Hot!

We have had such a hot week. I wish we had air conditioners in class. Thinking of starting a campaign up.

We have had a busy week. Started our group reading sessions this week. All student have a book they could take home, but should bring it back the next day.

We have been learning several maths games, as you would have heard or played. This sets up the students for the rest of the year so they can play them independently.

We have had a STAR test this week. This tests literacy including word comprehension, sentence contruction and synonyms. There were some extremely pleasing results.

Other tests taken have been a basic facts maths test (where the homework Q's come from), two spelling tests and individual reading tests.

The class has been learning to move quietly around the class and school. I am pretty pleased with students behaviour. As part of the Cool Schools mediation iniative all students are learning to take responsibility for their behaviour and communicate their feeling better to others.
We are trying to be better listeners and deal with conflicting situations in a problem solving manner.
Has been a challenge but most are getting better, as are all the teachers.

Thanks
R James