All of the children have taken home multiple books to read during the holidays. With many of the children moving up a level within a 3-4 week period it is important that they keep their reading up over this long break. Please encourage them to record all of their reading in their school diary and to read from a variety of books. They can also work on IXL Maths, and/or try to give them lots of practical opportunities to develop their mathematical skills such as telling the time, measuring when cooking or building and shopping where they can add and subtract money. As adults we use maths regularly each day and there are lots of wonderful opportunities to consolidate and extend your child's knowledge.
In the last day or so we have set up a light experiment in the classroom. We have encouraged the children to have a go of it at home during the holidays too. They have the instructions in a Pages document on their iPad however if you require a little more detail about what is involved here are the directions.
Our new unit on light is proving to be fascinating for the students. The last two weeks of Show and Share have really highlighted the vast range of ways that we use light. Many students have asked about an app that we have been using as a teaching tool, it is called 'Bobo Explores Light'. The children are not required to have it but for those who are interested in downloading it this is the link https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/bobo-explores-light/id463809859?mt=8
We celebrated the end of our busy term by spending this week's Dhumba-dha biik session on the island toasting marshmallows. The children loved the opportunity to cook on an open fire so don't be surprised if they request to have a fire at home during these holidays!
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