Qkr Instructions

Here we go! What a great start.

Welcome to the Unknown - Be Brave!

Good Evening Girls, Boys and Parents of room 7&8

We have hopefully all survived the first half of week 1 of the new school year. One of my own children has just started high school this year, so I understand what it’s like to be starting new routines and getting some order back into our lives.

Steve and I have both commented to each other about how settled and engaged room 7&8 students have been (I’m touching our wooden table at the moment). So without this going to anyone’s head, well done students and their parents for allowing us all to arrive at this position.

I’m really excited about students receiving Chromebooks soon, and using them! On the first day I displayed a sign on the classroom door which hopefully some students noticed as they entered. It said “Welcome to the Unknown - Be Brave.” When students come to school to learn new things, things they don’t know, there is no need to fear not knowing because that is why they come to school, to learn new things . This message is as much for me, and for the parents of room 7&8 students, as it is for them. I love technology and enjoy learning about it, but even so, sometimes find new technologies and processes challenging and confronting. So be brave. There may be times when some of you (students and parents) don’t understand these new tools and processes we are using, but please remember that we are travelling this road together. I’m looking forward to meeting you on the Chromebook Information Night to start the journey.

Graeme

Chromebook information and forms coming home today

Please be aware that every child bag contains the

• Chromebook User Agreement
• Chromebook User Agreement Form
• Chromebook Information Night Form

It would be great if you could 

• Return the information night attendance form
• Read through  the User Agreement Booklet before Tuesday 
• and bring the user agreement form to the information session on Tuesday

See you there

Steve

Google Classroom Membership

Google Classroom will be our communication centre with students online. Homework expectations, internet links, assignment submissions, videos, classroom work, reminders and questions are an example of what we will communicate throughout the year.
Each student must be logged into their Google account and then click on the menu button at the top of the class hub (blog).
Once they have done this they must input our class invite code - psca60
Please do not worry if this is at all confusing. We will go over it with the students this week and ensure that all are safely joined.

Welcome to Rooms 7 and 8

First Day Back and General Class Information #1

What a great day, all students have made a fantastic start and the signs are good for a very successful year ahead.
We would like to take this opportunity to welcome you as Room 7/8 parents for 2016.
Please take a few minutes each day to let your child tell you about Room 7/8 and how we work. There may be a few concerns about class expectations and procedures. This usually disappears after the first week.
All students have been given equipment to use in the classroom and we will label and cover during Week 1. This equipment will stay in their tray and any other pencil cases they have can be kept at home for homework tasks.
We encourage students to have water bottles in the classroom. Raw fruit and vegetable snacks are also encouraged for brain break eating throughout the day.
Thanks to the parents who sent a box of tissues to school today. We would appreciate each family donating a box of tissues for class use.
We will cover Homework, Curriculum & Behaviour Management expectations and any other class information in the next letter.
This year most communication will be through the blog rather than using a diary. If you need to write to us please do so in the back of the Spelling Test book. Confidential notes will need to be in a sealed envelope.
We hope that all families will be able to access and participate in the class online Hub and be an active member of the Ardtornish Google Community. We have found this to be a very successful communication tool especially when parents can access the information via their phone.

Direct address - http://ard78.blogspot.com.au/

or you can access the blog through our school homepage, then click on the class blogs menu link.

School site - http://www.ardtornps.sa.edu.au/

The students have Class Dojo login information in their test/communication memo book if you wish to access their statistics..

Studyladder in Room 7 & 8

Excursion to Priceline Stadium

The excursion tomorrow to Priceline Stadium will still be happening. The Be Active Presentation Ceremony at 9:15am will be inside the stadium and the Come and Try Sessions at 10:15am will only be 15 minutes each with time given for drinks and suncream application. We will be finishing earlier and will be catching the bus at 12 noon to return.
Students will need to apply sunscreen before they come to school.
They can arrive at school any time after 8:00am and come straight to the classroom.
The bus is arriving at 8:15 and we will be leaving at 8:25 at the latest. Latecomers will have to go to another class for the morning.
Students will need to be in school uniform, bring sunscreen to reapply, water, hats, recess (we will leave our lunch at school in an airconditioned room)
Thanks, Sharon, Steve & Jane

How lucky were we?

So pleased today to see our wonderful classroom have the pleasure of Ann Baker. The students experienced a lesson with the math expert and showed how brilliant they are. Please ask them about the measurement lesson and what they were asked to solve.

SAPSASA Fun Day

All Year 4 and 5 students will be at the SAPSASA Fun Day on Thursday. Last day to pay is tomorrow (Tuesday) as we need to confirm numbers.
Last year was a great day where students had the chance to try 6 different sports over the day. Students will need to be at school by 8.30am for roll call before we catch the bus. They need to wear full school uniform, including their hat with suitable shorts and footwear for the day. They will need to bring recess, lunch and water. Spending money is permitted as the canteen at the oval will be open. Here is a short movie showing how much fun we had.