Persuasive Writing Topic Week 6

This week's topic is: I think we should play in the park after swimming lessons. The context of this is that each day when we line up ready to board the bus back to school, the children look longingly at the Volcano Park and ask me why we can't have a play. Perhaps they will answer their own question this week!

Students are encouraged to decide are they for or against this topic. They need three different reasons which support their position. No writing is necessary, they just need to think through their ideas ready to share on Wednesday and Thursday.

The Blue Bots have landed!

This week we have been learning how to program the school's Blue Bots to follow pathways. This involves creating a set of instructions and then pressing a series of directional buttons to make the robots move. This links with our Technology program and our Mathematics focus on mapping this week. Below are some photos of our plans and the Blue Bots in action.

Merit Certificates End of Term 3 & Start of Term 4

Congratulations to these deserving students on receiving a merit certificate at the end of Term 3 or for the beginning of Term 4. It is wonderful to see so many students striving for excellence in all they do!

Back row: Steel, Riley, Holly, Neve
Front row: Krissy, Gazal, Chelsea.
Absent: Lucas.

Arrays Explained by Room 14 Kids!

"What is an array you ask?" An array is arrangement of objects into a set of rows and columns. We do this to quickly work out how many are in a set. This is multiplication. For example, the chess board has 8 rows and 8 columns. We can add: 8 + 8 + 8 + 8 + 8 + 8 + 8 + 8 = 64 or 8 x 8 = 64, as well!

4 x 3 = 12

7 x 3 = 21

2 x 2 = 4

1 x 7 = 7

5 x 4 = 20

5 x 7 = 35

2 x 3 = 6

6 x 3 = 18

6 x 2 = 12

Thank you for learning about arrays with us!

Term 4 Super Scientist Challenge

In Term Four, the Super Scientist challenge will be in the form of a research project. All students are required to research a scientific topic and present their information to the class in a two minute presentation. Students are allowed to use posters, charts and PowerPoint presentations. 

The Year Two class presentations will take place in Week 5 of Term 4. Each Year Two class will select their top ‘Super Scientists’ who will move forward to the Year Level Super Scientist challenge. This will take place in Week 6. We look forward to seeing all the wonderful presentations. 

If you have any questions about the Super Scientist Challenge, please come and see us. 

Thank you 

Year Two Teachers 

Term 4 Week 5 Super Scientist Presentation Days:

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday
Eadson	Krissy	Marisa	Gazal
Holly	Canaan	Deep	Steel
Neve	Tylah	Han Yu	Steven
Navshan	Indiana D	Connor	Lucas
Kiara	Ryan	Indiana B.	Riley
	Naomi	Chelsea	Chloe

Week 3 Narrative Prompt

Swimming Lessons

Two swimming notes were sent home last week. They are due back with payment of $40 by Nov 1.