Due to this being both a shorter week and NAPLAN for Year 5′s, the spelling contract only applies to Year 6′s. Please do your best with your word work.
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This week in our guided reading, we came across a strange instrument called the Stylophone. Here is a short clip of the Stylophone being used to play a short piece of music from a very popular movie – See if you can work out which movie and let me know via the comments.
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This week in our guided reading groups we read about the origin of the Slinky. Some of us discussed the following video clip which features the slinky. The band is Powderfinger and the song is My Happiness.
I have also added the original Slinky Commercial for your entertainment.
Enjoy!
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Apologies for the late post but here are week 2 spelling words
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Welcome back to the blog and to Term 2. Holidays have been relaxing for all of us I am sure. This term will see us start our interactions with the local nature park and the big ticket item is the construction of the Aboriginal Canoe from a beautiful gum tree. We will also start plant and weed identification and an eradication program of feral species in conjunction with the plan to increase the number of native plant species within the park.
In the classroom we will see the Year 5′s undertake NAPLAN in week 4, Peer teaching will be a focus for some of you this term, Technology will have a Japanese focus with Oragami and a Bamboo Water Feature our goals. Students will have the opportunity to participate in the Fun Run to raise money for some new playground equipment, Cross Country is on the agenda and SAPSASA football and netball will see some students take a trip to Adelaide for the week.
With all that in mind we still have an obligation to some teaching and learning in our classroom. So here are this weeks spelling and homework sheets.
It’s going to be a great term and I am really excited about all the great learning opportunities coming our way.
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If anyone is going to Adelaide in the school holidays and looking for something fun and educational to do there is a cool rock and science show you could ask your parents about. Click on the following link to find out more information about it: http://www.rockchickandsciencegeek.com/index.htm The show called “SOAKED” is supported by SA Water Educational Unit and is for kids aged 8 – 12.
Dates are as follows:
| 4-8 April 2011 |
SOAKED | SA Water Learning Centre |
| 13 April 2011 |
SOAKED | Sir Robert Helpmann Theatre, Mt Gambier |
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Enjoy yourselves this week!
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I know many of you enjoy watching strange things posted on our blog and this week some of your homework will be comprehension from this zany video from the band called OK GO. The video was filmed in a two story warehouse, in the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, CA. The “machine” was designed and built by the band, along with members of Syyn Labs ( http://syynlabs.com/ ) over the course of several months.
There is an in-depth behind-the-scenes look at the warehouse here: http://www.okgo.net/this-too-shall-pass-rube-goldberg-machine/ if you are interested in watching that also.
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