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You'll never believe what Santa and his elf, Crispin rode in on today... a motorbike! It was a chapel we'll never forget.

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Every student in the school was lucky enough to decorate one Christmas cookie each (and some of the teachers too!) :)

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Only two days left of school now and we are clearly getting in the holiday spirit!

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We had a lovely time decorating our little Christmas tree yesterday while listening to Christmas carols. We are finding that is really is the season to be jolly. Happy December to all!

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4B blowing a kiss to their family and friends at Christmas time.

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On the 1st of November, Kim Corbett and her husband Tom had their beautiful baby daughter, Halle Kimberley Corbett at 3:32pm. She weighed 9.1lbs and was 54cm long. Both Mum and bubs are now doing well and we are enjoying getting updates from Mrs Corbett :) We congratulate Mrs Corbett's family at this time and wish them every blessing for Halle's health and happiness!

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This term in PE lessons we cover the associated skills and game play of soccer and tennis as well as continuing our fitness program.  In Week 5 we also have a whole school focus on Health and PE with specialised activities which are run throughout the week including a healthy eating competition.For the final few weeks the students are given the opportunity to revisit sports and enjoy some team bonding time which emphasises maximum participation and developing great sportsmanship. - Fiona Gore (R-6 PE Teacher)

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In Japanese this term, students focus on using simple, daily conversational words and phrases, while also building up their knowledge of the Japanese alphabet - Hiragana.

Furthermore, one of the main goals in Japanese is for students to be exposed to the cultural differences between Australia and other countries, so that they can learn to understand, respect ad perhaps even enjoy certain cultural elements that may tend to surprise us from time to time.
Family and adjectives – Students learn about the traditional Japanese family roles and family crests, they create their own family crest keyring using their own designs. - Jeffrey Wong (R-6 Japanese Teacher)

Thanks, Kayla, for lending your book to show an example of the exciting thingd we learn in Japanese :)

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Last week at our R-12 assembly for remembrance day, we were very lucky to have Year 4's Mr Koop play the last post. It was a very moving ceremony.

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The calm before the storm, Friday Week 4.

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It is photos like these that remind us how truly blessed we are to be a part of the wonderful community at TLC.

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16.11.16 - DRESS UP AS YOUR FAVOURITE SPORTS STAR DAY

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16.11.16 - DRESS UP AS YOUR FAVOURITE SPORTS STAR DAY

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To celebrate PE Week this week, we were challenged to dress up as our favourite sports star today, and have been aiming for healthy lunches all week. 4B are doing an EXCELLENT job of this and our lunch boxes have been FILLED with nude foods, which are getting us lots of extra points. GO TEAM!
With just 17 days of school left, things are starting to get very busy around here. We are working very hard on finishing up lots of different projects: studying the Fruits of the Spirit in Christian Studies, writing good copies of our poems in English, practicing Area and Perimeter in Maths, typing up a healthy eating plan for Health and designing a ski glove in Science... just to name a few. Phew! And on top of all that we are cramming in 15 minutes of fitness every day to meet our PE Week challenge. Everyone is putting in their best efforts, so excuse us if we need a nap on the couch after school... or is that just the teachers? :

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This term we are studying different materials and their properties. Last Friday, we undertook some Science experiments to check materials for their abilities to insulate, to be waterproof, and for flexibility.

Here are Benjamin, Riley and Talan measuring the temperature of the water to see if their cotton is a good insulator.

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Sean and Ash are discussing the best way to measure and record their results, ensuring that it is a fair test.

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Jemma and Faith think that their fleece is a pretty good insulator! Perhaps they will use this kind of material when we start designing our own ski gloves?

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Alex and Karlu are carefully observing how waterproof their linen is. They are spraying it with a water bottle and checking to see how much water seeps through into the cup underneath.

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Mrs Grice was helping us with our insulation experiment area.

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In Mr Koop's classroom, Will and Fred have gathered together to see how the polyester fares in the waterproof test.

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Today we attempted the very tricky, but often hilarious LIMERICK.
Here is one that we wrote as a whole class:

There once was a class called 4B
That was happy and filled with such glee
Someone slipped over
Playing Red Rover
Unfortunately that person was me

Well done, 4B! I have read some AWESOME limericks today and we are getting such a great idea about rhythm. It's a busy week here in 4B and we are learning so much!

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Today we learnt the beautiful art of the Japanese poetry style: Haiku. Haiku poems are written with specific amounts of syllables, and are usually about nature.
Here is one that we wrote as a class:

It is very cold
Crystals glisten on a branch
Trees covered in snow.

