We have been really proud of all the children over the last two weeks as they have been sharing about ‘A Special Place’ with our class during our Sharing Time.
Take a look at our Sharing display we have in our classroom about all the ‘Special Places’ from R/1KB!
The next topics for weeks 4/5 is ‘talk about something that keeps you safe or healthy’.

Today we did an experiment called “Walking Water!”
First we had 3 cups.
The first and the third cup was full of water.
The second cup was empty.
We put yellow food dye in the first cup and blue food dye in the third cup.
Then we folded some paper towel and put it in the cups.
We watched the coloured water ‘walk’ up the towel into the middle cup!
Can you guess what colour water ended up in the middle cup?
We also noticed that all the cups ended up with the same amount of water in them!
It was an amazing experiment!
We also did it with red and blue cups and also red and yellow cups.
Do you know what colours were made with these colours?

Well done to Ruby and Lewis who have been voted in as our new SLT reps for this term!
We can’t wait to see you get your badge at the next assembly and are so proud of you both!

We have had a lovely start to Term 2 in R/1KB!
We have been especially excited about our new tables and chairs!
One of our new favourite activities is our ‘story table’. This week our focus story is ‘The Three Little Pigs’. We have enjoyed making houses for the little pigs using different materials.

Dear Parents/Carers, Parent/Teacher/Student interviews will commence from Monday 2nd May (Week 1 Term 2).  Bookings can be made from Monday 11th April at 5:00pm. Go to www.schoolinterviews.com.au and follow these simple instructions. BOOKINGS CLOSE Sunday 24th of April at 5:00pm Go to www.schoolinterviews.com.au Enter THIS school event code. Then follow the 3 simple steps. When you click finish, your interview timetable will be emailed to you automatically – check your junk mail folder if you do not receive your email immediately. You can return to  www.schoolinterviews.com.au at any time, and change your interviews – until bookings close. If you have any issues with accessing the internet to make a booking please contact your classroom teacher. Interviews are strictly 15mins, if you require more time please contact your teacher directly and make alternative arrangements. If there are no suitable times available on the schedule for your teacher, parents will need to contact the classroom teacher directly to arrange an alternative interview time outside of the allocated schedule. In the case of multiple teachers, please refer to the note below on available times that have been set aside for Interviews. If you are unable to meet during these times, you are asked to see one of the class teachers to arrange an alternative time. Please note that both teachers may not be available at a subsequent meeting time and you may have to meet with only one of your child’s class teachers. Parents can change their interview times any time prior to the closing date, by re-visiting the www.shoolinterviews.com.au website, and using the code. Parents wishing to change their interview times after the closing date should contact the school directly on: 8270 3177 Regards, Scott Baldock

Available times for multiple teacher classrooms If your child’s class has more than one teacher and you would like to meet with both teachers please take note of the following…. R/1 Mrs Black & Mrs Quinn: Both teachers will be available for all available times. R/1 Mrs King & Mrs Bowden: Both teachers will be available for all available times. 3/4 Mrs Charlesworth & Mrs Cannizzaro: Both teachers will be available for all available times 3/4 Mr Baldock & Mrs Ivanov: Both teachers will be available at the following times Week 1: Monday 3:15 – 3:45 time slots Tuesday all time slots Wednesday 3:15 -3:30 time slots Thursday 3:15 – 3:30 time slots All other available time slots outside of this will be with Scott only. Middle School Mrs Broadbent, Mrs Paparella and Mr Searle Week 1: Monday & Tuesday all time slots – Ben and Andrea Wednesday, Thursday & Friday all time slots – Sally and Andrea Week 2: Wednesday all time slots – Sally and Andrea

Congratulations to everyone for the wonderful way you participated in our Sports Day yesterday! There was great team work, listening skills, cheering and FUN had by everyone. Thank you also to all of the Mum’s, Dad’s, Grandparents, siblings, aunts, uncles and friends who came to cheer us on and help out when needed. We hope you had as much fun as we did!!

Yesterday we had Alex from Onkaparinga council visit our class to talk to us about recycling. Alex showed us three bins. Organic waste, recycling and general waste. We all learnt something new from Alex (I know I did!) and hopefully some of the kids have come home and shared with their parents some of the new things about recycling. We are going to continue to talk about how we can care for our environment so a really valuable exercise families could do at home would be to ensure the children know where their organic, recycling and general waste bins are located outside and inside at home and what they look like and for the children to practise putting the correct types of rubbish in each bin.

Today was VERY exciting here at school! When the children arrived at school this morning our first chick had hatched! The children we so excited to discover that these eggs were chicken eggs after their many ideas of what might be inside the eggs yesterday!
To make the day even more exciting, 4 more chicks hatched throughout the day while we were at school! We could see the eggs wobbling and the little chicks ‘pipping’ out of the egg shell. Two of the chicks have been moved out of the incubator and into the brooder box now.
I wonder how many chicks would have hatched by tomorrow morning? We will keep you posted!!!!

We have been thinking about ‘praying’ and ‘giving’ during Lent. A BIG thank you to all the families who have brought in donations of clothing and food items for those less fortunate than us. We are still welcoming more donations so if your child hasn’t had a chance to donate something yet please feel free to bring them along to school.

We have been busy exploring seeds over the last few weeks. Our inquiry started when ‘Ernie’ left a mystery present for us that we found in the playground. We opened it up and discovered two small boxes inside…one for each class! Each class opened their box and wondered what was inside. Most of the children thought the boxes contained ‘Seeds’. We brainstormed what we thought the seeds would need and we took action…..you may have noticed a brown and a green plant box outside the R/1 BQ classroom (near the silver tables). Watch this space…….the children certainly are!!! We cant wait to see what these mystery seeds may or may not grow into.

As part of our Friday afternoon activity time in Week 2, both classes had the opportunity to plant their own broad bean seed which they have been watching and taking care of each day.

Look at these gardeners in action!