Prep

Welcome back! We cannot believe that it is term 4 already and the end of 4. We have had such a busy start to term, and we are so proud of what all the students have learnt so far! 

Athletics

A couple of weeks ago, we went on a bus to Landy Field where we got to compete in the Prep to 2 Athletics Day. There were lots of different schools there. Everyone gave all the events a great go. We did sprints, long jump, cricket ball throw, high jump and plenty of other’s events. The students did a sensational job of representing our school. 

Zoo 

Last week, we went on a bus to the Werribee Zoo. First, we went ate our snack at with the elephants. Then we went to our Village Life experience. The students had an opportunity to collect water, look out for predators, grind the wheat to make flour and practice our weaving. At the end of the session the students shared stories with one another. Next, we looked at some more animals on the way to the safari bus. We were very lucky the giraffes were very close to us! We finished off our lunches then went to see the reptiles before a fun bus ride back to school.

Literacy 

In literacy, during phonics, we have been focusing in spelling longer words. We are looking at spelling patterns like CCVC words - skin, trip, crop, fresh, ect. Students are applying all the spelling skills they know already and learning how to use these in longer words with different spelling patterns. 

In literacy, we have been exploring the book Kookoo Kookaburra. We began by learning about the vocabulary used in the story and then we applied lots of our different reading strategies to help us understand the story. Students were able to recognise characters actions - kind and unkind, inferring actions and feelings of characters, identify the message of the story and making text to self and text connections. 

Numeracy 

In maths, we have been learning about division. We have been exploring practical situations when sharing and identify how many are in each group. We have learnt different strategies and finding efficient ways to share objects fairly. 

We have begun learning about length, weight and capacity. Students have been able to compare the length, weight or capacity of objects and explaining why. 

Throughout our maths sessions we have been practicing our fluency. Students have been given 2 minutes to answer as many questions as they can. One of the activities is for students to practice counting on, they pick the bigger number and count on to find their total. Students also practice counting forwards, backwards and find the missing number. The more we do these activities the quicker students have been getting, and we have been seeing an increase in confidence! 

Humanities 

This term we are focusing on Celebrating Differences. The aim is for students to be fair and kind when we value and celebrate the similarities and differences between cultures and consider the perspectives of others. So far, we have looked at differences through the story Elmer and celebrated the things that make us special. 

Reminders 

Humanities questionnaire - in the next week or so your child will be sent home with a few questions to answer to support our humanities focus where we are celebrating family differences. 

Books - we will continue to change decodable books on Fridays and go to the library on the weeks we do not have assembly.