Here are some others by the budding poets in our midst:

A drop of water
The spectacular blossom trees
It is amazing
- Raina Harrison

Everlasting breeze
Under my heavenly feet
In the blazing sun
- Sean Allan

It is very hot
The sun glistens in the sky
It's a Summer's Day
- Faith Eckert

The ice is so cold
The water glistens at night
The bright moon sparkles
- Harry Smith

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Last Friday we wore GREEN FOR GROWTH to represent how we learned lessons about preventing climate change. It was so interesting to hear about what is happening around the world because of the constantly changing climate, and how this is affecting people's crops and ability to get food. Here is the website that we can access to read more about this program: http://www.goodnessgrows.org.au/ and do some of our own fundraising. Go team!

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We spent the day in the Activity Centre listening beautifully to our presenter, who is passionate about making a difference in this world. Australian Lutheran World Service brings aid to refugees, people who don't have access to food or clean water, and communities who have sustained a natural disaster.

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Some of us took on the biscuit and rice challenge.
To imagine what it must be like for refugees in camps, or people who live off rations, some of us decided to eat only a dry biscuit at Recess time, and a cup of rice for lunch. Here is Tilly serving us our cup of plain rice (with nothing on it). We were very hungry by now, after eating only a dry cracker since breakfast.

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Very happy with our rice!

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Lunch time.

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At 8:30am on Tuesday, Wednesday and Fridays we have the option to join the Year 5's in the courtyard for a healthy approach to the day with 'Wake Up, Shake Up'. The Year 5's lead us through the moves and help get our brains into gear for the day, while having fun :) Who knows, maybe some of us will be leading classes through the moves next year!

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Today 4B got together and wrote a rhyming couplet poem as a class. Here it is:

The shark's fin was very sharp
And with that fin he played a harp
He strummed so hard the harp soon broke
And thought this to be a wonderful joke

We also looked at rhyming verses and wrote one of our own about 4B. It took a lot of editing but here is the final product:

4B is the best class on Earth
If you come in you'll have so much fun
We're awesome, creative, clever and cool,
And you should see how much work we get done!

I can't wait to read all of the rhyming poems that the funky Year 4's can come up with on their own!

From Miss Corbett

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Dearest families of 4B,

Today we spoke about PEACE in Christian Studies, as it is one of the fruits of the spirit. We decided to link our Christian Studies to our poetry unit, and wrote what Peace means to us by writing them in the form of a metaphor. As we are learning, a metaphor is when you compare a feeling or thing to something else to help readers visualise what we mean.

For example:
Peace is candlelight and a good book.
Peace is a cup of tea in the garden.

Here are some that our class members came up with:
'Peace is lying in a field covered with flowers' - Abby.
'Peace is floating on water, feeling the water on my face' - Will.
'Peace is being voluntarily thoughtful of others around you' - Beatrice.
'Peace is sitting on a boat feeling the wind against my face' - Hayden.

Aren't we poetic? Our descriptive writing is improving every day. Keep up the fantastic work, 4B! Stay tuned for more developments and updates this week.

Kind regards,
Miss Corbett

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Friday 21st October, 2016: WORLD OF MATHS WORKSHOP

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Friday 21st October, 2016: WORLD OF MATHS WORKSHOP

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This afternoon we were extremely excited to attend the World Of Maths Workshop in the Activity Centre. Here, there were over 15 stations with different maths activities, helping us to engage our mathematical thinking in logic, problem solving and trial and error. It was such a great opportunity to experience Maths in an interactive manner and we loved working in teams (see photos below)!
May all families have a restful and safe weekend and see you all in Week Two with more learning updates.
Kind regards,
Miss Corbett

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The brainstorming of some mad scientists! Here are some brainstorming results from today's Chemical Science lesson. 4B have already shown what fantastically inquisitive and absorbent minds they have. Great work today, team!

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Lauren, Lola, Logan and Ryder putting their teamwork to great work.

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Wow, look at all those different properties of materials!

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Tilly, Amelia and Tess discussing different types of materials and their properties.

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Today we began our new Science unit, looking at the different properties of materials. We brainstormed the following properties in our table groups (just to name a few; some groups came up with over 50 properties!):

stretchy
magnetic
absorbent
transparent
opaque
(Karlu, Beatrice, Hayden, Kayla, Ben and Talan)

flammable
flexible
fluffy
powerful
explosive
(Jemma, Fred, Riley, Raina and Ash)

translucent
colourful
dissolvable
fuzzy
durable
(Will, Gemma, Alex, Sean , Olivia and Faith)

flexible
flimsy
tough
soft
hard
(Tilly, Tess and  Amelia)

brittle
waterproof
weak
reusable
mouldable
(Ryder, Lola, Logan, Lauren, and Harry)

Some questions that we would like to research more are:

Which materials make elastic, string and rope? Where does rubber come from? How do we make brass? What is brass? What does brittle mean? What is jute and how can we use this material?

We are going to be research scientists over the next two or three weeks, studying different materials so that we can design our own ski glove! Stay tuned. :)

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Today we were as adventurous as explorers, we were as clever as owls, and we were as hard-working as ants. We learnt about SIMILES to build up our poetry skills.

