Farewell

Today we had our class party to celebrate MANY things... A little 2NTS baby, Mrs Lambert coming next semester and of course the AMAZING learning that we've all done over the past semester. Thank you to everyone for supplying delicious food for us to share. We ate, laughed, danced and were very merry. We even had one special little person prepare a speech :-)

I'd also like to take this opportunity to say a MASSIVE thank you to everyone for their thoughtful gifts and well wishes. They were completely unexpected but so appreciated. Your kind words and generosity mean more than you know. I will be sure to share my exciting baby arrival news with you all very soon :-)

I am certain that next semester will be even better than the first and warmly welcome Mrs Lambert to 2NTS. I know she is very excited to get in and get to know everyone. I can't wait to hear of the fabulous things that are happening in Year 2 - it's going to be a fun and exciting semester!

Warm wishes to you all Xx
Mrs Thorpe

Have You Got Game?

Today was our annual 'Have You Got Game', where teachers and students come together to compete. Different challenges were set and the teacher's were the ones to take out the competition this year.

We had a lot of fun and our favourite part was definitely dressing up as Disney characters. Don't we look FABULOUS?!

Brilliant Bunny

Each K-2 assembly, Mrs Bartlett awards one of the Early Childhood terraces the 'Brilliant Bunny' for having a neat and tidy terrace. 2NTS are a very neat and tidy class and we have been working really hard (especially over the past few weeks) to try to win our terrace the prestigious award . . . And on Friday, we did it! We were all more than thrilled :-)

Explorations

This term we have been working hard in Explorations to research our chosen Science topic. We ended our unit by creating final products that shared our learning. Each group decided on how they would present and we ended up with posters, books, dioramas and even a film! Unfortunately, our timing coincided with a few people being away sick so you will notice a few faces missing . . . However, they certainly worked hard too!

   

Camp Quality

Last Tuesday, we were lucky enough to have a visit from the crew at Camp Quality. They taught us about what cancer is and how people can have chemotherapy to help them get better. We learnt that we can still be friends with people who have cancer - they might a little bit sick because of the medicine's side effects - but we can do our best to cheer them up... because laughter is the best medicine!

Student Led Conferences - PLEASE READ

Student Led Conferences Preschool-Year 5 Week 10

Student Led Conferences will occur in week 10 in 15 minute blocks. The Student Led Conference involves students, their teacher and parents/carers.  The purpose of these conferences is for students to present and discuss their learning at Amaroo School. Semester One progress reports will be emailed prior to the conference. Learning portfolios will be presented during the conference.

Instructions for booking a Student Led Conference

We have implemented an online booking system to manage this process.  Please follow these steps:

1. Follow this link   https://amarooschoolpri.youcanbook.me/
2. Click on the name of your child’s teacher.
3. Identify a time when you are both available.
4. Click on that time and complete the online form.
5. You and the teacher will receive a confirmation email.
6. If you need to cancel or change your booking this email will contain details of how to do that.
7. If you experience difficulty using the online booking system please contact the school and they can arrange a booking for you.
8. Conferences will take place in your child’s classroom. Your child will be able to guide you there on the day.

Explorations

Explorations is our inquiry unit where we each get to research a science topic of interest. We are working towards presenting our research at the end of the term and were busy this afternoon gathering our facts and building our knowledge. 

Mathematics

This term we have been focusing heavily on developing efficient strategies to solve addition problems. We have learnt strategies including using a number line and hundreds chart, counting on, vertical addition and the split strategy. Some of these proved more challenging than others but we have persisted and continue to improve.

This week we have changed our maths focus to subtraction. Yesterday we did a fun warm up to get our brains ready to subtract! We did counting back relay's and tried to be the first team who counted back to zero first. Maths and exercise . . . What a great combination!

Explanation Writing

In Literacy, we have been learning how to write an explanation.... And in Science, we have been learning all about different animal's life cycles.... And with all our powers combined, we are now able to write an explanation which explains the life cycle of an animal! Wow, we sure are clever!

One of our first explanations was on the life cycle of a chicken. Here is just one of the fabulous pieces of work from 2NTS (author: Riley)...

We then had a go at writing about the life cycle of a frog. We learnt lots about frogs in our researching! (Author: Nicole)...

Finally, to end our unit we wrote an explanation on the life cycle of a butterfly (completely independently!) and boy, was Mrs Thorpe's socks blown off! Everyone did such a fabulous job! (Author: Zara)...

Kenny Koala

On Tuesday, Kenny Koala came to visit! He reminded us about the importance of being safe on the road and ways we can keep ourselves safe when we're out and about.