After deciding I liked last week’s new format, David admits he prefers headings for each child. As one of the purposes of keeping learning notes is for his benefit, I’m going to play a bit more with the format.

I’ve already shared much of the group work we did with the R. Family. So this is more individual notes.

Little Ones
They were focused on playing dress-ups and sandplay with their friends. I did introduce Genvieve to Starfall, she was pretty keen, hopefully we’ll have time to explore more next week.
Read PB Bear Sandcastle Surprise to the group and painted a watercolour painting.

Poetry
Children’s Classic Poetry
The Cow – RL Stevenson
Whether the Weather Be Fine
Windy Nights – RL Stevneson
There was a Monkey
A Riddling Knight
Jabberwocky – Lewis Carroll
La Belle Dame Sans Merci – John Keats
The Lion and the Unicorn
She Walks in Beauty – Lord Byron
Mr Nobody
Your are Old Father William _ Lewis Carroll
O Captain! My Captain! – Walt Whitman
Monday’s Child
A Birthday -0 Christina Rossetti
The Land of Nod – RL Stevenson
‘There was an Old Man” – Edward Lear
Weathers – Thomas Hardy
Three Plum Buns – Christina Rossetti

John O’Brien
The Old Bush School
Said Hanrahan (Took turns reading aloud)
Calling to Me

Mariah
-Listened to the above Poetry.
-Listened to several Uncle Arthur Bedtime Stories.
-Completed her Maths book.
-Consistently worked on Beatrix Potter handwriting.
-Brainstormed ‘Noun’ words for chart.
-Participated in WC.
-Spelling, Club 22. 20 out of 22 correct!
-Wrote Letter to Grandma
-Wrote half a page of information notes on Princesses.
-Wrote answers to several Geography Questions.
-Wrote a Blog Post.(Princesses)

-Worked on Mega Map of the world with Xavier.
-Listened to Chp 4, A Little History of the World; The Origin of the Days of the Week, Mesopotamia and Babylon.
-Worked very hard on Meat Eating Predators Project with James. Learnt so much, and was so enthusiastic. See more.

Malachi
-Listened to the above Poetry.
-Listened to several Bible Stories.
-Learnt a trick for 11X tables
-Maths; Angles and Word Problems
-Brainstormed ‘Noun’ words for chart.
-Participated in WC.
-Spelling, Club 22, 60 &100. Most words correct up till halfway in Club 60.
-Wrote Letter to Uncle Kieren.
-Wrote half a page of information notes on Vikings.

-Listened to Chp 4, A Little History of the World; The Origin of the Days of the Week, Mesopotamia and Babylon.
-Worked very hard on Vikings Project with Hannah. Enthusiastic. See more.

Xavier
-Listened to the above Poetry.
-Maths; Area and started Mathematics.com. Was very excited and did very well!
-Brainstormed ‘Pronoun’ words for chart.
-Participated in WC.
-Spelling: Words in Action, 3 Exercises, hard lessons in neatness and laying out. Kept trying,
50% in Test.
-Wrote half a page of information notes on Authors.
-Wrote a Blog Post.
-Wrote a couple of Novel pages, typed and edited.

-Worked on Mega Map of the world with Mariah.
-Listened to Chp 4, A Little History of the World; The Origin of the Days of the Week, Mesopotamia and Babylon.
Answered an online quiz on Egyptians. 75%.
-Worked very enthusiastically on Engineering/Electricity Project with Dominic and Grace. See more.

Dominic
-Listened to the above Poetry.
-Read 3 pgs of New Faith book! It has arrived.
-Maths; 2pgs, Rates.
-Learnt 9X Tables.
-Brainstormed ‘Pronoun’ words for chart.
-Participated in WC.
-Spelling, Highschool list. Majority Correct.
-Wrote Letter to Uncle Dominic.
-Wrote a couple of Novel pages; typed and edited.
-English; Ridout.

-Listened to Chp 4, A Little History of the World; The Origin of the Days of the Week, Mesopotamia and Babylon.
Narration; Cartoon. Very witty.
-Worked very enthusiastically on Engineering/Electricity Project with Dominic and Grace. See more.

Chiara
-Listened to the above Poetry.
-Read 1 Chp ‘How To Mass’, answered questions.
-Maths; 7 Lessons. Statistics.
-Brainstormed ‘Pronoun’ words for chart.
-Participated in WC.
-Spelling, Highschool list. Majority Correct.
-Di cation; 3 Paragraphs of Flying Dutchman.
-English; Synonyms and Antonyms.

-=Geography; American States Notebook – Texas
-Listened to Chp 4, A Little History of the World; The Origin of the Days of the Week, Mesopotamia and Babylon.
Narration; Wrote origins of Days of Weeks for Romans and Germans.
-Worked with Jessica on Manners/Etiquette Project. See more.

Reading Roundup
Mariah
Bush Boys – Fr James Tierney (3 Chps)
Malachi
Return of the King- JR Tolkein
Viking Adventure – Clyde Robert Bulla
Viking Treasure
Xavier
Triss – Brian Jacques
Emmy & the Home for Troubled Girls – Lynne Jonell
Dominic
Triss – Brian Jacques
Scorpia – Anthony Horowitz
Chiara
#Shockwave- Clive Cussler
#Pacific Vortex – Clive Cussler
# The Gun Brand by James B. Hendryx
# Ark Angel by Anthony Horowitz
# Point Blanc by Anthony Horowitz
# Devil’s Cub by Georgette Heyer
# The Toll Gate by Georgette Heyer
# Envious Cacsa by Georgette Heyer
# Simon the Coldheart by Georgette Heyer
# Jessie by Lori Wick
# Cotillion by Georgette Heyer
# Friday’s Child by Georgette Heyer

Outings & Extracurriculars
-Ballet for Chiara
-Gymnastics for Mariah and Genevieve