Week 4 update Term 2 2021

Hello parents, 

Some other information in addition to the post I sent earlier this week. Apologies for sending the wrong link in the first text I sent! I hope all is well - the kids have definitely been working hard this week!  

Sun Chimes - STEM Project (Wednesday Week 5)

Today we began our integrated science and design technology to design and create a sun chime as a part of our unit in Science related to what we have been learning about sound and light.  The children will work in collaborative teams of three to plan and design a sun chime (a mixture of a wind chime and a sun catcher) - a collaborative piece that creates relaxing sounds and reflects light.  Your child may have come home demanding materials today in their excitement about our project that we introduced and started to plan today but never fear that we have plenty of recycled materials at school.  However, your child is welcome to bring to school any other materials that you have in your home that they feel would create lovely sound or light and that we may have limited numbers of. Items may include: bottle tops, thin craft wire, buttons, gemstones, old sunglasses, old CDs, unused keys, screws and bolts, old spoons and forks, mirror mosaic tiles etc. If they could bring it to school in a small ziplock bag or similar with their name clearly labelled on it, it would clearly help with the design and construction process over the next week.

We are planning on making the sun chimes on Wednesday 19th of March (week 5) between 1.45pm and 2.45pm. If you are able to help in any way, we would love you to come in to get on the hot glue gun/ thread some beads!  

Below are some of the examples that I will be showing them:



Reading books and homework

Please remember to continue completing the reading logs so that we don't double up and your child ends up with a book they have already read.  We also ask that you continue to put their homework folder in their schoolbag each day but in particular on Fridays and Wednesdays as these are change over days.  Please read the previous blog post in regards to new homework fluency grids and the next set of focus spelling words coming home next week.  We really appreciate the effort you make each night or morning to work with your child as this relates directly to our concepts at school.  We understand how hard it is to fit it in so please feel free to skip those hectic particular days of the week we all seem to have or just create a system that works best for you and your child.   

Reading to Buddies

Here is a few photos of the buddies visit from last Friday: 



As always, thank you for your continued support and assistance. 

Kind regards, 

Penny and Gemma

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