Term 1, Week 9
The following Work Package has been created to assist children at home with their learning.
Monday, March 30, 2020
Friday, March 27, 2020
Harmony Day 2020!
Well, today our school celebrated Harmony Day...albeit one with greatly reduced student numbers!
Ms Randall and Mrs Agar did an amazing job of decorating the undercover area with pennants and cut out paper people made by the very crafty students of WGPS. The display was very striking and blew us all away. Be sure to thank them the next time you see them.
Despite only having a handful of students in the class, they still dressed up to celebrate the occasion. Check out their cool costumes below!
I trust this post finds everyone healthy and productively engaged throughout the long days. Students - you need to make an extra effort to be helpful and considerate around the home!
Take care and be safe. I'm missing you all terribly!
Mr S
Ms Randall and Mrs Agar did an amazing job of decorating the undercover area with pennants and cut out paper people made by the very crafty students of WGPS. The display was very striking and blew us all away. Be sure to thank them the next time you see them.
Despite only having a handful of students in the class, they still dressed up to celebrate the occasion. Check out their cool costumes below!
I trust this post finds everyone healthy and productively engaged throughout the long days. Students - you need to make an extra effort to be helpful and considerate around the home!
Take care and be safe. I'm missing you all terribly!
Mr S
Wednesday, March 25, 2020
Trying Times!
Hello to all our Rm 22 families - I hope you are all healthy and (relatively) happy!
Things are, indeed, very topsy turvey at the moment and our nation is facing challenging times. Things will pass of, course, but the road ahead may be rather bumpy.
For our students, it is very important that we support them through this time and keep them busy, optimistic and mentally/physically healthy.
There are many students who are currently being kept at home to help stop the spread of the Coronavirus. I completely understand this decision and, along with the rest of the WGPS staff, am busy coming up with some home learning packages for the students to access. This work is not just 'busy work', but includes concepts that we are covering in class. These guides will be up on this blog by the end of this week. I have already posted (under the homework tab) a list of very good online educational sites that the children can use to help them maintain their learning throughout this period.
Something I strongly recommend to parents who are keeping their children at home is to try and establish a daily routine. The prospect of free time sounds wonderful to young children...for about half a day, whereupon they become bored and vexatious! My suggestion is that each day should be timetabled so that the children engage in set activities for a predetermined length of time, and that the day be composed of a mixture of:
Things are, indeed, very topsy turvey at the moment and our nation is facing challenging times. Things will pass of, course, but the road ahead may be rather bumpy.
For our students, it is very important that we support them through this time and keep them busy, optimistic and mentally/physically healthy.
There are many students who are currently being kept at home to help stop the spread of the Coronavirus. I completely understand this decision and, along with the rest of the WGPS staff, am busy coming up with some home learning packages for the students to access. This work is not just 'busy work', but includes concepts that we are covering in class. These guides will be up on this blog by the end of this week. I have already posted (under the homework tab) a list of very good online educational sites that the children can use to help them maintain their learning throughout this period.
Something I strongly recommend to parents who are keeping their children at home is to try and establish a daily routine. The prospect of free time sounds wonderful to young children...for about half a day, whereupon they become bored and vexatious! My suggestion is that each day should be timetabled so that the children engage in set activities for a predetermined length of time, and that the day be composed of a mixture of:
- Online learning or parent guided lessons
- Physical activity
- Creative activities -arts, craft, cooking, music, engineering challenges
- Reading
- Helping around the home
- Games and 'free' time
This will help the day go faster, will be beneficial to their (and your!) mental and physical health, and even if they will not admit it - children like routines! It might also be a great opportunity for you to teach your children how to cook, sew, make a birdhouse, etc. Do not try and make your child sit down and do schoolwork from 8.45 to 3.05....the quality of their work will be poor, they will not learn very much and you will drive yourself crazy trying to keep them on task! Short periods, interspersed with other activities will prove to be far more productive.
I will be updating this blog every day with new information and content, so remember to check back regularly.
Trying times indeed...but this is a time where we can all show our inner strength and character. Coping with adversity is a part of life and how we all deal with it will be watched and absorbed by our young ones.
Please all stay healthy and look out for one another. And students....WASH YOUR HANDS!
Mr S
Tuesday, March 10, 2020
Rm 22 and 31 Assembly
Last Friday, the students from Rm 22 and 31 had our assembly, and it was a blast!
Being asked to come up with an assembly item in such a short space of time was a little daunting but we put our collective heads together and came up with two charming little poems to learn and recite - 'My Dad, Your Dad' and 'Sick'.
The students did a fantastic job of memorizing the poems and helped us come up with a series of actions to perform whilst reciting the poems. Both poems were delivered with lots of enthusiasm and drama!
A big thank you to all the parents, who did a wonderful job of dressing their children up to look like outpatients from a hospital. There were bandages, slings, fake blood, casts, moon boots and crutches, band-aids...they all looked amazing!
Congratulations to our certificate winners:
Mandy - for being an all round wonderful young lady.
Alex - for his awesome Science skills.
Tejas - for his amazing dedication to learning.
Georgia - for doing her absolute best at all times.
Aliston - for making such a great start to 2020 in his new MAC home!
Joella - for being willing to work hard and do extra work in order to improve.
I am, indeed, the luckiest teacher in WA to have such a great class of students.
Here are some photos of the Rm 22 kids all decked out in their sick costumes!
Being asked to come up with an assembly item in such a short space of time was a little daunting but we put our collective heads together and came up with two charming little poems to learn and recite - 'My Dad, Your Dad' and 'Sick'.
The students did a fantastic job of memorizing the poems and helped us come up with a series of actions to perform whilst reciting the poems. Both poems were delivered with lots of enthusiasm and drama!
A big thank you to all the parents, who did a wonderful job of dressing their children up to look like outpatients from a hospital. There were bandages, slings, fake blood, casts, moon boots and crutches, band-aids...they all looked amazing!
Congratulations to our certificate winners:
Mandy - for being an all round wonderful young lady.
Alex - for his awesome Science skills.
Tejas - for his amazing dedication to learning.
Georgia - for doing her absolute best at all times.
Aliston - for making such a great start to 2020 in his new MAC home!
Joella - for being willing to work hard and do extra work in order to improve.
I am, indeed, the luckiest teacher in WA to have such a great class of students.
Here are some photos of the Rm 22 kids all decked out in their sick costumes!
Tuesday, March 3, 2020
Bottle Rockets Blast Off!
Over the past two weeks, our students have been busily designing and building their bottle rockets- our first STEM project of 2020.
The task was to modify a soda bottle so that, when launched into the air using water and compressed air, the 'rocket' would fly in a stable arc. We would evaluate the efficiency of our rockets by observing the distance travelled and the stability of the flight.
Our students had to:
The task was to modify a soda bottle so that, when launched into the air using water and compressed air, the 'rocket' would fly in a stable arc. We would evaluate the efficiency of our rockets by observing the distance travelled and the stability of the flight.
Our students had to:
- Research aerodynamics and how real rocket scientists overcome air resistance
- Draw some early concepts and ideas
- Build a Beta model, and then test it out
- Modify the Beta model and re-test
- Present a final model, along with design paperwork
We got to do some Beta testing last week, although not as much as we would have liked, due to inclement weather conditions! Here are some pictures of our attempts!
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