Day: October 31, 2019

Striking and Fielding

At the beginning of this term, Grade Three, Four, Five and Six students have had the chance to work on the ‘Striking and Fielding’ unit. This unit is set out in four learning stages such as careful catching, target practice, successful striking and fantastic fielding. In the last four weeks, these students have played cooperatively with teammates, as well as making decisions about when to run for points and when to not. 

In the T-ball game, the senior students have been using their batting skills to strike a stationary ball in an intended direction. They had the opportunity to invent rules for striking and fielding games.  Right now, these students are beginning to identify strengths and areas in which they could improve. 

Grade 4 Shape Hunt!

This term in Mathematics, students have been developing their knowledge of 2D and 3D shapes. They are learning to name shapes and discuss their geometric properties. Last week, students were given the task to go on an exciting shape scavenger hunt around the school. Their goal was to find real life objects that represented 2D and 3D shapes. Once students located their shapes, they needed to identify the number of corners, faces, sides, edges and vertices they have. Students found many shapes in creative places around the school, including the playground and the new basketball courts. Below are some pictures from the hunt!

Fairy Tale Fun in Foundation

Our Foundation students have enjoyed reading and discussing elements of fairy tale stories these last few weeks. This week, students helped create a class fairy tale by innovating on the text – ‘The Giant Turnip’. As we are growing sunflowers, we cleverly created our class book ‘The Giant Sunflower’. The students enjoyed seeing themselves as characters in the story and assisted with illustrations. Over the next few lessons, students will create individual fairy tales and short stories by innovating. Teachers are looking forward to seeing all of the imaginative stories.