I trust you all had a lovely break over the Queen's Birthday Long Weekend and that you enjoyed an extra sleep in, I certainly did. The children appeared to enjoy their excursion to the CSIRO on Friday and were exhausted coming home on the bus (a few children falling asleep on the bus). The excursion was totally hands on and the children were made to think about what force was involved to make each toy move. Here are some photos to show you how engaging the program was.

                                                                                     

I hope you enjoy the long weekend this weekend to celebrate the 'Queen's Birthday'. Our CSIRO excursion on Friday is getting closer. The children will need to bring playlunch, lunch and water for the day. Could you please be mindful of nut allergies as we will be eating together as a group? Also it would be a good idea if lunch could be packed in disposable bags then we don't have to bring our lunchboxes back. Our new Inquiry unit is called 'May the Force Be With You' where the children will be looking at how things move. It is a Science based unit and there will be lots of hands on activities. It is getting close to the end of term and the children are extremely tired. They are busily finishing off their portfolio activities and the reports will be coming home with them this term. The children are up to the final publishling stage of their narratives and they look terrific!!  A big thankyou to the parent helpers who have been helping out in class with the editing process as it is often a huge task.
The children have been given a new website to look at to help them with their spelling. It is called Spelling City. http://www.spellingcity.com/ The children can work with their weekly spelling words and play an assortment of interactive games. So far the reviews have been very positive.
Michelle Bird

Inquiry Project Presentations- This Week

This is a taste of what to expect at JSB's Project Presentations on Thursday 3rd June 2010 at 2:30 pm. The children have been working very hard and they are very proud of their finished product. Many parents have said that they will be coming so we look forward to a full house. Next Friday (11th June)we will be going on our CSIRO Excursion and today we drew a name out of a cup for the lucky parent helper chosen to attend. This time it will be Mrs Suzanne Brooker (Jake's Mum). Thankyou to all the parents who responded and hopefully there will be more opportunities for other parents later on in the year. In addition to this we have a special news from one of our classmates. Isabella (Izzie) has been selected to dance in the stage production of 'The Candyman'. We will keep you posted when we have more details about this. Congratulations Izzie!