Maths - Measurement

In Maths at the moment we have a focus on Measurement - Length. The children have been learning how to measure many different objects using mm, cm, m and km. Today in class we looked at comparing length using our Activboard. Harry and Jemma did a fantastic job today circling the objects that were the longest. Well Done!

Are you Graced?

In Religious Education the children have been looking at what it means to be graced and how they can live a graced life. Our Activboard has helped us to learn that Grace is the presence and life of God in our lives. Here are the children a couple of weeks ago in one of our lessons.

Earth Hour 2010

In 2009 hundreds of millions of people around the world showed their support by turning off their lights for one hour.
Earth Hour 2010 will continue to be a global call to action to every individual, every business and every community. A call to stand up, to show leadership and be responsible for our future.
Show your support and turn off your lights for one hour, Earth Hour, 8.30pm, Saturday 27th March 2010.
It’s Showtime! Show what can be done.

EnviroSchools, Web of Life

This week we have been looking at the inter-relatedness of plants and animals. We went outside as a class and had one of the children stand in the middle of our circle as a tree. Then we named the things that have a relationship with the tree. The children were able to see an ecosystem right outside the classroom. We then explored things that could disrupt this ecosystem and how we can best protect it.


This was a fantastic learning opportunity for the children to see how they can help our school environment.

Recycling

Part of being an EnviroSchool is ensuring that we are recycling the correct items, this means you at home too! Here is a poster to remind us all what can go into our bins.

Responsibility

This term we have talked about the children becoming responsible. Here are some photos of the children developing responsible work habits.

Maths Interchange

Awesome Assembly

Today Room 9 led the school Assembly. Xavier and Jamie did a fantastic job being our leaders. The children did a dance to a Jack Johnson song, "The 3 R's" which stands for Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.

Our Great Dancers!

Please have a listen to the song the children danced to. A great message for the all the children at OLA.

Well done to Angus for getting the award this week.

Religious Education

Next week we will be saying the "Our Father" each morning to ensure that the children are using the right words. It would be great if you could go over the words at home so the children are confident at saying this prayer on their own.

Our Father, Who art in heaven
Hallowed be Thy Name;Thy kingdom come,
Thy will be done,on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread,
and forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass against us;
and lead us not into temptation,but deliver us from evil.
Amen.

Sport Super-Stars!

In Room 9 for the past two weeks we have been learning how to play T/Ball. The children had their final game today before they rotate to a different sport. It was great to see them using the skills they have learnt to enhance their performance.

Good luck for your next sport Room 9!

Me in my Environment

This year Our Lady of the Assumption School is becoming an Enviroschool. This means we are learning how to become economically sustainable. This term the children are exploring our school environment and identifying areas that they would like to improve. Yesterday we went out and investigated what we have currently. Each group was given 3 letters from the alphabet and had to find things that started with those letters. The children really enjoyed getting outside and using chalk to draw their findings. We were lucky enough to be joined by Room 8.

Responsibility

This week we are learning to be responsible when we organise our things before school. One of our jobs before school is to get prayers ready for the class.

Well done Room 9

Handwriting

The children in Room 9 are continuing to focus on improving their handwriting, this week I have chosen 3 of our best writers to have their work published. They are Samuel, Finn M and Kieran. Keep up the fantastic work Room 9!

Kieran

Samuel

Finn M

Room 9's New Addition

In Room 9 we now have a new class member...our ActiveBoard!


We are very excited about all the learning we can achieve using this tool. Today we played around and learnt how to make our learning much more interesting. Please come in and see how it works!

Triathlon

Last Thursday we completed our School Triathlon. The Room 9 students trained really hard for this event and all competed to the best of their ability. I was so proud of the determination the children showed as they pushed their bodies to the limit. Here are just a few photos of the children on the day. Well Done Room 9, You're all SUPER STARS!

Dictionary Quiz

In our Room 9 Reading/Writing Class we have a challenge. Find the meaning of these three words in the dictionary and write them on this blog. (Click on 'comment' and then post a comment, write the meanings in here)
1. Pipe
2. Cost
3. Litter

Make sure you've posted your answers by Friday!