Merit Certificate

Congratulations to Holly who received a merit certificate at today's assembly. We are very proud of you!

ANZAC Day Ceremony

Tyler with her family's war medals and Neve in her Girl Guides uniform.

Thank you to the girls for making a valuable contribution to our understanding of Anzac Day. The girls shared their experiences of how Australians have, and still are serving their country.

Maths Chants for Column Addition and Subtraction

Some parents have asked how we teach column addition and subtraction at Wattle Grove Primary School. The following are chants which we use in class to help us solve these problems.

Column Addition or Subtraction Without Regrouping

First rule always check the sign.
Second rule are my numbers in line.
Start in the ones column.
Write the answer down.
Move to the tens column.
Continue………..

Column Addition With Regrouping

First rule always check the sign.
Second rule are my numbers in line.
Start in the ones column. 7 + 6
Put down the 3 regroup the 1.
Move to the tens column.
Continue………..

 


 

ANZAC Day ceremony

 A reminder that the school will hold its annual ANZAC Day ceremony this Thursday morning. Students have been asked to bring flowers to school on Wednesday so that they can make a class wreath to lay during the ceremony. Any donations are appreciated.

Holiday Activities for Rainy Days and Long Journeys!

With the holidays fast approaching parents may want to consider a few of the following activities to fill the "I'm bored" stages and also avoid the holiday brain slide which sometimes happens:

1. Read everywhere you go - signs, catalogues, brochures, menu, notice boards, etc.

2. Visit the library, museum, gallery, park, shopping centres. Describe what you see, hear and do as this is a great way to expand your child's vocabulary.

3. Shopping centres and libraries often have free, educational activities.

4. Practice typing on a website such as typingclub.com It's free and it will help when your child sits NAPLAN using the computer next year.

5. Learn the 2, 5 and 10 times tables. We have been learning them in class but learning them in a random order is our next step!

6. Challenge your child with an every day Mathematical word problem to solve. This can be when you are cooking, or setting the table, shopping, etc. For example: If I make 20 cookies and there are 4 people in the family, how many cookies will we each get? If I had $10 how many punnets of tomatoes could I buy?

7. Play card games - add two cards together - who is fastest?

8. Car number plate games or choose a car colour to spot on a long drive - which is the most popular?

Happy and safe holidays to all!

The Water Cycle

In Science, we have been investigating the water cycle. The photos below show two of the experiments we conducted in order to better understand how the water cycle works. Can you guess which experiment is about evaporation and which one is condensation? 

 We drew around the puddle of water just before recess and we were surprised that all the water had evaporated before lunch!

We were investigating how the cold droplets of water came to be on the outside of the bottle. Some students initially thought they had leaked from the inside! Now we know that condensation occurs when the warm air (which contains water vapour) comes into contact with the cold water bottle and turns the vapour back into a liquid form.

Harmony Day 2017

On Thursday 20 March, Room 14 had the pleasure of dressing up for Harmony Day and escorting their Kindy Red buddies in a colourful parade. In the build up to Harmony Day, we discussed where in the world our ancestors came from, placed our family on a world map and made a flag for the ceremony. We discussed the symbols contained within the flags and how lucky we are to be united together under the Australian flag. 

Indiana D. shared an amazing book about her Dad's Aboriginal culture. We found out the Aboriginal names of some animals and read some ancient stories about how the turtle and the frilled neck lizard came to look as they do today. 

Thank you to Mr Meachem for the wonderful photos below of Harmony Day.

 

Merit Certificate Winners 24 March

Congratulations to these deserving certificate winners.