At Craigburn we try very hard to build a culture of respect, optimism and resilience among the students,parents and staff. In fact our values of Caring, Self-worth and Respect are proudly displayed on the students jumpers and t-shirts as well as around the school.
Here is a fantastic poster that reflects these values and is one that is displayed in Room 4.
Many thanks to Krissy Venosdale for creating and providing this poster through creative commons.
What values do you have at your school?
We are very excited by this milestone and we are going to have a class party to celebrate!
We are sure you will continue to visit our blog to follow the learning in Room 4.
Every now and then we like to play this game. It’s really good for learning our sight words. The game is called Tic Tac Toe and we play it with a magic wand that helps us to remember our words. Sometimes we say the word and then put it into a sentence.
Here are the words to Tic Tac Toe and you can watch the movie to see how it’s done.
Tic Tac Toe around I go where I stop I do not know.
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Room 4 don’t forget that next week your Show and Tell is to interview a family member about what life was like when they were young. I am sure they have some great stories about their childhood!
Here is a list of possible questions you could ask them:
When and where were you born?
How many brothers and sisters did you have?
What sort of house did you live in when you were a child?
What types of games did you like playing?
Did you like going to school?
What is the best thing you remember about your childhood?
Did you go on many holidays? Where did you usually go?
Our Inquiry Unit this term is about Arthropods. We are investigating the features and functions of Arthropods, the role Arthropods have in a diverse environment and peoples impact on the environment of Arthropods.
Here is what we know so far.
Click on the link below to view our Glogster.
What do you know about Arthropods?
Wow, what a great first day for term 3 we all had! We had a new baby being born, a pet rabbit joining a family, birthday parties, camping trips, movies and much more happening. The children were so keen to tell Mrs. K all about their holidays. So we made a wordle to show you the fun things we did. The bigger the words the more children did that activity.
What did you do in the holidays?
At Craigburn Primary School we are now on holidays for two weeks.
Are you looking for something to do in the holidays?
Visit this website and you will find many fun things to do. Enjoy!
It was with much anticipation that we prepared for our puppet making lesson. We had looked at puppet books to see the many types of puppets that could be made. Together we brainstormed the things we might need and we wrote procedures in our Inquiry books so that we knew the order to successfully complete our puppets.
Today was the day when we made them! Oh what wonderful creations the children made! It was two solid hours of drawing, cutting, pasting, hot glue gunning, unpulling, redesigning, talking, helping, thinking and completing!!
It was fantastic to see the children so engrossed in their work. It took persistance to come up with a model the children were happy with. Everyone was so proud of their creations and I was proud to see how well everyone worked.
Room 4 could not have made such lovely puppets without the help of the Mums. A big thankyou to you!
Today was one of our “BEST” days!
Making Our Puppets on PhotoPeach
We were so lucky to have the author Phil Cummings speak to us today. He told about where he gets his ideas for books from. As soon as he gets an idea he has to write them down. Do you know he has even written the outline of a story on a Qantas sick bag?! It might take up to a year to write a book and then many years until it is ready to be published.He needs Persistance and Resilience because the publishers often send Phil’s work back to him with corrections he needs to make. Phil can’t draw very well so he has to find an illustrator to draw the pictures for him. Phil said that sometimes it takes avery long time before he has just the right word to add to a story. Phil Cummings told us some wonderful stories and he made us laugh a lot! We can’t wait to read some more of his wonderful stories!
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Today we were lucky enough to have Amy’s dad come and talk to us. He is an Associate Professor at Flinders Medical Centre. He teaches medical students and also does research there.
He talked to us about the Nervous and Digestive systems. He brought along a model of the brain and we could take it apart. We learnt many interesting things about our brains and what happens to our food. We also learnt that it is very important to eat healthy foods and get lots of fibre.
Many thanks to Amy’s dad for sharing his great knowledge. We really enjoyed having him come and talk to us!