Today in spelling we looked at words that have oi and oy in them. We noticed that most words with the sound in the word have oi (except for names) but if it’s at the end of the word, we use oy. Below are some words that have the oi or oy sound in them. Today in spelling we learnt about compound words. Compound words are when you take 2 words and put them together to make 1 word. Here’s a video you can watch and sing along to to help you learn some compound words. I would like everyone to share a compound word you know in the comments below. Let’s see how many compound words we can think of!!!! This week JAS participated in swimming lessons down at Aquamoves. I would like to say a huge thank you to the following parents: Karamjit, Darren, Alban, Elida, Tanya, Lucy, Grace, Leah, Belinda and Ann, who helped to change and dress the students during the week. Without your help, the week would not have run as smoothly or as quickly and I really appreciated the extra hands! Here is some of the students’ writing about their swimming experience and some pictures of them in action! At swimming yesterday I did torpedo. And I used a kick board. It was fun. This week we have been swimming at Aquamoves. I do my lesson in the pool. I love Aquamoves. At swimming I have a kickboard. I love swimming. I still am focusing on floating but I will get better. We are swimming all week. Today we are going swimming at Aquamoves. We will float in the water. We will swim in a warm pool. I went swimming at Aquamoves. They have kickboards. We play in the pool. We float. This week we’ve been going swimming. At swimming I practise using a kickboard. I did a torpedo. I can swim under the water. It was so much fun. On the first day of swimming, I only learnt about backstroke! But, on the second day, I did lots of pin drops. We also did lots of step ins. We did the pin drops and step ins in the deep end. When we did pin drops, I touched the bottom. This week we have been doing swimming. I am in the big pool. I am good at torpedo and backstroke. I can float. This week we have been going to Aquamoves to learn to swim. I am not a good swimmer but l am learning to swim. I have used noodles and also kick board. On Thursday we are going to Eastbank for our production song. I hope it will be good because we are going on stage. Grade prep, 1’s and 2’s are doing it. Today in writing we looked at how describing words can change a sentence. We use describing words to help our reader make a picture in their head when they read. We each had a go at putting some describing words into the sentence “One day I went for a walk along the beach”. Here’s what we came up with! One hot, sweaty day I went for a run along the sandy beach. DanielOne loud, rainy day I went for a jog along the rainy beach. ChelseaOne funny day I went for a happy, noisy waddle along the busy beach. SophieOne sunny, busy day I went for a big stroll along the hot, sandy beach. MollyOne Monday I went for a run along the Melbourne beach. LillyOne silly day I went for a run along the wavy beach. HaydenOne stormy day I went for a jog along the rainy beach. AnthonyOne rainbow day I went for a ride along the sunny beach. AzariahOne hot, sunny day I went for a walk along the wavy beach. EmilyOne hot day I went for a jog along the sunny beach. NoahOne cold afternoon I went for a fast walk along the beach. ArcherOne Monday afternoon I went for a run along Melbourne beach. AbigailOne rainy day I went for a jog along the crazy beach. RhiannaOne Autumn day I went for a jog along the Queensland beach. Tegan One freezing day I went for a long walk along the quiet beach. JayOne hot, sunny day I went for a fast walk along the sandy beach. BrodyOne mysterious day I went for stroll along the peaceful beach. SamuellaOne sunny day I went for a short walk along the hot beach. FordOne chilly, cold day I went for a run along the freezing, wavy beach. MicahOne busy day I went for a slow walk along the loud beach. JhettOne morning I went for a jog along the cold beach. CainOne rainy day I went for a speedy walk along the paradise beach. SkylahOne cold day I went for a walk along the silent beach. IshmeetOne cloudy, wet day I went for an evening walk along the quiet, deserted beach. Miss Symons