Hi all
This is Mr Whitaker writing in from home as he's been poorly today - the wonders of being online!
Do you know what penultimate means? It means the second to last - so today is the second to last day of school closure, we hope you're getting excited - for us we just cannot wait to have you back!
There are a few new children starting in Year 5 - welcome if that's you and you're reading this now, we look forward to welcoming you to BISAK!
There have been a number of changes to the school calendar due to the school closure and we'd like to bring to your attention two notable changes. Firstly, the Victorian day that was scheduled for next week will now take part later on in the term, we will advise you of the new date in due course. Secondly, International Week has been postponed until the last week of term.
Be sure to check the blog tomorrow for our last post - you'll find all the answers you've been patiently waiting for (and no, I personally don't know the answer to the box riddle!).
It's great to see your comments about your experiences of working from home (and we are keeping track of those who haven't posted one yet!). It does seem that many of you are enjoying not having to get up so early in the morning and having snacks as often as you want them! However, it seems you are missing a number of things including specialist lessons, your friends, your teachers (we're glad about that!) and help whenever you need it. We are pleased that, despite these difficulties, you have been coping really well and have generally been producing really good work under your own steam. What comes across most of all from all of you, however, is that you all seem to be missing school very much and can't wait to start again on Saturday! Believe us, we are missing you too and are looking forward to resuming lessons next week. It's not quite the same coming into an empty classroom each morning.Here's a puzzle for you. Mr. Whitaker read this teaser last night, and didn't know what the object was. Can you help him?"A box without hinges, key or lid,Yet inside golden treasure is hid. "Who is going to be first with a correct answer? ...
Welcome to the third and we hope last week of working from home. We have seen most of your parents and some of you today collecting your work, and look forward to seeing your completed work later in the week. Some of you are already completing your MyMaths work online, so well done! Students from Year 7 and up have been in today, but it is not the same without you!
Today's English task is to post a blog entry on your experiences of working from home, and how it compares to actually being in school. We have given you quite detailed instructions on what to include, so we do expect some lengthy entries, not just one or two lines. You shouldn't just include the answers to the questions on their own, but include your own thoughts and experiences also. We're looking forward to posting some of these up tomorrow.
Mr. Suter thought several parents were looking at him suspiciously this morning when they came in to school, but it turns out they were just trying to get a sneaky peek at how tall he is - Mrs. Williams is still refusing to give her answer, and claims that we haven't had a correct answer yet either. We'll post the answer at the end of the week, so those of you that haven't put in an estimate still have time to do so.
Another week over! Can you believe you have been working so hard at home now for two weeks? As we always say, doesn't time fly when you're having fun!
Our challenge with Mr. Suter's height continues - Mrs. Williams is keeping her answer secret for now as she says that, as yet, no one has it correct! Oh dear! There are some close answers though - you're getting warm.
Give yourself - and your parents! - a well deserved break over the weekend. We look forward to seeing them on Saturday when they pick up next week's tasks. We think you'll enjoy them - particularly the maths, which has now been set through the My Maths website.
We know what we wanted to say on our heading on today's entry - but do you know what it means? We will pass your translations to Madame Jameson on Saturday - we are sure she'll be delighted that you are still thinking about French!
Have a good weekend!
Keep those guesses coming in for Mr. Suter's height. Mrs. Williams is keeping her exact measurement a secret until we have received more posts from you - remember, there are some 55 children in Year 5 and we've only heard from a few of you.
One thing that surely is going to change after this week is Mr. Suter's girth - that's the measurement around Mr. Suter's waist. Remember last week that you had to measure the ingredients for shortbread biscuits and then follow the recipe? Here Mr. Suter is tucking into Tiara's tasty dino-biscuits, which were absolutely delicious! Mr. Whitaker and Mrs. Williams are extremely upset because not only have they not received any biscuits of their own, Tiara's were so tasty that Mr. Suter didn't share them!
Thanks to those of you who have dropped off your work today - once again, it looks like you have been working extremely hard this week, so well done for that. If you want to see us when you come in, make sure you ask around because usually the teachers are just around a corner - don't leave without saying hello!
Thanks for all your responses to yesterday's problem. Click on the comments link in yesterday's blog to find out who the winners are.
Well we have something else for you to think about today. We have been practising our measuring skills just like you. Mrs Williams first estimated Mr Suter's height and then measured it properly using a ruler. Our question is, what do you estimate Mr Suter's height is? Leave your answer on the comments link please!
Also can you please ensure that the plastic wallets we have given you are returned tomorrow with your home study books so we can put your new work in them - thanks very much - we look forward to seeing all the brilliant work you've done this week.
Dear all
Thank you for the comments you are making on this blog and for all the emails. Did you know there have been over 150 downloads from the downloads section? That's great - it shows how dedicated you are.
Well, since you've been working so hard, we've decided to give you a bit of a challenge. The challenge is - what's wrong with this picture? The first person from each class to give the correct answer will receive FIVE house points!!! Click on the comments link to leave your answer now (make sure you leave your name and class).
Keep up the the great effort with all your work, come back tomorrow to find out the winners and the answer!
