Another solid, heads down week of learning! So proud of the children. Once again most of the children completed, or nearly completed all of their assigned work! Continue to be impressed with their application, diligence and academic progress.

Smashing it, quality learning happening.

 

Group Work:

Faith History – 2 chapters, Early Church 300 years+ St John Chrysostom

History – SOTW World War 2: The Night of the Broken Glass and Concentration Camps.

Poetry- 1 session. Hiawatha, 1/2.

Faith Morality – (Genevieve & Saxon) 1/2 Chapter Introduction of Christianity and Morality.

Read Aloud Younger Children – The Hobbit by JR Tolkien. Siena and Sebastian listening to Dad read, 5 chapters.

Read Aloud Teens – All the Green Year, with Mum, 5 chapters

 

Genevieve

Spelling – Daily revision of 10 words, then test at conclusion of week. Getting 90% correct.

Dictation – 3 lessons. Very diligent doing really well

Writing Skills – 4 book reviews on Goodreads.

Writing Skills – IEW, 1 lesson on extracting main points and then written retelling passages

Writing – Wrote a letter to Brydie for her birthday.

Narrations – Story of the Church: St John Chrysostom 1 page

– Story of the World: Peter 1 Czar of Russia 2 1/4 pages!!!

Faith Novel – Study of the Mass 2 chapters

Maths – 5 lessons.

Geography – Brenda Runkle, 1 Chapter. Latitude

Geography – 2 sessions of online mapping. Capital cities of the countries of Asia.

History Novel – SOTW 2. Peter 1 Czar of Russia

Assigned Literature Read – They Loved to Laugh. Read 5 chapters

 

Saxon

Spelling – Daily revision of 10 words, then test at conclusion of week. Getting 100% correct.

Dictation – 2 lessons. Quick and accurate.

Vocabulary – Wordly Wise 5, 3 lessons. Stretching his knowledge and understanding.

Writing Skills – IEW, 2 lessons on extracting main points and then orally retelling passages

Writing – Wrote a letter to Brydie for her birthday.

Maths – 5 lessons. Pythagoras Theorem.

Faith Novel – St Phillip Neri, 6 chapters, finished! Enjoyed it, was spontaneous oral narrated it.

Science Biochemistry – Lesson 2 Chemical Reactions, completed lesson.

Geography – 1 session, Online mapping program. Still focusing on the countries of the world, getting 99% correct each time!!

History Novel/Assigned Lit Read – The Cattle King, Sir Sydney Kidman by Ion Idriess. 8 Chapters!!!!

 

Ignatius

Spelling – Focused on 10 words each for 4 days, test on Friday!

Dictation – 1 exercise.

Writing Skills – IEW, 2 lessons on extracting main points and then retelling passages

Writing – Wrote a letter to Brydie for her birthday.

Maths – 4 lessons.

History Novel – Lennie: Solo to Sydney – Stephanie Owens Reader. 10 Chapters. Found it “interesting and educational.”

Assigned Read – LOTR Bk 3 Read 10 chapers!

 

Sebastian

Spelling – Revised 10 words on each day, concluded with a test on Friday.

Dictation – 2 exercises. Doing well

Voyages in English 5 – Common and Proper Nouns. 2 huge exercises. Completely impressed me with his understanding and application.

Writing Skills – IEW, 2 lessons on extracting main points and then retelling passages

Writing – Wrote a letter to Brydie for her birthday. Long and lovely

Faith – St John Vianney; The Country Road Home, read 4 chapters.

Faith & Life – Old Testament 1 lesson – St Joseph reunites with his family

Maths – Mental Maths, 4 lessons & a test.

Nature Novel – 3 chapters! Junior Naturalist, talks for Aust children.

Geography –1 session. Mapping, Europe naming the countries, just started learning, 60%

 

Siena

Reading – Milly Molly Mandy. 5 ‘sections’ – 5 pages

Spelling – AAS 2 lessons

Dictation – 4 exercises. Loves Spelling Wisdom and doing well.

Writing – Wrote a letter to Brydie for her birthday.

Maths – workbook, 5 sessions, 10 min each. Subtractions

Faith – St Bernadette and Our Lady of Lourdes. Finished.

Faith & Life – Old Testament 1 lesson – St Joseph reunites with his family

Nature Novel – Turtles. Read all on her own unassisted!

Science Novel – Dinosaurs, read unassisted.

History Novel –  The Long House in Danger, sequel read on her own!

Geography –1 session. Mapping, Africa naming the countries.