NAPLAN is over!!

This week has been a busy one, with NAPLAN tests for year 3 and 5, and a change of place and routine for year 4. We are grateful that Friday will see us return to normal routine! We started the week with our amazing excursion to the Field of Mars EEC (Environmental Education Centre) followed by TWO tests for year 3 on Tuesday and then one each on Wednesday and Thursday. So a few days goverened by standardised tests, pencils, timers and small bubbles to be coloured in.

Year 4 from our class hung out with the rest of the year 4s from 4/5C in the library and computer room. There was maths, English and library research before having to go back to their classrooms. Today the year 4s from 3/4T and 4/5C visited the Life Education van together. They learnt lots from the lovely teacher in there and also had a visit from Healthy Harold who I heard was telling jokes!

The afternoons of Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday saw us listen to some great multicultural public speaking competition speeches. We took turns being the time-keeper and ringing the bell to let everyone know when the speakers were at 2 minutes and then 3 minutes. After each speech we listened to Mrs Taylor give everyone who gave a speech two stars and a wish. That just means that everyone got feedback from me about two areas that they had done well in and one area that they could look at improving for next time. It meant everyone learnt a great deal about what is needed in a good speech and why.

Tomorrow will be the first training of the season for winter PSSA. The rain and mother's day breakfast meant that we haven't actually had a training session for any of the PSSA teams. I know that I'm looking forward to running through some skills and drills with the AFL PSSA teams tomorrow morning!

Next week we'll be looking forward to being back into our normal routine. Except for Monday, where all of stage 2 classes will be involved in a morning and middle session science experiment extravaganza! How exciting! I can't wait to look at how matter changes!

Friday by Lucy

Today it's Friday, at half time in lunch I do swimming, some other people in our class are doing 

PSSA. The teams are junior cricket, senior cricket, t-ball and soft ball. Today was also assembly. We did reading groups in the morning with 4S. We read an ANZAC book with a partner. We had a picture of a hand. On the fingers you had to write who the people in the book were, what they were doing, where the story was set, when it was and why the event happened. In the palm of the hand you had to write the main idea. After recess it was the 3 to 6 assembly. This week Abby and Daniel got the award. Our class also won the assembly spy. After assembly we did catchup work and free writing. 

Jade's Recount of Friday

Today we started with a test to find out how well we can understand what we read. Then we did creative writing which was fun for some people. After recess we went to assembly and instead of a sport report we had a library report. Then some people went to sport and everyone else stayed at school and did catch up work eg. Grammar, maths, pen pal letters and drawing. Then we finally had lunch. Then we played sport or did swimming Milo cricket or PSSA. Then everyone went home.

TODAY WAS FUN!!!

Friday Flies By

A few Friday firsts this week! We had our first buddy time with 1L and 2S, our first 3-6 assembly and our first PSSA games of the season and year! 

What a great end to a wonderful week!