It's Christmas Time in 3FM...

It was another short week at school - but wow - was it jam-packed with activity.

Thanks so much to our Christmas Concert team headed by Mrs. Stanski for a fabulous show. Also thank you so much to all the parents for supporting your children and partaking in the entertainment

Although rehearsals and last-minute touches for the Christmas Concerts definitely took center stage, we still were able to get some fabulous work out of our exceptional 3FM students!

Social Studies Update

This week we continued to look at quality of life, however, we narrowed our focus onto one of the main characters we are studying who lives in Peru. 

Students read and discussed the difference between life in the city of Lima and in villages of Peru.

We discussed things such as family, houses, school and work.

Science

This week we started our second unit, Hearing and Sound. Students discussed what they know about sound and hearing, and we came up with some questions that they would like to see answered. 

Here are some of the examples of what they already know:

There are loud and soft sounds.

There are high and low sounds.

Tigers, lions, heavy metal concerts, race cars are all loud sounds.

Mice, whispers, some winds are all soft sounds.

We hear with our ears.

Our eardrums can be damaged by loud noises.

Instruments make different sounds - high or low.

Water on a glass can make a sound.

Here are some of the examples of the questions they would like answered:

How do people make sounds?

What do our eardrums do?

How do our ears work?

How do we talk?

How can we hear our heartbeat?

Students also started a title page for this unit using the netbooks and their gmail accounts. They were given a list of requirements for pictures that they needed to have. Some students brought home their gmail information so that they could try and work on it at home. 

I guess the countdown is on - I hope you all have a fabulous long weekend!