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Week 8
Rewards Day with 4/5D will be in Week 10 and students are invited to the movies! We will be watching "Where the wild things are". Please make sure you return the permission slip as soon as you can.
Well done to everyone who swam their heart out at the Swimming Carnival. We may have some potential Olympic swimmers in 45FM!
Parent/Teacher interviews start this week. Liz and Cam are excited to share your child's progress.
Only two more weeks left, so please take the time to look and return any library books.
Week 6
Is it that time of the year? We bet your child has commented on the number of tests that we have had so far! 4/5FM have been working hard to finish their work for the year which will be assessed for report cards.Thanks to those who came to the "Walking Wheeling Week" performance at the Convention Centre. In our opinion, they were the stars of the show!
Week 5
Check out the news section for Week 5 homework.
Rewards Day with 4/5D will be in Week 10 and students are invited to the movies!
Thanks to everyone who attended Deaf Festival last Saturday! It was a huge success and everyone had lots of fun.
Signing Choir performance this Saturday at South Bank - meeting Mrs Fletcher 6pm.
Monologues have begun and Natasha did a wonderful job today! More to be done on Wednesday and Thursday.
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Check out the news section for Week 4 homework.
Your monthly spelling Test is on Wednesday this week!
Congratulations to students for their wonderful homework during Term 4. We think that the new way it has been set out has helped students to keep track of their own homework.
This Saturday the 31st October is Deaf Festival! YAY! It is being held at our very own school (lower oval, near the tennis courts). It's not just for Deaf people, bilingual kids will have a great time too. Come down and show off your signing skills and enjoy the fun activities and entertainment between 10am - 5pm. Our signing choir is performing too, which is most of 4/5FM.
This Thursday night Mr Miller and Mrs Fletcher and many teachers and ALMs from Toowong are off to a special Showcase Night to find out if the Bilingual Program and Toowong's multicultural setting have won the Inclusion Award. Even if we don't win, we have made it to State Finals which is a great effort.
Congratulations to Natasha who did a fantastic job at State competition this week. We seem to have a super athlete in our class!!! Very exciting! If only Mrs Fletcher could run that fast :)
This Thursday is a big technology day! Please read your homework to find out just what you need to do in order to be prepared.
WELCOME TO TERM 4! Excursion Tuesday Week 2 of Term 4
Students have new Term 4 homework books with slightly different instructions, please take a moment to have a look.
Week 1 Homework is saved in the Newsletter Section.
This week in MATHS.... FRACTIONS! (Year 5 - equivalent fractions)
This term in ENGLISH ... see below *
* This term in Writing Writing a persuasive letter
* This term in Viewing Watching BTN and related comprehension
* This term in Reading Improving our ability to inference and reorganise text so that we can improve our comprehension.
* This term in Speaking/Signing Presenting a monologue, considering your audience
This term in AUSLAN Entity Classifiers and Role Shift
This term is SOSE GOVERNMENT - (Monday rotation with 4/5D - laws/democracy/citizenship)
This term in SCIENCE EARTH AND BEYOND (Wednesday rotation with 4/5D - planets/seasons/phases of the moon)
This term in ARTS MEDIA Creating a Photo Story with a focus on narrative and emotions
This term in TECHNOLOGY Creating a display
This term in HPE Scurvy / examining an illness from the past
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Happy Holidays! Stay safe!
Make sure you come back refreshed!
Welcome to Term 3!!!!
Deaflympics are on right now in Taipei - if you want to watch them you can go to this website:
Week 8
It’s strange, it doesn’t feel like it, but the end of term is near. For the next two weeks Year 4/5 FM will be completing various assessment tasks related to our Integrated Unit ‘Australian History’. Some of the assessment tasks are: letter writing using ‘olde’ language and creating a fact file on a famous Australian from the 1700-1800s.
Everyone is now completing their maths investigation. Many of the students are producing excellent work. For the last few weeks, we have increased our focus on basic facts recall in the area of multiplication (Yr 4) and division (Yr 5). Please make the time to practise these facts with your child.
Please note- Camp is only two weeks away, which means camp costs must be paid before the camp or a payment arrangement will need to have been made with the office.
Interschool sports have well and truly started! Every Friday Mr M will be out umpiring softball games. The Year Fours will remain at school with Ms Harris and Mr Moolenaar. If your child is in Year 5 please make sure that they have their water bottles and hats for sport.
Have a great week!
Mr M and Ms F
Week 6
Unbelievable- we are half way through the term. Last week was a strange week as many students were away with the flu. This week should see us back to normal. This week, we will have a special visitor (Sam) from Uganda. Sam will be talking to the students about schools in his homeland. This will provide the students a different perspective on how children their own age receive education in another country.
Week 4
Check out the upcoming events:- students have been busy making 3D birds. They have used an empty water bottle and a wire hanger to make a bird shape. Last week, we Paper Mached them. We can't wait to see the final product.
Photos of the Toowong State School Signing Choir will be uploaded very soon.
Have a great week!
We are studying Australian History! Check out Redcliffe First Settlement Festival & Superboat Grand Prix - which links to our Integrated Unit. It's on the 12 September 2009 - 13 September 2009 - just before our camp!
We have had such a busy two weeks back!
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Our Sports Carnival was a wonderful day and we had so many 4/5FM students involved in the day, in lots of different events! Emily even returned to compete!!! Many Toowong S.S. students are now off to Districts in a variety of events! WOW!
