Week 6 Term 4

On Wednesday we are travelling to the Stratford's dairy farm to look at the milking cycle - Where Does our Food Come From?  Thank you Maree Jenkinson, Maria Shea, Sarah Reid and Maria Tait who have offered to accompany us.  If there was anyone else, that would be fantastic as only 2 other parents from the whole junior school have indicated that they are available.  Staff will be meeting after school on Monday to organise supervision groups, as we need to keep all children safe in this environment.
Please remember to dress for the farm - sturdy shoes or gumboots, hi-viz jacket, sunhat but also a warm jacket and plenty to eat and drink. It would be appreciated if the $10 per child could be paid to the office by Wednesday.  If there is a problem with this please let us know.

Sunhats: are required every day and it is expected that these are worn at all times outside the classroom.  We are a sunsafe school and developing this habit is essential.

Wednesday Gardening Group: Adam, Archie, Hayvin, Charlotte K, Lily M and Payton will garden next week, meaning that our last gardening group will be in the garden on Wednesday 30th November. Last week's group worked hard in the garden with Rachael (Liam Baxter's mum), she also knows plenty about gardens - her parents having "Mackie's Garden Centre",  lovely to have a new parent in the garden.

Cultural Assembly: Thursday afternoon starting at 1:30 in the hall.

First Holy Communion - Sunday 20th  - 9am. Please support our Year 4 students who are taking this further step in their faith journey.

Homework

1. Reading: every night - if you have a chapter book on the go at home please write the name of this in your log.  I expect that you would read for 10 - 15 minutes - this could be in bed. Some groups will also have their instructional reader which needs to be read for fluency mileage.  Keep looking at the punctuation and use this to phrase your reading - especially speech marks where you can change your voice to add expression.  Our reading focus this term continues to be " what is the author';s message?"
2. Eisteddfod Speeches: Mrs Waldron is working on report writing, and these can easily be changed into a speech. You should have already chosen your topic to research. 

Have a great week of learning and adventure.