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Room 12 - Mr Mike McCurry

It is good to look back at things and reflect on the change and progress over time. We often
forget very quickly what we used to do and how we were. School is like this, too. In Term 4, we are often thinking about how well our children have done, how much they have grown and what has changed for them and about them and it is a good time to think back to the beginning of the year and what were our hopes and fears. I am really pleased about the progress over the year Not only have Room 12 learnt things throughout the year, but they have remembered more than normal. Wahoo! We rock! Oh yeah! We rock!!

Term 3 was also our cross country term which resulted in five of our class attending the inter-schools competition at Bremworth Park. Cody in the Year 4 boys and Deanna, Paige, Ella and Victoria (Yr3) in the Year 4 girls. They came back with great performances, Cody finishing 4th, Deanna finishing 8th, Paige finished 34th, Ella finished 27th and Victoria finished 19th. Well done guys. What awesome performances!

Term 3 also saw the end of the Netball & Hockey seasons with 6 students playing in Year 3/4 teams. Again, we picked up some awards with Deanna receiving the award for Most Valuable Player (Hockey), Dayna receiving the award for Most Improved Player (Netball), Aleisha received the award for Most Improved Player (Hockey) and Nakesha receiving the award for Most Valuable Player (Hockey). Fantastic! Well done, guys.

The end of Term saw Tayla deposed as the Spelling Queen to be succeeded by Oliver as the Spelling King. He managed the whole term without any mistakes. It is great to see the success in the class with very few students getting less than 8/10 each week.

We also had the Disco Dilemma Production which included Chloe, Deanna, Antonia, Alykx, Aleisha, Kayleigh, Jayde, Victoria, Mackenzie, Amie and Tayla. Tayla took a prominent singing and acting role.

So once again we have a busy term ahead. In literacy, we will continue with spelling as normal. Our reading for the first half of term will be non-fiction. In writing I will continue to look at grammar and punctuation, but we will also include some report writing to go along with the Science focus and Recount writing for the EOTC visit.

In Maths we will continue to focus on basic facts, but also extend our knowledge of common fractions and decimal fractions. We will also study 3D shapes and nets.

Our topic focus will be about flight. We will be experimenting with kites, parachutes and helicopters.