Week 8

We had a lovely week last week. On Wednesday we had Bella's mum and sister come to visit all the year 3s and talk to us about science. It was very interesting to listen to a scientist, to learn about how you became a doctor and to do some more experiments the same way real scientists do. Thank you very much for visiting us!

On Thursday was our excursion to the Sciencentre and Cathedral. We all had a lovely day. The Sciencentre was lots of fun and we got to learn more about how science can teach us about things, trick us and help us to learn 'why'. We all really enjoyed the light show and now know that light does not bend but can be reflected and that light's primary colours are red, blue and green and when they are mixed together they make white light. Light is not like paint at all!
Lunch was a funny experience. We were visited by crickets, birds and ants. It was hilarious to see Mackinley trying to attack 'the survivors' when the ants 'attacked'.

At the Cathedral we went into Mary's Chapel. We noticed that it had a unique smell and that was because of a statue of Mary MacKillop. In St Stephan's Cathedral we leant all about the stained glass windows and why they tell the story of Jesus' life. We also discussed the crucifix and how it was different to ours.

We would like to thank Keanu's mum, Ashleigh's mum and Lillie's mum for coming with us on our excursion. Also, thank you to the other mothers and grandfathers for joining us. It supports and encourages us in our learning when significant people in our lives take an interest in what we are learning about and doing. Thank you!!!

On Friday we started our planning for our excursion recounts, we should have them all written by Friday next week. We have also started our posters for our 'Zero Waste Lunch' which we are talking about on assembly on Monday 30th March.

Our student of the days this week were Tom on Monday for listening well and helping others. Tom is always helping people with their school work or pushing in people's chairs if they forget. Thank you Tom!

Tuesday's student of the day was Joe for working well all day. Joe did not have to be reminded to concentrate on his work at all today, great effort Joe!!!

On Wednesday Bella was our student of the day for not getting in trouble for talking. This is a rare thing in our class so congratulations Bella. Keep being a good example to the rest of our class!!!

On Friday our student of the day Aiden for being persistant when copying down. We did alot of brainstorming for our recounts on Friday and Aiden did not once complain about the writing instead he just kept going and got it all done. Well done Aiden!!!

I am really looking forward to reading all the recounts from our excursion and finding out what everyone thought was the best parts of the day.

I would like you to share your thoughts each week through the comments section of the blog. Tell us all what you enjoyed, who you think worked well and what you are looking forward to next week.

Miss Denham