End of Semester

Christmas is over, exams are over, all the end of semester tasks and parties are over.
Now it is time for a well-deserved Winter Break.
Have a great time everyone.
Here are some pictures from the past week.
Jolene, Victor, and Ricky did a great job mopping the floor outside.

Alica made sure her chair was really clean.
Nicole and Richard cleaned their cubbies really well.
Jason and Elijah were very inventive when it came to cleaning desks.
Sarah taught us some fun games - like bump and another fun game.
Playing bump was lots of fun.
Alica and Sarah had fun exchanging glasses for a while.
Sarah tried to learn how to play cards using Grade 3 rules.
Happy Birthday Nick
Happy Birthday Jolene
Happy Birthday Alica
Happy Birthday Sandra

Happy Birthday Ricky
Happy Birthday Richard
Happy Birthday Jasmine
Happy Birthday Nicole
Happy Birthday JC
Designing a village using only recyclable materials was quite a challenge but Nicole and Jasmine did a great job.
Victor and Elijah were very creative with their farm.
Great work Sonia and Wesley.
This is a great project Jolene and Nina.
Good creative thoughts Jason and Joshua
Well done 3b on getting 2nd place in the clean up competition for week 20.
Good Citizens - Jolene, Nicole, and Elijah. Well done!!
Model Student Alica. Congratulations.
Yippee we past our clean up test.
Yay ... time for Winter Break.

Happy New Year Everyone .. see you on the 22nd.

Week 20

Our first day of final semester exams are now over. Well-done everyone!Web art - done in recognition of Charlotte's web

Well-done Alica, Jolene, and Nicole. We really enjoyed your puppet show.

Hi Ho Hi Ho it's off to library we go.

The library has some beautiful flower art displayed at the moment.

Don't forget to bring in your two papers from each subject for the time capsule!

A CSS project

A science experiment to see the different effects of water and oil on feathers. We discovered that water dries quickly but oil never dries. Oil can be washed off a feather with soapy water but it would be difficult to wash all the birds and penguins who get covered in oil after an oil spill.

The students performed wonderfully in the music talent class. Well-done to you all for being so brave!

Science anti pollution posters

Science Recycling Village Project begins.

8 and 9 times table Wizards so far are Justin, Nick, Nicole, and Wesley. Good job all of you.

Next Week

Monday - Math, WSS, and Chinese Exams

Tuesday - 1st Semester Birthday Party and H1N1 Shots and Classroom Clean up (all books must go home)

Wednesday - Cleanup and Closing Ceremony (please remember to wear your class tshirts)

Winter Vacation Homework

1. Charlotte's web comic book page. (Wow Justin you were so fast .. now perhaps you can try another chapter!)

2. Learn spellings for spelling bee next semester.

3. Read Read Read

HAVE A WONDERFUL WINTER BREAK.

I WILL THINK OF YOU ALL WHILE I AM SITTING ON THE BEACH IN SUNNY SOUTH AFRICA.

Week 19

In Science we have been learning about resources and products made from them. We had an activity on Thursday to match resources to products. It was a good learning tool.

Congratulations to Jason for becoming a 4 and 5 times tables Wizards. Keep up the good work.


Congratulations 6 and 7 times tables Wizards – Nick, Jolene, Elijah, Justin, Nicole, Ricky, Sonia, Wesley, and Victor. Keep up the good work.


Well done to all our Homework Machines for trying your best with your homework. Remember to always turn in your homework on time and to do your homework the best you can.


Summary of work.

Science
Early next week we will complete Unit C Chapter 3.
The Science Exam takes place during the 4th period next Friday 15th.
Please remember to bring in some small recycled items which we can use to make a diorama at the end of next week.

Math
We have now completed chapter 6 and are ready for exams next week.
The Math exam takes place during the first period on Monday 18th.

Western Social Studies
Early next week we will complete Chapter 6.
The WSS exam takes place during the 3rd period on Monday 18th.

English
The English Exam takes place during the 2nd period on Friday 15th.
We have read the first 15 chapters of Charlotte’s web and have learned some new vocabulary words (This vocabulary will not be on the exam).

Looking Ahead:

On Tuesday 19th January we will have a birthday party for all the students whose birthdays are from August to January. We will play fun games and have a special lunch.

Next Semester I am planning to have a Spelling Bee so please encourage your children to review all the spelling and vocabulary words we have learned this semester including the Charlotte’s web words (spellings only, no meanings).

Weeks 16 to 18

At flag ceremony last week 3b received a clean up award again. Great work guys!.

Well done to Justin for receiving the Student of the Month Award.

In Science we have been learning about landforms and we used flour dough to create a variety of landforms – glacier, plateau, peninsular, river valley, mountain range, island, plain, and volcano. We even managed to make the volcano erupt using vinegar, food coloring, and soda powder.

Congratulations to Alica, Jonathan, Joshua, and Jasmine for becoming 4 and 5 times tables Wizards. Keep up the good work.

Well done to all our Homework Machines for trying your best with your homework. Remember to always turn in your homework on time and to do your homework the best you can.

3b had fun in Art trying to break the Piñata they had made.

Everyone took turns to put up some decorations on our Christmas calendar and Christmas tree. They also popped some balloons to count down to our Christmas party.

We ate cupcakes and opened gifts on Friday 18^th December.

Thanks to Christina and all the parents and students of 3b for the beautiful Christmas card and all the wonderful gifts. My family so enjoyed the Taiwan snacks you gave me to take and share with them.

Our tomato plant has tomatoes .. so now we just need to wait for them to ripen and we can eat our very own class grown tomatoes.

We had fun sampling Bar One Chocolate from South Africa. We also had the chance to try Aero Chocolate and now we know why Officer Mike called his dog Aero .. because it is very sweet.

We had a great time on our substitute Christmas day. Santa came and brought wild animal pencils in the morning and then we had great fun at our Christmas party in the afternoon. We danced, played pass the parcel, exchanged gifts and sampled some snacks from SA. Thanks to all the parents who helped.

We have a special visitor until the end of semester. My niece, Sarah, from New Zealand is visiting while Mr DB is in SA. 3b have already enjoyed her company as she has taught them some fun dances and hand games.

Here’s some photos of my family Christmas in SA. Thank you all for your support and understanding so that I could join my family during this special time.

Summary of work planned for the rest of the month. I will update this regularly in case of unplanned changes.

Science

This last week we had a test on Unit C Chapter 3 test

Next week we look at resources and how to conserve them and in week 20 we will finish of Unit C Chapter 3 and prepare for exams which take place at the end of the week and in week 21.

Math

We had a test on chapter 5 this week and we will continue working on multiplication and reviewing our times tables for the rest of this semester.

Western Social Studies

This week we had a test on Chapter 5 and started work on Chapter 6 The World in Geographers’ Terms

Week 19: Chapter 6 Physical Processes, and Human Processes

Week 20: Complete Chapter 6 and prepare for exams which take place at the end of the week and in week 21.

English

This week we had a vocab, spelling, and content test on “Ask the Experts” and started reading “Charlotte’s Web”. At the end of week 20 and beginning of 21 are exams