News from Amaroo Gold  

Amaroo has had a busy start to Term 4! We have been engaged in lots of different         learning activities and have enjoyed writing, painting, praying, cooking and making lots of exciting things.

Religious Education

We have loved hearing the Creation Story and how God created the world in seven days. We painted pictures to show all the wonderful things that God created for us.

We have also been learning about Noah’s Ark. Noah did what God asked him to do and saved the life of all the animals from the flood.

English

This term we are reading lots of books about Elmer the Elephant written by Davis McKee. Elmer books teach us lessons about accepting others and celebrating our uniqueness. We have also been learning how to write procedural texts including step by step instructions, recipes and how to make things.

Adjectives to describe Elmer

Adjectives to describe Elmer's Bear 

How to make a city Collage                      How to Brush your teeth                     How to make an ocean collage

Mathematics:

This term so far in Mathematics, we have been very busy learning about money, time and place value. We have really enjoyed problem solving during our number sense activities and our daily Maths groups.

Amaroo Blue 

Term 4 is proving to be a busy, busy term full of fun and excitement!

English

Students are learning to research and take notes about the Titanic expedition, they will have a go at writing an historical recount using appropriate text structure, language and features. Students will also learn and apply proofreading and editing skills. The Titanic is a topic of great interest to Amaroo Blue students, they are able to bring prior knowledge that enhances our conversions and their research.

Mathematics

So far in Term 4 we have learned about fractions and decimals and have gained skills in telling the time on both analogue and digital clocks. The next few weeks will be solving problems involving money and learning about chance and data.

Science and Technology

Our ongoing unit is “Exploring Forces” which includes investigating gravity, air resistance and magnetism. We especially enjoy the hands-on activities where we test what we have been learning and see the forces in action.

Cooking is a favourite activity for the students of Amaroo Blue and the Learning Support Centre. We discuss the format of a recipe, measure out the ingredients and enjoy the end product. Mrs Sillis often tries what we have prepared. So far this term we have made  spooky spider biscuits, mini hot dogs and Chiko Rolls.

There are so many things that we are looking forward to this term. This week we will participate in the SportsReady Gala Day run by the Disability Trust Wollongong to be held at Beaton Park. Next week is the very exciting Colour Run! We wonder who will slime Mrs Sillis and Mrs Hailstone? There is a visit from Andrew Chinn where we will be performing with him and the upcoming Carols evening with St Brigids and the parish.

Learning Support Centre

In the LSC we have been developing our interest in reading by sharing lots of great books. We are asking and answering ‘wh’ questions - who, where, what,when and why - and making connections between what we read and our own experiences to improve our comprehension skills. This book generated lots of discussion!

We have also been talking about empathy and how we can show empathy to others.

We have been improving  our conversation skills by taking turns to ask questions and make comments that are related to what the other person says.

In Maths we have been learning about the concepts and language of time in the past, present and future. We have referred to calendars and practised reading times on analog and digital clocks.

We have also been making good use of our new Lego to cooperate during our Brain Breaks!