Letter Writing

This week we will be reading about communication methods and learning to write formal and informal letters. We are aiming to write to the local council as part of our inquiry around the demise of honeybees. The children will also be bringing some published letters to friends and family home so please encourage them by posting these on.

Happy Fathers Day!

Hope you enjoyed the cards

Happy Birthday and farewell to our lovely Tara, we will miss you!

Tara's cake made by the amazing Maria Dickie!

Clay Art

Some of our very cool clay dinosaurs!

Animal Classification

Animal Classification Pairs Activity from Simon Bishop

Learning about Insects

Thanks to Lucas for bringing in his brilliant bug collection and magazines. Gross, but awesome!

This week we're reading and writing about the Varroa mite and other parasites. Some key vocabulary is parasite, infestation, eradication, classification, invasive, arachnid.

Reading this Week

We will continue our inquiry around honey bees and colony collapse disorder and we will alos be looking at other insect life cycles and characteristics. Our shared book this week is all about gigantic insects and their role in the insect world. Some key vocabulary is adaptation, canopy, colonies, evolved, fossils, mandibles, species, nocturnal, titans, wingspan.

Art-Making Pinch Pots

Check out some of the awesome pinch pots that the children have been making on Friday afternoons.

Journal Plays

Performing a  journal play during reading today.

The Honey Bee

This term we will be doing some inquiry learning around bees and their importance in the food chain. We will look at the physiology and behaviour of bees plus colony organisation and we will also be leanring about pollination and the honey making process, uses for honey and colony collapse disorder and it's implications. Some key vocabulary is pollination, larvae, pupae, hibernation, monoculture, colonisation and supersede.

St Josephs Has Got Talent!

Welcome Back for Term 3!

Hi Everyone, I hope you all had a fantastic break with the family.

Please see the individual pages for information on some of the learning that we'll be doing this term and remember to keep up with reading, spelling and maths practice at home.

Musical Time!

Hi everyone. The children will be very busy preparing for the school musical this week and they will be performing on Thursday at 1pm and again at 6pm. I hope all of you will be there to support the children and the school.

Costume Requirements: Black trousers, shoes and long sleeve black top. If any one has any small glow sticks that you could donate, that would be appreciated.

Regards

Paul

World Cup Reading

We'll continue with our reading theme of the World Cup this week. Some additional vocabulary to learn is controversial, opposition, substitute, allowance, equaliser.