Final post for Term 3

 End of Term 3

Well, this term has certainly flown by! The students have been very busy learning and participating in a variety of activities.

Stem Learning Journey

It was fantastic to see so many parents attend our Stem Learning Journey. The students were very proud to share the design process, the finished product and the evaluation of their cars this term. It was great to see the reflection process and the students assessing what worked well and what they would change for next time.

Flowerpot Competition

This week we are being judged on our flowerpot displays. We have a budget of $20 to spend and Dawson's Garden Centre have sponsored the competition, awarding prizes to the best flowerpot display.

Maths and Science Day

Last Thursday, Wattle Grove Primary School, celebrated Maths and Science with a whole day devoted to Maths and Science. We had many fun activities and the students enjoyed the change in routine. The students created Place Value Monsters and built the tallest tower they could using newspaper.

It is looking to be another busy Term with dancing lessons, swimming, Kindy/Pre-primary Sports Day, Reports and many more events!

This will be our last blog post for 2021. As of next term the blog will be moving onto Connect. Each parent should have received their login details. Please see your class teacher if you are unable to access Connect.

We would like to wish all our families a happy and safe holiday. Please continue to read books, spend time as a family and talk, talk and talk some more. We will see you back at school on Monday 11th October 2021.

Week 5

 Book Week

The Book Week dress-up parade was on Friday 20th August.  The students looked fantastic and a big thank you to all the parents and carers for putting together their costumes.

 

Sports Carnival

The Kindy/Pre-primary sports carnival has been postponed until Term 4 due to the wet weather and condition of the oval.

 

 

No Trash Tuesday

In accordance with our school’s Sustainability plan, our goal is to significantly reduce our school’s waste.  

No Trash Tuesday is an initiative which encourages students and families to take a  mindful approach to reducing the waste we produce.  Packing a lunchbox with no waste is both environmentally friendly and responsible. 

 

Tip:  Try to use re-usable containers rather than bringing pre-packaged items.     

 

 

Literacy

Phonics

We have been working on blending 4 letter words together, such as flat and sent.

 

Writing

This term we have been learning about narratives. A narrative is a made up story. It should be entertaining. A narrative has a beginning, a middle and an end. The characters should have a problem that they solve. Here are 2 story maker websites where children can make their own stories by choosing the parts to include in their story.

https://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/games/story-maker-1

https://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/games/story-maker-2

 

We have been working hard to improve the presentation of the students written work. In particular, we have focused on forming letters correctly using the Victorian modern cursive formations. Please see us if you need a new letter formation sheet.

 

Sight Words – We have now finished the orange set of words and will be moving onto the indigo sight words.

 

Little Learners Love Literacy have free phonic reading books available on the Apple App Store until the 13th of September.

 

News

Students are only able to bring their item/object to present for news on their allocated day. Please do not allow your children to bring any toys, stickers or other item to school.

 

Maths

Our focus has been small number addition and subtraction. Knowing which numbers combinations make each of the numbers to 10. A good game to play to support this is Save the Whale on www.ictgames.com

This website also has a number of games to support their literacy and numeracy development.

Assembly

We are very excited about our assembly this Friday. Please see the note provided for further details. Scripts have come home yesterday. We would appreciate your support in learning our lines for assembly. 

Have a  wonderful weekend.

Mrs Nair 

 

 

Week 5

 

Welcome back for another fantastic term. We are working hard by building on our learning from Term 1.

 We hope you all had a lovely Mother’s Day and were able to spend time with family members.

Thank you to our wonderful P & C for holding the Mother’s Day stall. Hopefully all the Mothers enjoyed their special gifts.

 Literacy

 Our news topics are

Week 5 17th May – 21st May	Favourite sport	Students can bring in an item relating to their favourite sport. How is the sport played? Where do you play the sport? What is the best thing about the sport?
Week 6 24th May – 28th May	Favourite book	Bring in your favourite book? What is the main idea in the book/what is the story about? Who are the characters in the book? Why do you like the book?
Week 7 31st May – 4th June	WA places	Bring in a picture of a place in WA you have visited. Where is the place? Can you point it out on a map? What did you see there?

In Week 6 we will be assessing their news telling to see how much the students have improved in their oral language skills.

Phonics

We are focusing on double consonants, ll, ff, ss, zz. Children learnt that when we read a double consonant i.e. 'ss' we just make the one sound. I.e. hiss h-i-ss. Then we will be moving onto reading initial blends, such as sl – slip, slop.   We continue to revise all golden and red words. Our focus sight words are blue words.

 Numeracy

Our focus in numeracy is addition and subtraction number stories up to the value of 10. An example of this is, if I had 1 blue pencil and 3 red pencils, how many pencils do I have altogether? Children can then represent this number story by drawing and writing the numbers.

 HASS

We are continuing to look at geography and our local community, the features of a map and why we belong to different communities, for example school, sport groups etc.

 SCIENCE

We are finishing looking at the weather and seasons. We are beginning to look at Biological Science, which is all about living things. We are going to be creating pets and designing habitats for a pet we have researched. Could you please bring in some empty containers/boxes so we can construct a pet home in week 6.

