Singing in the rain

Hurrah!

The heavy rain was such fun this afternoon. The playground had turned into a lake and the water was threatening to come into Room 4. It was so exciting that we had to stop learning about fractions and hide under the verandah trying not to dip our toes into the lake outside.

Luckily two of our well prepared boys had gumboots and they waded out to the deepest part just checking there were no whales to be found. Then we made an origami boat and watched it float off on the waves gently fanned by the wind.

We couldn't stop giggling and making lots of noise! School is so much fun!

It was wonderful to see everyone 'heart jamming' this afternoon. We certainly looked very bright and happy.

I wonder how much money we will raise for the Heart Foundation?

Thanks to everyone that made such an effort to dress up in red!

Heart Jam!!

We are very excited as we have arrived this morning to see a sea of red!!

WHY? Because it's HEART JAM time! Come and join us at 2:15 in the playground and see us jump around to raise money for the Heart Foundation.

Stardome Trip- Year 2

Reminder that the Year 2 classes are visiting the Stardome and your child should have brought a permission slip today, outlining the fee and dates etc.

Rooms 10 and 11 - Wednesday 26th May

Rooms 8 and 9 - Monday 31st May

Cost - $7.00 per child

Preschoolers are not able to come along on this trip but parents are invited to, also at a cost of $7.00

Any further questions, dont hesitate to speak to a Year 2 teacher :-)

TERM TWO- 2010

What is happening for this Term???

Our school wide concept is- CREATIVITY

Our Big Picture will be- 'Cycle of Life'
with the Big Question- 'How can we interpret our ever-changing world?'

MAJOR FOCUS: The Arts MINOR FOCUS: Science
Contexts: Seasons, Day and Night, the Earths Cycles.

Our Writing Focus will be- Personal Recounts/ Picture Plans/ Cameo Writing/ Recrafting/ Publishing and a particular focus on Transactional Writing: Report

We will also be participating in the 'Keeping Ourselves Safe' Programme.

Our mathematics programme will be- Numeracy (Weeks 1-5) ---> Assessment (Weeks 6&7) ---> Fractions (Weeks 7&8) ---> Geometry (Weeks 9&10) **approx.**


SPECIAL EVENTS:
-Parent Teacher Conferences- Wednesday 12th and Thursday 13th May (Week 4)
-Student Teacher's start Monday 17th May in Rooms 8 and 10 (Week 5)
-Trip to Stardome Rooms 10 & 11 (YEAR 2) - Wednesday 26th May 12:00- 1:30pm (Week 6)
-Heart Jam - Friday 28th May (Week 6)
-Queens B'Day (School Closed) Monday 7th June (Week 8)

MEET THE TEAM!

Introducing the Junior Team:
Back Row (Left to Right) Geraldine Conway, Helen Fisher,Lorelle Headland, Sarah Brinkley, Kirsty Hardie-Boys, Glenys Sellar, Kimberley Nieborak.
Front Row (Left to Right) Rebecca Harrison, Kathryn Bisphan, Jenny Mahar, Beulah Paul, Christine Hopkins, Aylene FitzGerald, Carolyn Haines, Carol Scott.

Junior School Blog

Welcome to the Junior School Blog at ROPS. We hope to use this Blog to share what we are doing in our team over the year. Stop by and visit when you can!:)