In Rooms 10 & 11 we have started our fact-sheets on Cambodia.

Cambodia

In class we are learning about Cambodia.  Here are some interesting facts about the country we have already found out.

• Continent: Southeastern Asia
• Climate: Tropical. Monsoon season runs from May to November

School:

• Only about 45% of Cambodian kids finish elementary school. The figure is much lower for children who live in rural villages.
• Cambodian children study math, history, geography, science, Khmer (Cambodia's official language), English, and French, as well as art, music, and dance. Most students wear uniforms.

Play:

• Leak Kon Saeng is a popular game in Cambodia. The game is similar to “duck duck goose,” but instead of tapping a person on the head, the player who is “it” places a knotted piece of cloth behind the “goose.”
• Older children enjoy ang kunh. An ang kunh is an oval-shaped seed. Two teams stand about 10 feet apart and place three to five ang kunh in a semicircle. Each team tries to knock down the other team’s pieces by tossing an ang kunh.

Family:

• Many Cambodians live with members of their extended families. Parents, siblings, grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins may live in the same home. The extended families often work together as well.
• Cambodian parents usually give their children symbolic names that rhyme with the name of another family member.

Favorite food:

• Rice and fish! Cambodians eat rice at every meal. It is served fried, steamed, or in the form of noodles. Fish is eaten fresh, dried, smoked, or as a paste called prahok and is spiced with hot peppers, lemon grass, or mint. Cambodians even use rice in desserts. They combine it with fruit and coconut milk to create a sweet treat.

Interesting animal:

• The kouprey, a wild forest cow, is known for its long, curving horns. One of the rarest animals in the world, the kouprey is Cambodia's national animal.
• Unique holiday: Bonn Om Teuk, or water festival, is celebrated in November at the end of the rainy season when the water of the Mekong River begins to recede. Cambodians hold rowing races on the river during the festival.
• Did you know? Thousands of tourists travel to Cambodia each year to visit the temples at Angkor Wat. The temples were built in the 12th century.

Week 2 Term 3 Spellings

Term 3 Week 2:

Learning Intention: to examine the properties of words ending in vowels.

Success Criteria: will be able to spell the words and say them correctly.

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Group 4
kea	igloo	tarantulas	influenza
disco	pianos	echoes	samosas
skis	bongos	kangaroos	caribou
diva	gecko	bacteria	sombreros
panda	puma	fiesta	torpedoes
emus	sauna	fungi	phenomena
areas	camera	volcanoes	kimonos
pipi	casinos	cameras	armadillos
kina	volcano	heroes	tarantula
flu	canoe	dominoes	criteria

Mr Broadbent

We would like to welcome Mr Broadbent to our team.  He is fitting in very well, already helping Dustin with his work.

Week 1 Term 3 Spellings

Term 3 Week 1:

Learning Intention: to investigate compound words and recognise that they can aid spelling even where pronunciation obscures it. Group 4 will also look at Homophones such as vain and vein.

Success Criteria: will be able to spell the words and say them correctly.

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Group 4
football	blackbird	grasshopper	handkerchief
outside	anybody	tablecloth	database
popcorn	starboard	windmill	grandmother
everyone	weekend	cupboard	starburst
joystick	daydream	raspberry	vein
bedpost	cupboard	grandmother	scene
playground	grandson	cloakroom	cereal
backwards	household	workhorse	quay
forward	cloakroom	nowhere	vain
inside	clipboard	goodnight	beech

Korowai Fashion Parade

Games Day tomorrow Friday 3 July

To celebrate the last day of term we will be holding another Games day tomorrow. This means students from Room 10 and 11 bringing games in to share with their fellow class members. Games can be board games, card games, electronic games - ipads, tablets. PSPs etc are fine.
Phones are NOT okay.
There is no internet access so all electronic games must already be downloaded and suitable for 8-9 year old children.

Don't forget your Korowai cloaks so that we can have our own fashion show!

Cultural Dinner Parties a Huge Success

A huge thank you to students and parents of Rooms 10 and 11. The Cultural Dinner Parties were incredibly successful with fantastic feedback from our guests. It was fantastic to see students and guests trying new foods and using their awesome table manners in a formal setting.  Every group deserves congratulations for a job well done.