From the Classrooms

1-2 D have been learning about living and non-living things.  As part of this inquiry, students were asked to think about, then write and draw what living things need to survive. Students discovered that living things can be plants and animals. The four main things that they need to survive and continue to grow are: food, water, shelter and air.

In 5-6 A we have been diving into the world of morphology. We are learning about word origins, prefixes and suffixes, and discussing how we can use this to improve our reading and writing.

We have also been unpacking the Department Value of Responsibility. We identified actions that were student responsibilities in both the classroom and playground and discussed the flow on effects of each. What might happen if we don’t follow up on our responsibilities? What might happen if we do? From this, we have started having a weekly responsibility focus. This week, it is getting ready to we can begin our learning tasks quickly.

Our literacy focus this term is persuasive texts. We have been using Greta Thunberg’s speech from the 2019 Climate Summit as our mentor text and have been examining the techniques she used to try and get the world listening! As part of the knowledge building phase of this unit, we watched Greta’s speech many times, read articles on climate change and completed some artwork around the theme of deforestation.

Stay tuned for some convincing persuasive texts later this term!