📚READING

This week, we will continue to make links to our CBL Big Idea 'Connections' via our mentor text 'I Am Australian Too', written by Mem Fox. Students will continue to develop their fluency while reading aloud, be prompted to make connections between the text, themselves, other texts and the world around them.

At home you might like to listen to your child read aloud and prompt them to make connections between the text and themselves.

✍️ WRITING

In Writing, we will be exploring narratives, with a particular emphasis on the key elements; sizzling start, characters, setting, conflict and resolution. Throughout, we will be highlighting the importance of using connectives to link sentences and ideas (i.e. next, finally, following this) and ensuring that their sentences make sense.

At home you might like to discuss with your child their favourite story/ies and what they like about it (i.e. the character makes me laugh, the author builds suspense, notice the interesting words on a page).

➕ MATHS

This week, students will continue their investigations into the place value of numbers up to and beyond hundreds of thousands. Students will have experiences with naming, renaming, rearranging and ordering numbers.

At home you may like to notice big numbers in their environment and try to name them. What are the different ways we see numbers represented in our community (i.e. in words, digits, as objects)

🌱 CBL

This week, we will be exploring the Guiding Question 'How do we connect with others?' Students will participate in activities with the purpose of understanding the connections they currently have, and then working towards strengthening connections with friends in our Grade 3&4 community

At home, you might like to practice having conversations with your child, discussing sentence starters for positive conversations. For example, 'how was your day?', 'tell me three interesting things that have happened today?'.

🌿WELLBEING

Students will be participating in Respectful Relationship lessons based on personal and cultural strengths.

In SWPBS our level focus is lining up safely and walking respectfully around the school between lessons.

In Cyber Safety we will be empowering students to protect their online privacy and personal information that identifies them. Students will learn the skills required to create safer online environments.

🎗️REMINDERS

-Please ensure your child brings their fully charged iPad to school every day.

-We would like students to have headphones at school in preparation for Grade Three Naplan and online spelling assessments.

End of day routine:

-The end of day bell is at 3:30pm for all students (there are no staggered departure times)

-Students are working towards developing independence in cleaning up their space before leaving the classroom. There is an expectation that all tables, lockers and the floor are clean and iPads are stored safely in their bags before leaving the classroom. We ensure that there is adequate time for this, starting clean up ten minutes before the bell.

-We are working towards developing end of day etiquette, encouraging children to say good afternoon to their peers and teacher before leaving the classroom in an orderly fashion.

-Students are expected to be picked up at Lantana Drive (near the oval) unless they have a younger sibling in Prep-Two.

📆 IMPORTANT DATES

24th February: The NED Show

12th March: NAPLAN begins for Grade 3 students

20th March: Colour Run

27th March: Whole School Photos

28th March: Whole School Cross Country

29th March: Warrandyte Festival

4th April: Last day of term

The NED Show (Mon 24th February)

The NED Show is a character education program that centres around three important messages that have life long relevance:

Never give up

Encourage others

Do your best

During the assembly, students will learn about NED’s three messages while also enjoying storytelling, magic, humour and yo-yo tricks.

Please click on the link for further information.

http://www.thenedshow.com/parents.html

Volunteer Child Safe Training - Term 1 Sessions

Dear Parents and Carers,

We greatly appreciate the valuable contributions of our volunteers in supporting our school community. As part of our commitment to child safety, all volunteers must complete annual Child Safe Training before working with students. This requirement applies to all volunteers, including those assisting in programs such as:

· Afterschool Basketball (coaching/team management)

· Art room support

· School events (e.g., Cross Country, Athletics, excursions)

· Other classroom or extracurricular activities

If you are considering volunteering in any capacity, please ensure your training is up to date. If you are unsure of your current training status, please check with the staff member who has invited you to support the program or event.

Additionally, if you volunteer at another Department of Education school, please note that training must also be completed at the school where you volunteer.

Term 1 Volunteer Child Safe Training Sessions

All sessions will be conducted online via Webex. Dates and links can also be found on the Sentral Parent Calendar. Please note these sessions are not recorded, they are presented as live sessions.

· Week 6: Thursday, 6th March | 5:00 - 5:30 PM (online)

https://eduvic.webex.com/eduvic/j.php?MTID=mef3a2152e87f811c709212cd25375ce6

· Week 9: Monday, 25th March | 5:00 - 5:30 PM (online)

https://eduvic.webex.com/eduvic/j.php?MTID=m338c73b0471873f39d56a73e6c91506f

We encourage all new volunteers or volunteers needed to update their training to attend one of these sessions to ensure compliance and to continue making a positive impact in our school community.

Thank you for your support in keeping our students safe.

Kind regards

Adele BriceOn behalf of the WPPS Team

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