Hello everyone,

Well, it is almost the end of term one and doesn’t time fly when you are having fun! I am very happy with how the students in Room 25 have settled in to the expectations of the classroom. In week 10 there will be no homework as we will be revising concepts learnt throughout the term.

Literacy Update 

The children have settled in well to the routines of Literacy Rotations. These are held each morning from 9:00-10:30 and incorporate phonics, reading, writing, spelling, grammar, punctuation and printing. A highlight of each week is the VCOP Big Write, where the students get a chance to showcase the vocabulary and grammar and punctuation skills that they have practised throughout the week.

Science Update

 We have now planted our plants into the school garden. We have also concluded our investigation on what happens to plants if they do not get any sun. Our plants kept in the cupboard did not grow and interestingly enough the other two plants kept by the window did not either. The only plants that grew were kept in the Green House. This was an interesting development which lead onto conversations about temperature and climate. This is why we love science! Next week we are going to look over ‘Our Wonder Wall’ and see if we have enough knowledge of biological sciences to answer our questions.

 Buddy Class

Last week we helped our buddy class do some Easter cooking. Afterwards, we read our buddies a story under the trees and then played a game of Duck, Duck Goose. I was very impressed by the maturity and manners displayed by Room 25.

Well done everyone!
Kind Regards,

Miss Mills

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Hello everyone,

During this term we have been exploring the theme ‘In the Garden’ which links to our Term 1 Science content of Biological Sciences. We have been learning all about how living things grow, the needs of living things, identifying features of living things and their habitats.

Last week we planted our own plants and over the next few weeks we will be able to observe how they grow. We are also conducting an experiment to see what happens to a plant if it isn’t given any sunlight. We have put one plant in the sun and one in a cupboard and plan to observe and track their progress. To make the investigation a fair test we have kept the soil, the type of plant and amount of water they both get the same. This helps students to learn important science investigation skills such as; participate in guided investigations to explore and answer questions, use informal measurements to collect and record observations, use a range of methods to sort information, including drawings and provided tables and through discussion, compare observations with predictions.  

We love science in Room 25 and who knows, maybe one of us is the next Albert Einstien or Marie Curie!

Kind Regards,

Miss Mills

Our plants room 25 from Shirley Mills