Last week was a bit odd for me in that I missed two days through illness and then we had all sorts going on.. ie. the final puberty talks, sports assembly, centenary assembly practice and of course our end of term packing up. The only things we managed to be consistent with were our maths revision and our explanation writing. As it was the final week, we also managed a spot of art. Using the basic idea of Kadinsky's concentric circles:
.. the children created trees using coloured paper..
As far as I'm concerned, it has been an excellent term. Firstly, the children had to exit comfort zones and perform their speeches, then they had to really step up for production and they did! They produced a production performance to be proud of. Finally, with very little time, they also managed to create a wonderful display for the science expo.
A small bit of preparation for week 1, term 4:
IMPORTANT: can the children please watch the following at some stage during the holidays as we are doing explanation writing about the water cycle in week one and this will ensure their memories are refreshed in terms of the technicalities of how the water cycle works.. that way we can focus more on the actual writing in class - don't worry if they don't get a chance to watch it as we will be doing a small intro/refresher in class as well.
BTW. if any of you parents out there would like to help your children with explanation writing, here is an example of the kind of planning we typically get them to do, to help organise their ideas:
Right, enough about that.. Roll on Term 4!
Here are some snaps of our centenary practice on the courts..
And finally, here's Michael Moore spinning a ball on his finger! Sorry Michael, not a very good clip..
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