Well, it’s hard to believe that we are now half way through Term 4 and there are only 29 more sleeps before Santa comes. There are also, only 2 more weeks before our Grandparent’s Concert and we have all been practising very hard to learn our songs. Thank you to all the parents who have been sending in photos of the children’s grandparents, either via email or in photo form. Very soon, we will be putting all the photos together in preparation for our concert so, if you have not sent us one, we would appreciate it if we could have them over the next two weeks.
Last week, for homework, the children were asked to read our combined Rooms 1 & 2 blog and write a comment. Thank you to all the parents who guided their child through the log in process and helped them write in a comment. We have had a lot of fun reading the many comments and we have all enjoyed seeing our contributions on the blog.
This term, in Maths we have been continuing our learning to solve addition and subtraction problems, discovering number patterns, writing numerals correctly ….
We have also been learning about ½’s and ¼’s. This has involved not only dividing objects into halves and quarters but also dividing a group of objects in half or into quarters (eg a set of 6 toy cars divided into 2 sets of 3, or 8 toy cars divided into 4 equal sets of 2). The children may like to practice this at home using everyday situations to reinforce the idea.
Every Wednesday we are continuing to buddy up with the children from Room 9 to learn more about computer skills. We have been finding out some fun sites we can use to play maths and alphabet games. Also, we have been using the laptops to research different aspects of our term’s topic – ‘Grandparent’s and what life was like in their day’. It has been fun discovering the types of music, movies, fashion etc popular in our Grandparent’s day.
For this weeks homework, we are suggesting that the children might like to pick one or two of the sites listed below and learn to play some of the games suitable for their level. They have already visited these sites during our Wednesday afternoon computer time with Room 9.
www.ixl.com/math/grade/kindergarten/
On Monday, we had a visit from a very special guest. Ronald Mac Donald came to school and entertained the junior syndicate. He taught us about how to be safe when walking on the footpath and the rules needed when crossing the road. We learnt a poem and a song to remind us how to cross the road : Click goes the seat belt and Stop, Look and listen.
He was very funny especially when he couldn’t find his sock. We all helped him find his red and white striped sock which was stuck to his back. Ronald said we can keep his sock and there will be lots of fun, interesting stories written about the missing sock during Story Writing this week.
On Wednesday, Emma’s granddad came to school to talk to us about what it was like when he was growing up. We were able to ask him lots of questions and find out so much more about how different life was in his day. We are very grateful to Emma’s grandad for sharing his experiences with us.