Learning Communities
Foundation - Learning Snapshot
Welcome back to Term Three. We hope that you had a wonderful break with your families and enjoyed some sunshine. Hopefully you have had the opportunity to read your child’s report on PAM and discuss it with your child.
We are very excited for another term of learning. We have some exciting teaching and learning planned for this Term which we have explained with our Learning Intentions below.
Term 3 Learning Intentions (We Are Learning To...)
Reading
WALT: Read texts with fluency and accuracy. Students are working on applying their letter sound knowledge to help them read unknown words.
WALT: Identify the difference between fiction and non fiction texts. Students will be reading and exploring different text types and identifying their features.
WALT: Make deeper connections about texts. Students will make inferences about how a character feels.
Writing
WALT: Write texts for different purposes. Students will explore different purposes for writing and produce their own narratives, reports, recounts and lists.
WALT: Re-read and edit my own writing. Students will be encouraged to re-read their own writing to make sure that their message is clear and to check for punctuation.
Mathematics
WALT: Add and subtract small collections. Students will explore addition and subtraction using a variety of materials and applying different strategies.
WALT: Use everyday language of location and direction, ‘between’, ‘near’, ‘left’, ‘right’, ‘forwards’ to follow and give simple directions
Inquiry
WALT: Identify and develop ways we can be healthy.
Religious Education
WALT: Identify ways in which we see God’s love for us through other people and creation.
WALT: Identify the Church as a community where people gather to celebrate their faith.
WALT: Describe physical aspects of the local Church building.
Important things to remember:
Wednesday 3rd August - 101 days of Foundation
This day marks 101 days at school. On this day we will celebrate 101 days of Foundation. Foundation children are welcome to come to school dressed in black or white. Prior to this day children will make a Dalmatian dog mask that they are welcome to wear. We will have a day full of fun and celebrate this awesome achievement!
August 9th, 10th, 11th - Parent Teacher Interviews
August 22nd - 26th- Book Week
Monday August 29th - Athletics Carnival
Thursday 1st September - Foundation Unit Liturgy 12:45pm (Parents and grandparents are welcome to attend)
Friday 16th September - Last day of Term 3
Sport - Monday & Thursday’s, students are required to wear their sports uniform.
Library - Friday, students will need to bring their library bags.
Foundation Team
Bre Levesque, Sarah Small, Lijarna Bbekirofski
Junior Learning Community
We have had a wonderful return to school this Term. It was great to see so many smiling faces on the first Monday and it was great to hear of so many wonderful experiences that were had in the holidays.
This Term our Inquiry unit ‘How can we be Healthy?’ focusses on our minds, bodies and diet. All the teachers are excited for this unit as we have many speakers coming in to discuss how we can look after our body.
So far we have discussed how we may have a Healthy Mind. We have revised how having a positive and growth mindset helps keep our mind healthy, we have also discussed sleep and meditation.
As we move forward in the unit we will begin to discuss how exercise and movement keeps our bodies healthy.
In Writing, we have begun to look at Narrative stories. This week, we have looked at the elements of a story, the characters, setting, problem and solution. The children will have the opportunity to write their own narratives and we look forward to seeing the children flex their creative muscles during these sessions.
We have started the Term in Mathematics learning all about Time. The children are consolidating their knowledge of o’clock and half past, we are beginning to understand further times such as quarter past and quarter to. Over the next week, we will begin to look at elapsed time and calendars, with focus on days of the week and months.
Our first unit within Religious Education is Baptism. It has been lovely to hear about where children were baptised, what the symbols of Baptism are, and how Baptism is an important part of our faith journey. As we explore this topic further it would be a lovely chance to discuss your child’s Baptism at home with them, we will be sending an email requesting Baptism photos or items that children may bring in from their Baptism so please keep an eye out.
We are excited for many things to come.
Term Three is going to be a busy term.
We are looking forward to our Athletics Carnival and Book Week Parade both in August. We have also introduced new Performing Arts activities this term which will be a fantastic addition to our curriculum. All the children are getting their dancing feet on!
We hope that everyone has a wonderful weekend!
The Junior Learning Teachers.
Middle Learning Community
Welcome to Term Three! It has been wonderful to have students return to school ready for another wonderful term.
The Middle Learning Community teachers are very excited for another successful term. Below is an overview of the upcoming two weeks.
Reading
In Week Three, students will continue to focus on the reading comprehension synthesising.
In Week Four, students will develop their skills to skim read and scan texts for specific information.
Writing
In Week Three, students will continue their focus on developing their knowledge of procedural writing.
In Week Four, students will develop their understanding of colourful semantics and how this can improve their sentence structure.
