The end of term 3

Room 7 has had a very successful final week. On Thursday we had an exciting visit from Stu Duvall, who told a story about Captain Black Custard and Lamington Lil. We carried on the pirate theme for the rest of the day, and finished with an amazing pirate ship display, complete with pirates saying things like 'Aaarrr', and 'Ahoy there, me maties'! I will be back in school on Monday so will take a photo and post it on here.

We made knucklebones this week as a culmination of our inquiry unit on toys. The children mixed up some salt dough, and shaped their knucklebones after looking at some on the internet and a visitor from Room 16 who showed us all how to play. The children found it challenging dividing up their lump of salt dough up into 5 equal parts.

Thank you to Room 7 children for another fantastic term - 8 of our people were new at the beginning of term and it is amazing to see the progress they have made. Thank you also to the parents and caregivers - I really do appreciate your support and help. I feel privileged to be able to spend time with your fantastic children - they are a credit to you all.

Keep Trying!

Our shared book this week is Keep Trying, by Jane Buxton. This is a story about a boy who is trying to do lots of different things and finding them hard - his dad says "Keep trying, you can do it!" and then he can!

We thought of a time that someone had said 'keep trying' to us. Here are some of the children's stories.

Merit Awards

This week's Merit Awards went to

Sharmaine, for always producing vibrant, colourful artwork
and Emily, for beginning to speak in English. Keep it up Emily!

Wheels Day!

Wheels Day was a fun day organised by the school council. It was the Juniors turn at 2pm - teachers moved their cars out of the driveway so a track could be made for scooters, skateboards and rollerblades. Room 7 had fun riding scooters and using chalk to draw roads on the playground and wheel their cars around. Here are some photos and impressions from Wheels Day.




I had fun driving the cars. I liked drawing the roads on the playground.
Sharmaine

Me and Ryan C were being chased by a pretend T-Rex in our cars.
Rahul

I liked playing with the cars. I raced them with Rahul.
Samardh

I liked going down the hills fast on my scooter.
Max

I like to go fast on the hills. Vraj let me share his scooter.
Ryan N

I liked going down the hills on my scooter.
Nicole

I have a scooter at my home.
Faiz

I had a turn on a real scooter
Krishneel

It was a bit scary for me when I tried to get up the hill.
Jasmine

Reminders

A reminder that tomorrow is Wheels Day - the children may bring in scooters, roller blades, skateboards, scooters (all of which require helmets), heelies, toy cars, or toy prams.

Also, it would be great to have Room 7 parents filling out the 2008 Parent Survey, which can be accessed through a link on the Marshall Laing homepage. This is a chance for you, as parents new to our school, to have a say about the future direction of the school.

Thank you for all returning the forms and money for our trip to the museum which will be on Tuesday 16th September. Everyone is really looking forward to it!

Please return slips for Parent Teacher interviews. It would be wonderful to have children in the meetings as well - this is a good chance to discuss their progress and goals with them.

Thanks
Miss Robinson