Idioms

Idioms are phrases that have a different meaning to the actual words in the phrase. For example, if something is described as “a piece of cake”, it is an idiom. It means that something is really easy, it doesn’t actually have anything at all to do with cake.

In class we discussed the literal and the inferred meaning of lots of idioms.

• The literal meaning is when you imagine the words in the idiom as being the real meaning.
• The inferred meaning is what the phrase actually means when used in conversation.

Example: To “spill the beans”.

You might imagine someone tipping over a bowl of beans BUT this idiom really means that you have revealed some secret information.

Learning about idioms is important because authors often use idioms in books, so we need to understand them in order to understand what we read. 

This week, each student is to chose an idiom they like and type it in the comments below. I'll create a Presentation or Glogster of the collection you come up with. Lets challenges ourselves and come up with 20 different idioms.

Problem solving- Use any of the mental maths strategies to solve these problems.

Genius hour in year 4!!

We are currently attempting our first ever version of Genius Hour! Genius Hour is based upon Google’s 20% policy. This policy says that with 20% of your time, you can work on whatever project you would like as long as it advances the company in some way. Both Post-It notes and Gmail were created during this time! So the question arose, if such amazing things were made during this 20% time at these companies, just what could students come up with if given a chance to work on a project that interested them? Instead of dedicating 20% of our time each week though, or instead of just simply using an hour of time (hence the name Genius Hour), we modified the idea slightly. We instead are taking 2 hours a week for term 3 to create an objective, come up with a plan, and then get to creating. We are looking forward to seeing the final results from this project.

Reflecting on Term 2.

It has been an amazing Term! You have all worked so hard and we have learned so much together. We have been so impressed with your independence, and how you have seen things you are interested in and just started projects to take them further. Keep doing this- it is this independence that will allow you to get further. What are some of the things you enjoyed doing this Term in our classrooms?

Science Week!!!!

What an exciting week for us here at Regina Coeli. The school hall is full of amazing experiments ready to be viewed by all this week. Below are some photos of some of the experiments that were conducted in class. Which experiment was your favourite and why? What did you learn from conducting the experiments?

Nan Tien Temple - Excursion on Thursday

Located in a quiet, peaceful environment overlooking Mount Keira & Mount Kembla. "Nan Tien" in Chinese, literally means "Paradise of the South". This is the biggest Buddhist temple in the southern hemisphere and is one of the branch temples of Fo Guang Shan, founded by Master Hsing Yun. What do you expect to see and do at the temple?

Healthy Breakfast/Walk Safely To School Day

On Monday we had walk safely to school day. Forty one children from year four walked safely to school. When we arrived at school we had a nice healthy breakfast that was provided for us. It was fruit,cereal, milk and juice for all the children to enjoy and chat to their friends. It gave us a big boost and a great start to the day. Thank you Mr Barton for this great opportunity.