Blogs from amazing students at a school in the Derwent Valley, Tasmania
May 8th, 2013 by Sophie
Hi everyone
Grade 3\4 got a new assigment about the moon. We have to record the shape of the moon and with the clouds we have to write if they’re wispy, in a clump or covering the moon and with the stars if they are faint or clear or if you can see any constellations. We also have to keep a diary to record our observations, try to some creative writing, record our thoughts and look for newspaper articles. We have four weeks to complete the task.
Sophie :]
May 7th, 2013 by Sophie
Hi everyone
We have had a great start to the year at Glenora.
I have a challenge for you. I will give you one word and you have to try to make different words by scrambling up letters. The word is categories.
I wish you all good luck!
From Sophie
Mar 3rd, 2013 by Ms T
Hi to all our friends in Scotland and England
While we organise our blog content, please feel free to post any questions or comments you wish. Grade 3/4 would love to hear from you on this thread.
Kind regards
Ms T
Feb 21st, 2013 by Ms T
Hi Class
Welcome back to school for an exciting and fast paced year. Next week we are joining with a QuadBlog so that we can have a bigger audience to communicate with. The other three schools are located in Cheshire, England; Manchester, England and Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
The way that a QuadBlog works is that the schools take turns being responsible for running the ‘conversation’ online for a week. For example, our class is responsible for week 3 and we will post information about our community and then the other three schools will comment on our blog.
Your challenge is the following:
1. Think of a question you would like to ask students on one of the other Blogs.
2. What sorts of things do you think students from England and Scotland would like to know about us?
Good luck and well done Class for settling into a new year so quickly and cheerfully.
Kind regards
Ms T
Jan 6th, 2013 by Ms T
Hello everyone
Well the first week of 2013 has been a very sad one for Tasmanians. Our friends and colleagues at Dunalley lost their school and many students there have lost their homes too.
Fortunately, Tasmanians are very generous and people are already donating to help those who have been affected. I went to the Hobart Showgrounds yesterday and there were many people, who had to evacuate their homes, camping with their horses. There was a large room filling up with animal food, a man donated 100 bales of hay and people were streaming in with bags of clothes and blankets.
Up in the Derwent Valley a major fire at Lake Repulse has been burning for days. At the Showground I spoke to a lady from Ellendale who told me that she had evacuated with her horses (who were about to have their foals). She could not go home for at least another four days. Her son just graduated from Year 10 at our school!
There have also been fires at Bushy Park, Ellendale, Karanja, Black Hills and Macquarie Plains. Fingers crossed that none of our classmates have had to evacuate and that their families, animals and properties are safe. You can get an update on the fires from the Tasmanian Fire Service page.
You are welcome to leave a message to lift the spirit of the students who have had to leave home, have family members in the fire brigades fighting the fires or are watching the fires, not knowing what will happen.
To my students; these past few days I have been constantly thinking about you and hoping you are all okay. If you need anything, leave a ‘comment’ and I will call your parents.
From Ms T
Dec 30th, 2012 by Saasha
Hi Class
What was the best thing that you got for Christmas and why?
From Saasha
Dec 15th, 2012 by Ms T
Hi Class
Well our blog has only been up and running for a short time but I’m very pleased with how well you have participated, including during our class sessions where we collectively moderate / approve the postings. I think you have learnt a lot about the correct language to use on the internet. It has also been great to hear you talking about the blog and to see you practising your typing skills!
Now, for our last post for 2012, I would like you to write the following:
Have a safe and happy Christmas break everyone and thank you for making 2012 such a wonderful year to be your teacher. You have taught me so much and helped me to be a better teacher too!
Big group hug from Ms T 
Dec 11th, 2012 by Ms T
Hi Class
This week we are having a one hundred word challenge. You can write more words if you wish. The main thing is that you don’t waste too much time counting the words but concentrate on writing a story that is descriptive, interesting and engages your readers.
Good luck and happy writing.
From Ms Thomsett
Nov 25th, 2012 by Ms T
Hi class
I went out today to shop and found myself in my car musing. Hmmm, musing about how much I use my mental maths everyday.
Today I used these mental maths strategies:
So please try to answer the following:
From Ms Thomsett (click on the mental maths link to see the wordle art cloud)
Nov 16th, 2012 by Ms T
A couple of years ago I saw a puppeteer, Raymond Crowe, on television. He performed a routine to the music of Louis Armstrong’s “It’s a Wonderful World” where he used his hands and a single light to create a silhouette of animals and people.
We will be doing silhouette art in class and I thought you might like to see a performance of shadow puppetry that really impressed me. The video is attached below.
Reply to this post with three adjectives that describe your impression of the performance.
From Ms Thomsett