Science, Shopping, HASS, Gold and Even Some Bells

So much has been happening in Room 22!
We are loving having Miss Zaffino in our class and really enjoying all the fun things she has planned.
Room 22 has been full of laughs and joy.
We love the fact Miss Zaffino is organised and works so hard.

We have met our Canadian pen pals, been engaged in some awesome Science learning and even been on an excursion! Below are all the details.

Science

This term we have been learning about Living and Non-Living Things. Miss Zaffino taught us a cool acronym to remember all the aspects of Living things. Ask you r children to explain MRS GREN. It has been a great device for remembering what defines a living thing.

To ensure we understand the needs of living things we even have a class plant, kind of like our pet. Meet Lucinda Greenleaf. She has a watering schedule and her own care plan. We love hearing the children coming in saying good morning to her.

We even got to plant our own beans to observe and monitor their growth.

Miss Zaffino also has a shop that is open each Friday afternoon for children to purchase items with the 'money' they have earned during the week. We even have a bank manager to check over the column equations used to add funds and work out change. So fun!

As part of our HASS unit this term, we are learning all about significant landmarks. In order to get the excitement going and brains firing with questions we visited both The Bell Tower and The Perth Mint. It was a wonderful day and learnt so much!

The Bell Tower

 The Perth Mint

Since returning from our excursion we have been designing and making our own coins. These will be ready to showcase sometime this week. Keep an eye out for our display.

Please feel free to come in anytime to look at our displays. Please see me if you'd like to make an appointment to discuss anything.

Thank you for your support
Mrs C and Miss Zaffino xx