The girls are well underway with their Christmas cheer and as the days are flying by, they are becoming more like their “Blitzen” character. 

As 6th class leaders, the girls are taking on 4 challenges everyday.  Can we reach 29 Hi-Viz jackets?  Can we lead with zero wrappers?  How many random acts of kindness can we carry out each day?  Are we working on our “Fitmas” levels each and every day?  In one week, the girls have shown that the trend is on the rise.  So well done girls, only a few weeks left so keep it up!

In English we have been listening to lovely Reports and reading some to our target audiences.  The layout in their Publishing Copies is fantastic, and we are getting there with our Documents on the tablets also.  The girls are also enjoying poetry and oral language.  We started studying ‘Stopping by the woods on a snowy evening’ by Robert Frost.  And I’m really enjoying ‘Think-Pair-Share’ oral language and how the girls communication is developing.

We moved on to 2-D shape this week in Maths where the girls are doing a lot of discovery.  Ask the girls what Dominoes, Trominoes, Tetrominoes, Pentominoes, Hexominoes.  And also, what about Diamonds, Triamonds, Tetriamonds, Pentiamonds, Hexiamonds!  And how have they used these to tesselate.  The girls also did some teaching and informed the class about Symmetry of 15 different 2-D shapes.  Good work here girls.

In Science the girls, again, did some teaching.  They worked in pairs to inform the class about some Materials that changed the world.  Ask the girls about some of these materials.  At this time of year, we must think of others and so in Geography, we learned about Famine and the causes of it and how it can affect people’s lives.  And also in History,  we got some inspiration from Mahatma Gandhi, and how he brought about peace in non-violent ways.  How can we help others in our area at this time of year?

We are doing our Music and  PE dance classes outside now so have a listen for the girls as they practice their Christmas songs and learn some new cultural dances.

Art is getting very exciting now as our 3-D art sculptures got blasted with a lot of papier machee!  There was a lot of hands on mess, but they are ready now for the next step next week, which is the painting and decorating.

Lots more fun ahead in the coming weeks.  Try to get plenty of sleep, exercise, and eat healthy so that you have the energy for the last few weeks of school.

Best wishes,

Mrs. Power