Dear parents,

I hope this newsletter finds you and your family well.

The ACT Government indicated today that they would give further information on the easing of restrictions ‘mid next week’, however Mr Barr also said it was unlikely that schools will return this term.  I am hoping that children will be able to return to face to face learning as soon as practicable.  I feel for the students in greater Sydney where they are aiming to have students in Kinder and year one back on the 25th October, with students from years three, four and five back the following week and years two and six on November 1st.  Let’s keep our fingers crossed.

Similar to last year, many events planned to occur at this time of the year have been cancelled or postponed.  Given the above details, the Year Five camp to Sydney due to leave MTS in week one of term four will not proceed.  The organisers of Wakakirri are looking to schedule a new date for the finals in the hope that restrictions may have been lifted to some degree.  We will keep you posted in this regard.

Today I have seen many pictures of children who dressed up as their favourite character as part of Book Week celebrations as well as many delicious looking cakes. Congratulations to staff, students and parents who took the time to participate in our Book Week activities.  A special thank you to our librarian, Mrs Janet Williams, for her organisation of this event.

Hopefully it provided students with a break from academic work and cut down the amount of screen time they are engaged in.

I hope all families stay healthy over the coming week.

God Bless,

Peter Hughes

Maths Problems

This week my K-2 problem only attracted one entry as did my year 5 & 6 problem. Fortunately all year three classes attempted the fraction problem with Mrs Blackwell’s class having seven students with the correct solution.  I put all the names together and the name drawn out this week was Quinn Hancock.  Your prize awaits you when we return to school.  Let’s see more students from the other grades attempt this week’s problems.

Mystery Perimeter – Year 5 & 6

The L-shaped path shown is 5m wide and covers an area of 125m2.

Find its perimeter in metres.

Calculator – Years 3 and 4

Anna likes even numbers. She plays a number game on her special Doubles Calculator.

The only button on the calculator doubles the number entered.

She likes to count how many times she has to press the button to get a number with only even digits.For instance, if she starts with 1717, she would have to press the button twice, getting 3434 and then 6868.

If she starts with 99, how many button presses would she need to get to a number with only even digits?

Taken from Problemo – AAMT

Covered by H – Kindergarten to Year 2

What numbers are hidden underneath the H?

Parents may wish to change the numbers. For example, if you put 18 where the 12 is it makes students count across the decade which is difficult for some students. You may wish to replace the 12 with 112 and have them count in the hundreds. It is all about them seeing patterns.

Taken from Top Drawer for Teachers – AAMT