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Week 8 Term 4

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Upcoming Events Friday 1st December - no assembly due to graduation  Friday 1st December - Orientation morning to Year Three - Mrs Delane and Mr McSevich  Friday 1st December - Boardies Day fundraiser for Smiths Beach SLSC - gold coin donation Vinnies Christmas Appeal There is a box in the classroom for donations to the Vinnies Christmas Appeal. Some ideas for donations include: tins, pasta, rice, biscuits, crackers, sauces, jams, condiments, (basically any non-perishable good food, which can be used beyond Christmas). Thank you to those of you who have already contributed some generous donations to those who require our support at this special time of the year, which can be a difficult time for some families. Visit to Our Church Early last week we used our knowledge about the structure and features of a friendly informal letter to write letters to Father Ian that included some wondering thoughts and questions about our religion and the church.  We were invited to visit and on

Term 4 Week 7

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Upcoming Events Friday 1st December - Orientation morning to Year Three Friday 1st December - Boardies Day fundraiser for Smiths Beach SLSC - gold coin donation English Last week we began our new genre focus on letters.  We have enjoyed writing informal letters to family and friends and learning the differences between formal letters, friendly letters and notes.  Today we wrote a letter to Father Ian to ask some questions about church and requesting a visit in the near future to learn more about our parish and our Catholic religion.  You may also see a few letters to Santa appearing soon! Maths and Visual Arts The last few weeks have been very busy learning about 2D and 3D shapes and transformations of shapes using flips, slides and turns.  We have also investigated symmetry and tessellations in our world.  We have also been looking at how mathematics can be seen in so many pieces of art in nature and that made by humans.  We have loved looking at symmetrical animals, objects a