Spelling
In Week Three, our spelling focus will be on ‘ti’ as in station.
In Week Four, our spelling focus will be on ‘oi’ as in coin.
Numeracy
In Weeks Three and Four, students will begin to order and represent fractions on a number line, investigate equivalent fractions and recognise place value to the tenths and hundreds.
Throughout this unit, students will be separated from their Learning Group and divided into three math groups. Students were grouped according to their strengths and misconceptions shown in their pre-test for this Unit of Learning.
Inquiry
Throughout Week Three and Four, students will develop their understanding of the dimensions of health and strategies they can utilise to benefit each area. Students will begin to develop their understanding of the emotional heath dimension by developing an understanding of emotional literacy and how they can appropriately respond to emotional triggers.
Religious Education
In week 3, students will conclude the unit ‘Jesus Models Forgiveness’ by creating a storyboard about a time they received reconciliation and create a prayer asking for forgiveness.
In Week 4, students will be introduced to the next RE unit ‘The Circle of Life.’ Throughout this unit students will reflect on how God is with us always and sends people to help us in times of sadness, loss and trouble. They will also learn it is important to be there for others in their times of need.
Notices-
- August 9th, 10th, 11th - Parent Teacher Interviews
- August 22nd-26th - Book week
- Monday August 29th - Athletics Carnival (whole day event)
Sport - Tuesday (with Mr Watts) and Wednesday (with classroom teacher)
Library - Each Wednesday
Middle Learning Community Teachers
Senior Learning Community
Welcome back to Term Three! It was lovely to hear about students' adventures over the holidays and hearing that many families got a nice relaxing break. The students are feeling refreshed for another wonderful term of learning.
Grade 6 students were lucky enough to attend Notre Dame’s School production of Legally Blonde last Wednesday. All students thoroughly enjoyed the show with laughter being heard all throughout. It may have even inspired some of our students to get involved when they start high school next year.
For the next five Wednesdays we see students participating in Inter School Winter Sports. This is a fantastic opportunity for our children to try out different sports and demonstrate sportsmanship. Students have been placed in mixed teams for Netball, T-Ball, Soccer and Handball. Students should come dressed in their sports uniform on these days. We are still on the hunt for some parent helpers so if you think that you might be able to help please let us know.
As part of Italian this term students are working as classes to create a Screenplay that addresses the question ‘How Can We Look After Our Marine Life?’ These will then be entered into a competition. There are many aspects of making a screenplay and students will be involved in many tasks from script writing, costume design, audio leaders, directors and actors. It will be fabulous to see it all come together as the weeks progress.
From the students.
Throughout Term Two and Three children that chose to do ASPA education instead of sport have started learning songs and dances for the ASPA Education Program Concert, for Week 8. We have learnt a dance choreographed by our 5/6 teacher Mrs Austen. The ASPA workers have come and taught us a song called 'One Brick at a Time' and another dance called 'We are all in this Together', that we will do with all the other schools on the program. We have enjoyed the lessons and are very grateful that we have this opportunity to learn, lead and celebrate with our school community.
By Alyssa Pinnock
W.A.L.T
Spelling: Phoneme /st/ making the sound ‘s’
Literacy: Learning to write monologues and scripts.
Numeracy: Number and Place Value, Division. How do we solve problems requiring the operation of division.
Inquiry: 'Why do we need to stay Healthy?' We are looking at food eating habits, how they relate to Healthy eating models and the effect food can have on our bodies.
Religious Education: Reconciliation, what does reconciliation mean and how does it affect our everyday lives?
Senior Learning Community Teachers
Year 5 Mini Vinnies - 5 Cent Friday's
This year the year 5 students will be organising a major fundraiser. This money will be going towards a school 30 minutes outside of Lismore which was highly affected by the 2022 floods. St. Joseph's Primary School in Coraki NSW had their sports sheds, school canteen and storage sheds destroyed during the floods. However their families lost everything with the school classrooms becoming evacuation points for the townspeople. Many classrooms had beds set up with families creating makeshift screening to create privacy. Many students are currently still living with family and friends with a few continuing to live in tents on the school grounds as their homes continue to be uninhabitable. Families lost homes and business and were cut off from the outside world for weeks following the devastating
floods with no electricity or phone services.
We have decided to create a fundraiser to allow the school to assist those in their community who most need it.
Each Friday of Term 3 we will be collecting five cent pieces. We are calling it our '5c Fridays'. If students could please donate 5c pieces each Friday to our collection it would be greatly appreciated. Students can bring in as many as they wish to assist. Please if you wish to donate other coins these will also be accepted. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact Mrs. Thompson at school.