Week 6

Wow it's week 6!   Mrs Mansson and I need to bring you all up to date.
It was lovely to welcome Mrs Mansson back into Room 4 at the beginning of the term. Recently we have also welcomed Kieran into our class. Kieran came to us from Enner Glynn School, it's great to have him with us.
In Maths for the first three weeks of the term we were learning about time. Most children can now tell the o' clock times and some can tell half past times. We are now working on numeracy.
The writing of recounts has also been a focus as well as some fun we're having with words. Please check out your child's writing in their Draft Writing book, in their publishing book or up on the wall. They are very proud of their efforts.
The children all enjoyed the cross country running. We will be practising gymnastics twice a week for the rest of the term building on the skills from last year.
Our class blog is being followed by people in Australia and Indonesia that we know of. It's been good to receive your comments.

Wow!!!!  The Emperor Gum Moth caterpillar exceeded our expectations by spinning its cocoon right in front of our eyes. It was amazing. We could see so clearly the difference between a caterpillar making its chrysalis and a different caterpillar making its cocoon.

We are loving having a new girl in our room. Emily has come to us from Wakefield and has settled in and made friends straight away.

Thank you to everyone for sending the photos. We are actually running out of time to continue  this part of the activity. Mrs Mansson will be doing it next term.

The end of the term is fast approaching. Have a safe and happy holiday everyone.

Welcome to our second blog. Things have really been happening in Room 4. We have had eggs hatching, caterpillars growing, chrysalises developing and then butterflies arriving.
We now have a Gum Emperor Moth caterpillar that we are observing. The children are keen to see the difference between a chrysalis and a cocoon. We hope that that will happen.

News Post Number 1

Welcome to our 2012 class blog. We are keen to share what we do with you. So far this year we have studied Statistics and Probability for Maths.

The weather let us down for our swimming sessions unfortunately. The ten swimming lessons at the Aquatic Centre will be held in Term 3.
Our initial Topic Study was to do with settling in and getting to know each other and was lots of fun. We have moved on to a Unit called "Change". We are focussing on a Swan Plant in the classroom which had a chrysalis and lots of eggs when it first appeared. Much to the children's excitement, there are now lots of caterpillars which are growing fast.
If you can help us feed them please send along a stem.