It's really important that you read the G1 eBrief and take note of dates coming up this term.

Wednesday: EcoGreen. Please send your child in to school in PE shoes, wearing sunscreen and insect repellent  and make sure they have a water bottle at school.  We're only out for a short time but this is the tropics.

Please will you take a look at the MUSIC TAB as it is often overlooked.

Save the date : 10th May. 9.15-9.45 am If you would like to come to the playground to watch our G 1 LOVE YOUR LUNGS fun run/swim etc.    (This was postponed from our MY BODY UNIT in T1 due to the haze )

You child may be collecting materials around your house or community for their HABITAT creation to get ready for Monday. Please support your child if they ask for help with this ( not all will need to do this)

Did you hear that we helped G12 to Graduate in style!  Ask your child what we did and how it felt to do this....

Thank you Alex for teaching us some French geography and history through Google Earth and through our taste buds !

Ask your child how to say "Thank you" in French.

Ask your child what they found interesting when Alex presented his Kids Up Front.

Ask your child if they remember any famous buildings or monuments

Inside at lunchtime ! Twister is proving popular !

Ask your child what they have been doing in Maths this week.
Perhaps they have been playing the games above
OR
They have been teaching an alien some efficient ROUNDING strategies.

Guest Blogger Mrs Bolin: Using the visible thinking strategy of 'I see, I think, I wonder' we have been exploring what our new Unit of Study could be.
 "I wonder" if you can have a guess? 
Ask your child for some clues they have discovered over the week.
http://www.visiblethinkingpz.org/VisibleThinking_html_files/03_ThinkingRoutines/03c_Core_routines/SeeThinkWonder/SeeThinkWonder_Routine.html

Try your own SEE THINK WONDER as a family when out and about this weekend.

Ask your child if we had any MYSTERY CHARACTERS visit the class this week. Who did we have and what did we find out about them ?

Were they inspired to read books by these characters?

Ask your child if they can tell you about INSIDE and OUTSIDE character traits.

Have you noticed your child talking about AUTHOR'S CRAFT MOVES during nightly reading?
This chart might help you to talk some more.