Stanley Student Volunteer Army

Over the past two terms while the Year 7 members of our class have been at Tech we have been participating in a Student Volunteer Army initiative. As part of this programme we have identified who volunteers are within our community, what they do and what they mean to us. We have then thought about how we could be more involved in our community. We came up with three things that we wanted to be part of - helping out at the local rest home, the local kindergarten and cleaning up Boyd Park.

On Tuesday 21st November we spent the morning baking goodies to take with us over to Lawrence House in the afternoon. We had a great time baking a range of goodies - Gingernut Crunch, Chocolate Truffles, Chocolate Chip Biscuits, and Chocolate Brownie, and spending time reading and talking with the residents at the rest home.

It was lovely to see so many happy faces. We look forward to going back next week and doing some Christmas Art together.

Three Little Pigs Assembly Item

Week 6 was Room 3's time to shine at this weeks assembly. We showcased the work we have been doing with our Novel Reading and a Readers Theatre.

Here is a video of our Three Little Pigs Readers Theatre, written by Roald Dahl.

Reading

This week we are on assembly. Our assembly item this term we are highlighting our amazing reading. We look forward to showcasing this with you tomorrow. For those of you unable to come to this weeks assembly check back in on here over the weekend for a video of our showcase.

Here are some photos of us reading together and enjoying our reading.

Novels

This term each student in Room 3 has selected a novel to read as part of a Group Novel Study. Everyone was given the choice of Saving Sam, Hatchet, Holes, The White Giraffe, Wonder and The Twits. 

Everyday students log in to their Group Tasks Page where there are set pages to read, and independent tasks and group activities to complete. 

It has been great to see the engagement and enthusiasm that all students are showing for their novels. There are a number of fantastic group booklets being created, and individual creations to demonstrate their knowledge of the texts. We would love to show you them, so if you have a chance pop by the classroom and check them out. 

For now try your knowledge of some of our novels with our crossword and word find puzzle creations:

And we will leave you with a giraffe joke from Joesph:

Why are giraffes so slow to apologise?

 It takes them awhile to swallow their pride!