2.00pm. A note has come home to you today advising fo your child's role and costume. Please do not hesitate to contact me should you need any clarification.

Guess who dropped in to see us a couple of weeks ago.............

Thank you Mr Gray for taking time to engage with the students, answer their questions (Phew! Glad I wasn't having to answer some of them), helping with our artwork (beautifully displayed on the board) and reading that funniest of books - Fantastic Mr Fox (also a PRC book).

Premier's Reading Challenge

As encouragement to the students who registered to read, we are sharing some books in class that you could add to your list. So far we have read The Dance Teacher (shown below) and Roald Dahl's The Twits.

Places in Space

Places in Space

Many of the family projects have been returned. Thank you for the massive effort that went into making them. If yours is not in yet, be encouraged to try making it and bringing in to share.

Terrariums

They are working extremely well, showing us clearly how the water cycle works. And on the cold days, there has been little or no evaporation. 

Responsible Pet Education Program

Hugh from RPEP visited us on Tuesday this week. Students would have brought home some informative material along with questions to ask or discuss if your family owns a pet.

Girls and boys, share with your parents about the little happy tune with the words - Stop, Ask, Smell, Pat - a reminder on how to appreaoch a friendly dog that you don't know.

The Penguins of 2S

Sponge a blue background

White paint on cling wrap creates the icy look

Cut out potatoes and black paint give the penguins their body shape.

 Part one of the art works have been left to dry and be continued next week.

Oluchi and Chase both work diligently through all their tasks.

Lilyana takes great care with her art work. Emily loves writing stories.
Below is one she wanted to share with us.

CLOWN by Emily

Based on the wordless book Clown by Quentin Blake

Once upon a time there was a clown. The clown and his friends got chucked in the bin. He started climbing out of the bin. He fell out then he brushed himself off. He found some shoes then put them on.

Then he ran on the footpath. He found a little girl but she got pulled away. The toy clown was thinking about his other toy friends. Then a man picked him up and took him for a photo. When the photo was finished, the clown started talking to the girl about the toys. Then she went home with the clown and told her mother but the mother took him and threw him away.

The clown landed in a backyard and did some poses to scare the dog that wanted to attack him. Then the dog’s owner got angry and threw him away.

He landed in a window where he found a lady. He entertained her baby. He washed the floor and he washed the dishes. Then he made the bed. He took the girl to his toys. She picked up the toys one by one then went back home. The mum was coming up the stairs. Then the girl got there just in time. She laid the toys in the bed. The end.

REACHMEET AND TINKERTIME

Next week is an important one in the Primary Calendar.

Monday 23rd May - The TinkerTime Take Home Challenge - My Place in Space - is due in on this day. A few projects have already come in and we look forward to the rest of them. The students in 2S viewed two samples in class today and we spoke about some ideas that will give them a place to start.
Below also is a helpful link:

http://chibitronics.com/


Tuesday 24th May - ReachMeet 2016  - The Primary Teaching staff at MACC are looking forward to presenting an informative evening to all our parents. For more details about the evening and to register,  please do so by clicking on the following link.

https://www.smore.com/rm4d9-reachmeet

Of Money, Graphs, Water and Tinkering

Money

Over the last couple of weeks, we have explored how to count money, especially coins. While it has been  easy to count by ten (cents) there were some challenges when counting for example 50c, 20c and 10c. Making the transition from 50c to 70c in this case took a while. If you have a coin collection tin at home, consider letting your child "play" with the money as they develop facility in counting.

Graphs

We collected data within our class to use in constructing graphs. Next, we will be working on reading and interpreting them, then move on to generate questions from them.

Water

Interesting afternoons as we read about water, dramatise the water cycle and then experiment with its various aspects. We found out today, after freezing two cups of water - one fresh, one salty - that 24 hours later, the fresh water froze. The salty water did not. The question is WHY? Please feel free to have a discussion with your child, help them find an answer and maybe even allow them to try the experiment on their own.

Salty water on the left. Ice from the fresh water on the right.

TINKERTIME

We are on to the next step. We trust your family received a kit and instructions. We look forward to all the creations that will be made and brought to the Mayor of MACCCOT.


Tremendous Effort

Those similes in your writing made your work more entertaining to read.
Keep finding more and using them. Good job!!

Bronze Award. Well done!

News Circles are proving quite enjoyable.

Tahlia talking to some keen listeners about the funniest thing that ever happened to her.