Boys who have been unwell

Due to the number of boys who have been unwell last week and the amount of days they have needed to take off, there is a lot of work to be caught up on. Obviously, this is a crucial part of the term where report pointers start being finalised and therefore this week some boys will have to catch up on formal assessment tasks they may have missed from last week.

Other tasks that boys have missed out on they may be given 'information sheets' instead of re-doing the activities due to time limitations. E.g. we learnt about earthquakes this week and made our own seismograph readings. Boys who missed out will be given the earthquakes background information sheet to help when they study for the test, but will not be completing the hands on activities.

FORMAL ASSESSMENTS
Quite a few boys missed out on our reading comprehension assessment 'Tsunamis' and the Maths test on Fractions. Due to missing last week they also missed the revision sessions leading up to the Maths test (although these are all activities we have completed throughout the term). Those boys unfortunately won't have the revision time as we need to move onto the next topics and we already have another Graphing Test later this week to revise for as well.

IMPORTANT ACTIVITIES LEADING UP TO THIS WEEK:
This week we will be finishing our note taking on the Vietnam War and then putting these notes into a formal writing piece - Information Report. Last week we looked at reports and analysed them a lot. These activities were done as class tasks and involved a lot of discussion, so once again hard to catch boys up on. The main focus is on writing paragraphs with topic (main idea) sentences and complex, detailed sentences to expand on their dot points. This is a skill we have been using since Week 2 Term 1.

HOMEWORK:
We completed our novel Holes last week and boys have completed their final sections of the Book Review. Any boys who have not completed this in class will be expected to complete this instead of their Communism Cartoons and reading for homework. These will be due Friday this week at the latest as this is a mark I do need to finalise ASAP.

WELCOME BACK:
Hopefully we have a full class back this week feeling happy and healthy. Remember to wash your hands thoroughly boys and use the sanitising gel before eating to ensure we don't spread as many germs. I am looking forward to a great week of us all getting back on track.