2011+Term+1+-+Change

**__ Change __**

** This term, Room 5 students are looking at "Change" and the fact that God has designed different materials to be "changeable" within His boundaries. The question arises, "Is there anything in God's creation that does not change?". ** ** We are going to discuss the implication of God, in terms of the trinity, being the only unchangeable thing in our lives. ** ** In Reading we are going to review some scientific articles on matter and change, some short stories around the theme of change, and some instruction/rules that are necessary in certain times of changes. While in Writing we will create explanations and different types of instructions, along the same themes outlined in the reading programme, we will also attempt to create a mini-commercial that informs the general public of "rules/instructions" they should follow when faced with environmental change in terms of a natural disaster. In Maths we will be tackling "Measurement" and continue to strenghten our numeracy strategies involving multiplication of two digits or greater and addition/subtraction of 3 digits or greater. In Science we are looking at investigating and grouping common materials in terms of properties (e.g., solubility, acidity), investigating and describing ways of producing permanent or temporary changes in some familiar materials (e.g., heating, mixing two or more substances), and investigating the positive and negative effects of changing substances on people and the environment (e.g., acid rain, climate change). In Bible Studies we are looking at Paul and the changes he initiated through the spread of the gospel. In Art we are looking at cartoons and the changes that their messages can invoke and inspire. While finally in Health we are looking at biological change. It certainly will be an exiciting and rewarding start to the year as we also try to get through many diagnostic testing situations early on in our first 11 weeks. **

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