the 5th month!

As always, the year is rocketing by. Difficult to believe we're already into the 5th month! I'm really excited about this term. We've got a lot going on. In a week or so we'll be beginning our Boomwriter journey with Room 7. Boomwriter is a brilliant programme for engaging kids in writing. We're going to run it as an interclass competition. Students will pick a published chapter, provided by Boomwriter and then attempt to write subsequent chapters. When all chapters are published, the students will get to vote on their favourite. Winning chapters will be eventually published into an actual hard copy book!

Students are 'smashing out' areas of their maths which have proven repeatedly challenging. Some are coming up with innovative ways to commit new knowledge and understandings to memory. We're going to have some fun with our maths this term with an increased focus on the practical 'strand' side of maths. 

Basketball starts tonight. I'm really proud of how my students have both trialled and prepared with their teams leading up to this. The basketball tournament has become a really big part of our programme. It's a long season and really testing for some but at the same time, super rewardable. A big thanks to the managers and coaches who are giving up ungivable (yes, I just made up a word but it should be a word in this context) time to help us out. 

We've got some BIG WPCA challenges coming up this term. Rock climbing & abseiling at Charleston, an overnight raft trip on the Arnold AND kayaking. It all happens over a very short space of time too. Can't wait.