21st October, 2019 Term 4, Week 3

IMPORTANT DATES

OCTOBER 21st Pupil Free Day 23rd Footsteps @ Isisford State School 24th Footsteps @ Ilfracombe State School 26th Isisford Ross Cup Races 28th Grandparents Day & Day for Daniel Fun Run

DATE CLAIMERS

Isisford Ross Cup Races Saturday 26th October, 2019

It’s hard to believe we are at the end of week 2 already. We’ve had some pretty warm days so the students are spending more time inside when it is over 40 degrees and we have been talking to them about being aware of their bodies, so they know when it is time to slow down and drink water. Sunscreen is in the kitchen on the left hand side as you walk in the door. Please encourage your children to apply it in the morning when putting their lunch in the fridge. We have continued with poetry this week and had some fun on Friday doing a treasure hunt that the 3/4 students had designed for us as part of mapping in maths. We are raising lots of money for our Do it for Daniel Fun Run, so please hop onto the website and add something to our accounts. We look forward to seeing all the parents and Grandparents on Grandparents Day.

English In English this week we have continued our poetry unit. In P-2 we have focused on the poetic devices rhythm, rhyme and alliteration as well as looking at the different structures in poetry. To practice identifying nouns and adjectives, we also did an

adjective poem.

Motorbike

by Agatha - Year 1

Motorbike, motorbike, motorbike Messy motorbike Muddy motorbike

Strong hard fast wheels These are just a few. Bouncy motorbike

Big motorbike Crazy jumping rocketing motorbike Looping, turning, flipping motorbike

Flying motorbikes, too. Little motorbike

Skinny motorbike Fat motorbike

Don’t forget blue motorbikes. Last of all, best of all,

I like cool motorbikes!

Koalas by Harriet – Year 2

Some people call koalas, koala bears. They are cuddly, and they are cute.

Some people say that koalas are crazy But I think that, they are lazy.

I think that they are … You beaut!

Birthday by Harriet - Year 2

Birthday, birthday, birthday Wild party Crazy party

Colourful, creative, funny hats These are just a few.

Magic party Jungle party

Blowing bright, big candles. Watching movies.

Having fun. Big balloons too.

Arty ones Funny party. Small party.

Don’t forget animal ones. Last of all, best of all, I like dance parties!

Cheetah by Rangi - Year 4

Cheetah, cheetah, cheetah Fast cheetah.

Sneaky cheetah. Yellow, black, weird cheetah.

These are just a few. Crazy cheetah. Clever cheetah.

Smooth, soft acrobatic cheetah. Spotty, dotty, silky fur.

Medium paws. Long tail.

Thin body. Don’t forget muscly cheetah.

Last of all, best of all, I like flying cheetahs.

English by Clem – Year 3

On Thursday the 17/10/19 I started and finished a

poem called ‘lambs’. This was a bit hard because

we had to come up with a lot of adjectives and

nouns. Mine wasn’t just about lambs, it was about

sheep in general - like rams, sheep and lambs.

This is my poem:

Lambs Lamb, lamb, sheep,

Busy sheep Silly ram

Weird active fat sheep These are just a few

Short legs Long wool

Mad jumpy flippy lamb Crazy long horned ram

Short sheep too Blue eyed Soft wool

Don’t forget fast body Last of all, best of all, I like tender chops!

But on Monday to Wednesday the 3/4’s have

been learning about funny poems and what sort

of poems there are.

Owl by Taylor – Prep

Owl, owl, owl Brown owl. Flying owl.

Pretty, soft, smooth feathers. These are just a few.

Beautiful owl. Pointy beak.

Big brown fat eyes Dark owl. Silly owl.

Funny owl. Don’t forget grey owl. Last of all, best of all,

I like hooting owls.

Cow by Lacey-Jane - Year 2

Cow, cow, cow Smelly cow Crazy cow

Fast, big, excited cow These are just a few.

Athletic cow Hot cow

Silly, jumping, gymnastic cow. Cooking, washing, working cow.

Hairy cow too. Soffft cow. Mad cow.

Loving cow. Don’t forget cakey cow.

Last of all, best of all. I like cooked cow!

Planes by Hayden – Year 4

Planes, planes, planes Fast planes. Slow planes.

Small, flippy , twisty planes. These are just a few. Troublesome planes.

Fun planes. Red kangaroo QANTAS planes.

Long, thick, large planes. High planes too.

Heavy planes. Many planes.

Don’t forget seated planes. Last of all, best of all,

I like large planes.

HASS In HASS this term we are focused on geography. We have been learning how to draw maps. Here are some of the maps we drew of our classroom. We used our maps in Maths too. In maths we are learning about grid references. See what we did to our maps! We used our rulers to draw a grid over the top and put reference numbers and letters along each side. We then made some grid references to see if other people in our class could find the objects at the location. The 3/4 students also did grid referencing but they drew a map of the whole school. They then made a treasure hunt for us by giving us grid references. At each point we had to search to find the next clue.

Mapping by Lacey-Jane – Year 2

We did mapping because we are learning about geography. We did a map of the classroom from a

birds eye view.

Drawing a map of our classroom by Lacey-Jane – Year 2

Labelling a map of Isisford

HASS by Agatha – Year 1

In HASS we made maps with Miss B. We are learning about cleaning our world.

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Rat by Jaimee – Year 4

Part of our assessment this term is in handwriting. Jaimee is making a great start by presenting

beautifully written work.

Bull

by Payton – Prep

Bull, bull, bull Big bull.

Brown bull. Big, white curved horns

These are just a few. Strong bull. Wild eyes.

Big, fat, shiny bull. Running, walking, laying bulls too.

King bull. Nasty bull. Black bull.

Don’t forget funny bull. Last of all, best of all.

I like cranky bulls.

Treasure Hunt – connections between Maths and HASS (Geography) With Miss B in HASS, the students drew maps of the classroom. The P-2 students drew a grid over the top of theirs with Ms Argus in Maths, while the 3/4 class drew a big map of the whole school. They then put a grid over their map and created a treasure hunt for the P-2 students. They wrote coordinates to form the clues and we all went to see if we could find the treasure.

Here we are reading the map.

Working out the next location.