So what's happening at the moment in class?
On Mondays we get together with 4/5DH and read 'Surviving Sydney Cove' - an insight into a young convicts life. Students are then required to use their comprehension skills based on their listening and watching skills. Students each have their own copy which allows them to follow along.
On Thursdays two students (different students each week) lead our whole class shared reading session - one reading and one signing. We are reading Blabbermouth and students are really enjoying it, because it's very funny!
Year 4's maths investigation is based on developing their own worksheet. Year 5's maths investigation involves planning a trip around Queensland to visit many icons, including the Big Pineapple and the Skyrail in Cairns.
Our 'You Can Do It' focus is 'Organisation' with a large focus on setting realistic goals.
Mrs Fletcher has loved working with 4/5FM on Fridays during Week 1 and 2 but is back to Uni next Friday.
This Term 4/5FM welcomes two new Language Assistants (now called ALMs - Auslan Language models) - Jonamie Chua and Anna Pavia (a former Language Assistant at Toowong State School).
We all enjoyed stressing less on Stress Down Day last Friday! Teachers in PJs - hmmm. Year 6/7s raised lost of money for Lifeline - we are yet to calculate an exact figure.
For students in the signing choir, below is the link for the Picnic in the Park that we will be performing at on August 1st.
http://www.cplqld.org.au/aboutus/events/picnic09.ics
Look out for more camp notes coming home soon!
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Week 10, Term 2
If you are yet to return your parent/teacher interview note there are still times available for Thursday night. You can email us eflet18@eq.edu.au or text us.
Next term our focus is Australian History! So if you have some free time in the holidays brush up on your Australian History facts.
This week students are working on three main things.
1) Team work skills whilst creating a paddle pop house,
2) Creating a class newspaper,
3) A new social skills program 'You Can Do It' with lessons focussed on what the word 'Success' means.
HAVE A SAFE AND FUN HOLIDAY!
Welcome to Week 8 - Term 2.
More recent signing choir photos
http://education.qld.gov.au/community/events/creativegeneration/docs/090608-kids-steal-show.pdf
The homework sheet has been uploaded onto the NEWS section.
Congratulations to students who participated in the Toowong Signing Choir at Creative Generations last Thursday, Friday and Saturday. We had 17 students from 4/5FM involved. They did a wonderful job!
Go to http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/gallery/0,23816,5057682-17382,00.html to see some photos of the signing choir and other schools. And
http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,27574,25601496-3102,00.html
And last year's...
http://education.qld.gov.au/community/events/creativegeneration/onstage/2008/worlds-greatest.html
During Week 8, 9 and 10 Mr Miller will be acting HOSES (as Miss O'Connor is on long service leave) so we welcome Miss Andringa (Tues/Wed) and Mrs Baker to our class (Week 9 and 10, Monday, Thursday and Friday).
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Week 6 Term 2
The homework sheet has been uploaded onto the NEWS section.
Students are finishing many assessments this week, such as their bag, flight explanation, short story and book cover.
On Wednesday students will present their oral/signed presentations.
Currently we have a prac teacher called Mr Collier (Teacher of the Deaf) who has lead our Technology Unit which involves creating a bag.
YAY! We finally have the school website back up and running!
News:
Camp notes are going out this week :) We are booked into Maranatha Recreation and Education Camp which is located at Yandina on the Sunshine Coast - It will be a 3 day/2 night camp from Monday 14th to Wednesday 16th September.
Week 3 homework is in the newsletter section.
Week 4 is our big NAPLAN week for Year 5s! Years 4s will be involved in some different types of testing so students need to arrive on time in the morning as they will commence at 9am sharp.
Ask students about their current art project - making a book cover for their narrative.
Ask students about their current technology project - making a bag!
Week 11 - HAPPY EASTER! There isn't any homework this week. On Tuesday there will be a spelling test based on Week 10 words only.
The disco was great fun!
Ask students about the difference between 'everyday language' and 'specialised language'.
Ask students about how to use possessive apostrophes!
We loved reading their posters and will put them up when our velcro boards arrive.
Year 4s and 5s are learning about decimals and perimeter in MATHS.
Week 11 - English QCAT for Year 4s on Monday - this is a state wide initiative used for moderation. Ask your child how they felt they went. It is a writing and listening task.
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WEEK 7 INFO
LEADERSHIP PRESENTATION - MONDAY 9AM
ARTS COUNCIL TUESDAY 9AM - FOCUS 'BULLYING'
LIBRARY BORROWING - THURSDAY 2.45PM
SWIMMING AND SPORT - FRIDAY
We have also updated main events on each day of the week.
As you know swimming began last week and students had lots of fun. However, we do have a lot of lost property here at school so remind students to have a look and please check that your child hasn't taken home a pair of school shorts that aren't theres because we have a boy missing his shorts! They have his name on them.
Ask students about their math investigations 'Number and Multiplication' (Year 4) and 'Number and Measurement' PLENTY OF PIKELETS (Year 5).
We have done a lot of work on paragraphs and pronouns (his, her) in the last two weeks. We were very lucky to have a visit from Michael Innes to talk about his experience as a pilot!
Last Thursday students completed a SOSE written assessment based on the history of flight. This written assessment will go towards their SOSE grade for Semester One reporting.
Mrs Fletcher won't be at school on Fridays this term as she is involved in a university course for Auslan studies.