Term 3

Welcome back to Term 3. I hope everyone has had a relaxing holiday and are ready for a busy term ahead.

Term 3 is dominated by the writing and presentation of speeches. The grade 5 children are writing about a famous Australian while the Grade 6 children write about the history of an aspect of the area or of a family member. It was wonderful to see the amount of research that had occured at home over the holidays for these speeches and we really appreciate the support that the children receive during this activity. Plans have been written and the children are working on creative ways to introduce their topic.

Our community garden continues to grow and develop and our newest little members of the garden have settled in. Of course they are our two little guinea pigs Milo and Caramel. Actually they are two very fat guinea pigs who love to eat vegetable scraps. If any of you cooks out there have carrot, pumpkin, celery, bean, cauliflower, cabbage and broccoli scraps these two ravenous little creatures would be very grateful if it could be sent to school. As I type this they are squeaking their thanks!

As usual, if at any time you have any queries, please feel free to give us a ring or pop in for a visit. Three Way Conferences will be held in week 6 to give the children a chance to share their learning with you.