Similes are when we compare our subject to something else. A few lovely examples we discovered today were:
The truth was like a bad taste on his tongue.
My heart is like the ocean - Faith.

In Maths we delved into Fractions, in Health we began our unit on Nutrition, we discussed strategies for the Paired Reading that we'll be undertaking this term, and we practiced the letter 'e' in Handwriting. Phew!

Here are some follow up questions to engage with your child about our learning today (if you should like to!):
1. Can you give me an example of a simile?
2. Who is your paired reading partner and which book are you reading?
3. What is one nutrition fact you can remember from today? For example, why do we need fruit and vegetables?

Have a great week, 4B families!

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We love because he first loved us - John 4:19

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We love because he first loved us - John 4:19

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Today in Christian Studies we began our new unit about the Fruits of the Spirit. Today's 'fruit' was LOVE. We reflected on how we show love to others in our daily lives, and shared these on a poster. This is now hanging up in the classroom so we can feel inspired to show love in different ways to our families, friends and pets. We all agree that true love is putting the needs of another person in front of our own.
It was a fantastic afternoon to top off a wonderful first day back. What an exciting term we have ahead of us!

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POETRY IS COMING TO 4B! - Monday 10.10.16

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POETRY IS COMING TO 4B! - Monday 10.10.16

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Dearest families of 4B,
I trust that you're all having a fantastic break and embracing the sunny days that we have been having. The Year 4 teachers have been busy at school today planning for Term 4 and I was just so excited that I had to announce that we will be studying Poetry for the first four weeks of term. Some of the types of poems we will be looking at are: limericks, haiku, and odes (to name a few). We will also be studying how we can use things like similes, metaphors and onomatopoeia to improve our poetry. We are all very excited about this! If you've got any poetry books laying around, start getting into them :)
Enjoy your last week of rest and rejuvenation and we'll see you all next Monday! There will soon be lots of poems written by various students shared on this very Padlet page.
Many blessings to all,
Miss Corbett

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Today was a bit of a quiet day in 4B as we had 12 students away with the storms/on holidays already. Thankfully the sun shone a little bit throughout the day so we still had some playtime outside.

We pray for all families coping with blackouts, flooding and severe rain and look forward to Spring awaiting us on the other side.

Tomorrow, being the last day of term, we will be watching 'Matilda' to celebrate our studies of Roald Dahl, and there will be an Assembly in Lesson 7.

Many blessings from 4B.

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We met Miss Corbett's dog, Kiyah. She was our class pet for the day!

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We met Miss Corbett's dog, Kiyah. She was our class pet for the day!

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Our beautiful, sunny morning. The calm before the storm!

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Our beautiful, sunny morning. The calm before the storm!

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What a beautiful sunny morning we had for our Blessing of the Pets morning. Tatachilla's pets came from near and far, the biggest being a great dane and the smallest being a little snail! There were chicks, fish, stick insects, dogs and cats just to name a few. What a great community we have here at Tatachilla.

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Today we were very busy little bees learning about quotation marks in English, doing an investigation in Maths, embossing in Art, perfecting our Handwriting and working on our magazine covers in Health.
Here are some reflections from our day today:

'We learnt about not judging others by their appearance.' - Amelia.

''We have learnt a lot about comparing ourselves with others and we now know not to do that because it puts us down.' - Faith

'Everyone is different and this doesn't make us less.' - Olivia

'Love who you are; don't change yourself for other people.' - Ryder

'We worked on the letter "T" in Handwriting.' - Nic

'Always put the punctuation before the speech marks when adding quotation marks!' - Will

Oh, and Miss Corbett is now here for the rest of this week due to changes of plans with sickness on Monday. Tomorrow is a PE and Music day and neat sentences are due in Spelling. Also, tomorrow morning's Chapel (8:55am - 9:40am) is BLESS THE PETS. It's always great fun. Feel free to come along. Have a lovely Tuesday evening!

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Dearest families of Funky 4B,

Welcome to our brand new Padlet page, which will now be a source of constant communication between the classroom and the home.

The last couple of weeks have been very exciting as we have celebrated ROALD DAHL DAY - the day that Roald Dahl would have turned 100 years old. We watched a short biography of his life and learnt about what inspired him to write the great classics that have brought us all much joy. What an incredible role model! He is really helping us with improving our writing.

This week we have been studying more about the First Contact between Europeans and Indigenous Australians. Next week we will begin our podcasts, recording our very own History Radio Show and sharing all of our in depth knowledge about this important time in Australia's history. Go, 4B!

Miss Alex Shulz will be with 4B for all of Week 10 as Miss Corbett is going to be on a Year 10 Camp. She is going to miss 4B a LOT, but this arrangement was made at the beginning of the year and could not be changed. Luckily, Miss Shulz has been able to come in and meet us this week, and is so excited to be a part of the team.

Have a fantastic weekend, 4B families, and happy Padlet-ing! :)