And finally...

I hear the end of year freight train rumbling our way! 3.5 days to go. Unbelievable.

Last week was an exhausting, yet immensely satisfying week. I hope the children enjoyed it; there was a lot of stress (on our part) trying to get everything organised and ready.. As per usual, the children stepped up their game both on the night of graduation and for their final assembly. Awesome.

Apart from rehearsing, here are a few snaps of what we got up to. Sadly, my phone had no power on Friday arvo and so I have no snaps of the assembly. Hopefully, most of you saw it. Room 25's synchronised 'swimming' was hilarious.

The school saying goodbye to Mrs Elmore..

The Teachers continuing the goodbyes after school in mosquito gully..

Some of Room 26 helping to lead the Sports Assembly cricket dance!

A few of the girls on the night of the big dance..



Finishing off the mural.. do come in and see it if you haven't yet had the chance.. a lasting legacy to this year's Year 6.

Polly - our extraordinary artist overseeing the hand painting..

Reminders

Reports are coming home after school on Monday.

Prize Giving is on Tuesday morning - from 9.15 in the Hall.

School Ends at 1.30pm on Thursday.

And finally..

Thank you parents for all of your assistance and support throughout the year. Many of the things the children experience would simply not happen without your help. Hopefully, I shall get to see most of you on the final day for a final goodbye. For those that I don't get to see, I'd like to wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Have a wonderful break with your children; they really are a lovely bunch of kids! :-) 

The week that was...

Well, only 9 days of school left. Mixed emotions all round.. sadness that everyone is leaving, coupled with the excitement of new adventures to come..

So in class, as things were getting rather manic, I changed the desk setup so that everyone is once again facing towards the front. The hope being that the children can retain some level of focus during the excitement of the final days. We are keeping the writing going by focusing on completing 'The Dare' short stories.

In Maths, we focused on using algorithms for multiplication: 

eg. 23

x    21

I know a lot of you would have learned this 'strategy' when you were at school, so feel free to please assist your children with it. Next week, we'll apply this approach to decimals.

I think for the next couple of weeks the emphasis will be on using up excess energy through lots of PE, completing outstanding Maths and Writing work and keeping the Reading going with more fun activities such as Plays.

We had a fair few things going on last week. I took a few snaps and have included some blurb. See below...

On Monday, the non-native speakers of Mandarin took part in the Mandarin speech finals. For Room 26, we had Jessica..

Kate..

And Sophie..

None of them won, but they all sounded fabulous.. not that I understood a word :-(

On Tuesday, we had a financial literacy session with the lady from the ASB - making maths real :-). Ask your children about the wonders of putting their money in the bank and earning interest.. what kind of car would they save for?

On Tuesday afternoon the rain set in and so for P.E. Miss Von Detten organised a yoga session in the hall. 

On Thursday, Room 26 took on year 4's Room 27 at a game of 'Topperball'. A game that Mr Topp invented.. we won!

The House Captains up on the stage at Assembly - the winning house from all of the Spirit Days were awarded the Spirit Day House Cup. 

PS. I heard that Santa visited the school assembly and was awesome. Sadly, I missed his appearance as I had a prior engagement.

Looking forward to catching up with as many of you as possible at the Year 6 Graduation this week. Have a great week!