Sunny Days

This week we made the most of the great weather and completed a number of maths lessons outside. It's just as well it was sunny because measuring volume and capacity using sand and water would have made quite a mess indoors!

One of our writing lessons this week concentrated on descriptive writing and using interesting words. Students were provided with an image and were then required to creatively write about what they saw. They only had ten minutes to write but the quality of writing was excellent. Here are some samples:

Did you know that last night I saw a scary and big black scaly beak of something with big yellow eyes? Its mouth was open like a big hole in the ground. Who would want to be afraid of a tawny frogmouth? by Ella

I can see a very hairy, little cute and fluffy tawny frogmouth. It has very yellow, cute but strange eyes. It’s got white, black and brownish feathers. His beak is sort of yellowish and beige. The tawny frogmouth is enclosed. Sadly. by Casey

A very hairy monkey is sitting up a tree staring with its scary eyes. It has ginger fur with white around its face. It’s sitting on a ginormous tree. by Kaitlyn

In science this week we saw the reaction of mixing dish washing detergent with milk. We observed amazing results and spectacular colours (see photos and video below).

I have been impressed by the creative work 2D has completed in ICT with Mr Sharp. Here is a video of what they have been working on.

This week we will revisit fractions in maths, continue persuasive writing and perform more exciting science experiments. Have a great week!

Science Week

We've had another busy week in 2D. It was great to see so many of you at parent-teacher interviews. I am really proud of how far the class has come already this year.

To celebrate National Science Week we toured the vegetable garden to see what has been growing. We also performed a number of exciting experiments and we will continue with a range of mixing and shaking experiments for the remainder of the term.

We have learnt about area and perimeter in maths and have measured the area of our tables using a range of objects. Did you know that the area of one table is 150 playing cards or 50 coloured squares?

This week we will continue to learn how to write persuasively and we will be visiting the Life Education Van on Friday.

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Time has flown by this term! Our inquiry unit has focused on health which will conclude with a visit to the Life Education van. We are currently working on measurement in mathematics. The students have enjoyed measuring and comparing the length and weight of objects in our classroom. A highlight has been the beanbag toss with the winners Ryan and Jett both throwing around 20 metres. We have been investigating persuasive writing and we hope to be able to have a constructive argument with you soon!

More of this to follow in the coming weeks.

Maths: 1 Thousand block, 3 hundreds and 7 ten sticks weigh just over 1 kilogram!