From Waiben Year 3, Mrs. Luella Tyler
Week 5 has arrived so quickly and we are half way through Term 1!
Class has become settled into a routine and students should be proud that they are working well and generally making the most of every minute of learning time.
A highlight of this term is our HASS learning about community groups and people who make a difference to the quality of lives of people in the community. We are enjoying a number of visits from community members. On Thursday we had Miss Dora visit to talk about water on Hammond Island when she was a little girl and how it changed since 2000 and the building of the underwater pipeline.
Next week we will have a visit from Mr Warren Entch, Miss Chi and Dr Marlow who will talk about government information, the pearling industry, and the hospital in the Torres Strait. We are hoping to have visitors from the council, from Ergon and Star of the Sea.
Our class wishes to thank Mrs Benjamin for organising our visitors and visits to community places.
We have been learning to do slide show presentations in class and to use Reading Express and Essential Assessment on the laptops. The children are doing well with logging in and caring for their individual computers in preparation for NAPLAN in March.
We are doing a novel study on ‘Bad Guys 1” which the children really like.
Thank you for organising students for both the library and swimming each week. Thank you for your communications with me. Students are on assembly presentation on the 7th March. They will have practice NAPLAN on the 3 and 5th March. Naplan will be held from March 12th .
Each year I think I have the best singers in the world and yet every year it gets better and better. I love prayer time when the children’s voices are so beautiful. I was so moved at the opening mass by the sounds of the voices of all of the children and believe that Bishop Joe will never forget it either.
We have enjoyed working with Miss Hayley, Miss Teesh, Ms Kathryn and Ms Margaret and Miss Carla this term and thank them for their help with everything.
Best Regards,
Mrs. Luella Tyler
