Term 1 Week 6

This term seems to be flying by the halfway mark!

Tadpoles and Patterns
This week we are beginning our Inquiry into 'How the World Works' in which we will be exploring patterns. We are investigating different types of patterns in our world including patterns in nature, man made patterns and patterns in animals.

We have ignited our Inquiry though our class tadpoles! The girls have shown a genuine fascination and interest into the cycle of frogs. Next week we will continue to explore the frog's life cycle and also introduce the Monarch butterfly. If girls would like to bring anything in from home they are most welcome to. This Inquiry will also flow through into the Strand Maths as we begin to look at mathematical patternsl

Self Portraits and the Art Gallery
We finished our fabulous self portraits this week with the help of MelanieMichelle. We would be very appreciative if some Mums would come and help back these. Please email me if you think you would be available to help this coming week. The girls have been creating self portraits with Ms Parker in Art too and these have been done using photography.

Today we visited the Art Gallery. 1FR spent the first hour creating a piece of art depicting their identity through the use of images and colour. These will be on display shortly. You may like to ask your daughter why they chose the symbols and colours they did. The second half 1FR spent looking at 3 pieces of artwork and explored the different elements that made each one unique. All in all our trip was a fantastic experience and the girls commented on how much they enjoyed themselves. I was impressed at the level of in-depth questioning by the girls and their focused enthusiasm. They were a credit to you as they behaved beautifully and showed how polite and well mannered Dio girls are!

Phonics
This week we missed a few letters so next we will be doing u, g, ai and f

Poetry
Unfortunately we didn't have time to complete our poems today so we will be doing them on Monday and the girls can bring the Poetry books home on Monday to share with you.

Have a great weekend!
Carol