Friday Mass

 On Friday, our class went to mass on the bus. 

We ate our lunch at church and we got to have juice as a treat.

We are learning how to blend the primary colours to make secondary colours.

Rainbow Art with Ms Baines and Mrs Edwards

Come and visit our class to see our beautiful rainbows.

WALT: write about a personal experience.

Today, Room 8 got a new green door. 

Here are Cledwyn, Finley and Ollie sharing their writing with the class.

Finley wrote "I had a photo with the man."

Ollie and Cledwyn wrote "The man was building the door."

Welcome to Samantha East-Trejo

Last week we had a new addition to our class - Sam East-Trejo.  We welcomed Sam to our St James family and she has settled in wonderfully to our class.
Here she is with Mum

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WALT: use bean bags to give our brains and body an energy boost.

In class we use the bean bags to help with our coordination, give our bodies an energy boost and to keep our brains active.  They are lots of fun take a look and try at home if you can!!

Assumption of Mary

On Friday we were very excited to go on our first bus ride to St Patrick's Cathedral to celebrate the Assumption of Mary.  All the children showed lots of respect in church and took part in the mass with reverence and self control.  They all especially enjoyed going up to get a blessing during communion.  A great day to celebrate a special occasion.

Walt: write a simple sentence in response to books we have read.

The Monster's Party

Skipping WALT: jump with two feet forwards and backwards

The last few weeks we have been learning to jump while using a skipping rope.  Some of us are beginners and are trying our best to jump without getting tangled up in the rope!

Big Book - Lavalava

In Room 8 this week, we have been reading "Lavalava by Lino Nelisi". It is about Sofia, her family and all the things they do while wearing their lavalavas.

We have been using our big book to learn how to read and recognise the sightword "here". We have also been practicing reading with clear and confident voices. Not shouting or mumbling.

Latai wore her lavalava to school today for mufti day, isn't it beautiful.

We recorded ourselves reading lavalava for you. We hope you enjoy it. Press the green button below to hear us reading the story to you.

WALT: write simple sentences about the special people in our lives.

Someone Special in our Lives WALT write simple sentences about the special people in our lives like our parents and Grandparents. Here are some things we do with our special people.

My Poppa buys cars for me.  By Byron.

My Poppa eats pizza with me in the car. By Liam

I can make a cake and the robot with Poppa. By Henri

My Dad takes me to the beach sometimes. By Caspian

My Poppa plays cars with me. By Finley

My Grandad eats chocolate chips with me. By Macauley.

My Grandad draws with me. By Jonty

My Nana makes marmite toast for me. By Oliver

My Dad goes to McDonalds with me. By Emile

My Dad went to McDonalds with me. By Cledwyn

My Nana like to take me to McDonalds to get some tea.  By Maia

My Grandma and Grandad take me and pick me up from school.  I love it. By Kayden

My Nana likes to make strawberry icecream for me.  I tastes good. By Antonia

My Mum takes me to the garden and we pick some flowers.  By Latai

My Nana can make banana cake. By Corban

Discovery

On Friday we had our first Discovery for the Term.

Here are some of the fun things we got to do.

• Gardening with Mrs Edwards
• Building with Mr Edwards
• Weighing different object with balancing scales
• Measuring using lots of different non-standard units toys and chalk drawings
• Skipping
• Building using lots of different materials
• Drawing with chalk