Thank you for your support,

Mrs Nair

                                                                   

‘News’ - Speaking and Listening program

Term 2 2021

Dear Parent/Guardian,

 We will be continuing our news program this term. This will allow the children to further develop their speaking and listening skills. Below is the topic for each week.  Your child’s news day will be the same as last term.

Please help your child to research the topic if necessary and plan what they will say. The skills they should focus on are speaking clearly, using appropriate volume and looking at the audience.

Week 3 3rd May – 17th May	Favourite season	Bring in an object associated with your favourite season. What is the object? How do you use the object? How does the object link to your favourite season?
Week 4 10th May – 14th May	Pet	Bring a photo or a drawing of your pet (or the pet you want). How do you look after your pet? What does your pet look like?
Week 5 17th May – 21st May	Favourite sport	Students can bring in an item relating to their favourite sport. How is the sport played? Where do you play the sport? What is the best thing about the sport?
Week 6 24th May – 28th May	Favourite book	Bring in your favourite book? What is the main idea in the book/what is the story about? Who are the characters in the book? Why do you like the book?
Week 7 31st May – 4th June	WA places	Bring in a picture of a place in WA you have visited. Where is the place? Can you point it out on a map? What did you see there?
Week 8 Monday -Public Holiday		No news this week.
Week 9 14th June – 18th June	Favourite game	What is your favourite game? Why is it your favourite game? Who do you play the game with? What are the rules of the game?
Week 10 21st June – 25th June	Science	Science topic or mini demonstration. Students can describe a science fact or topic, for example about a dinosaur, about a planet or about a simple demonstration.

It is important that all of the children participate in the program. If your child is away, or they are unable to participate on their set day, they may do so on the following day. 

Thank you for your support,

 Rebecca Nair

 

 Week 5 

In Literacy

We are continuing to revise the single sounds and the golden sight word list. The students are saying the sounds in three letter words and blending the sounds together to say the word. They are also reading these words in short sentences.

 

News

Last week the students completed an oral presentation All About Me. The students all did a great job standing up in front of their peers to share the information.

 

This week the students have been given a day to present their news. We would like to have a structured approach to “news”. This will allow the children to further develop their speaking and listening skills. Below is the topic for each week. 

 

Please help your child to research the topic if necessary and plan what they will say. The skills they should focus on are speaking clearly, using an appropriate volume and looking at the audience.

 

 

Week 6 15th – 19th March	Favourite photo	Bring in a photo and tell us about it. Who is in your photo and what was happening?
Week 7 22nd – 26th March	Bedroom item	Bring in an item from your bedroom. Tell us something about it. Where did you get it? When did you get it? Why do you like it?
Week 8 29th March – 31st March	Easter	If I were the Easter Bunny... Get your child to finish the sentence.

 

 

It is important that all of the children participate in the program. If your child is away, there is a public holiday or they are unable to participate on their set day, they may do so on the following day. 

 

 

Sight Word Folders have been sent home last week. Please keep the folder at home for the week and return on your child’s allocated day for us to review. Please practise these words daily in short sessions. You could write the words onto card and place them around the house or play games like memory and fish.

 

Guided reading books will be coming home on Thursdays. We have read these books during the week in the class. Please listen to your child read their book, and assist them with words as required. You can ask questions to assist with the comprehension of the story. Who were the characters? What was the…? Why do you think…? What do you think might happen next?

Please return these reading books on Monday. It is important they are returned on time as a new group will be reading the book next.

 

 

Library Day is Monday, please place library books in their library bag in the green box on Mondays.

 

In Numeracy

We are revising the numbers to 20, how to write them and counting collections. As well as learning to sort data and create graphs.

 

In Science

We are observing the weather and discussing the symbols used on weather charts. We are also discussing the different seasons, what they are like and how they affect people in their daily lives. We are investigating how clouds work and what the wind can blow.

 

https://thestemlaboratory.com/rain-cloud-jar/

 

On Entry Assessments will be starting soon. A note went home last week regarding the assessment.

Have a wonderful weekend.

Mrs Nair 

 

Welcome to Room 2. We have had a wonderful start to the year. This blog will be a place where you can keep up to date with all the latest information for our class. Please subscribe to the blog so you are informed when a new post has been placed on the blog.

 

Parent Information session

On Tuesday the 23^rd at 4:45 p.m., we will be conducting the Parent Information Session. We look forward to seeing one parent from each family at the session. Valuable information regarding the Pre-primary program will be presented on this day.

 

School App

If you haven’t already done so, please download the Wattle Grove Primary School App. This allows you to inform the school if your child is going to be absent and keep up to date with the latest information regarding school events. The school newsletter is also available via the school App.

 

Canteen

The canteen operates on a Wednesday and Thursday. Orders can be placed online via the QuickCliq App. We also have paper bags and a menu available in the classroom. Students can placer orders for recess and lunch.

Library

Our library time each week is Monday 9:30 a.m. Students are allowed to borrow one book at a time. Students must have a library bag to be able to borrow books and books must be returned before they can take another book. Library bags and books are placed in the library box each Monday morning.

 

Have a wonderful weekend.

 

Mrs Nair