Level 1 & 2
Welcome to Week 4!
The students absolutely loved having all their mothers and special people join us for our celebration on Friday morning. They were so proud to share their learning and spend that special time together. It was such a joyful and meaningful occasion, and it was wonderful to see so many smiling faces in the classroom.
INFORMATION & REMINDERS
Star of the Week
Over the next few weeks, our classes will begin Star of the Week. Each student will have a special opportunity to share about their life with the class. This is a wonderful way for students to build confidence, practise their speaking and listening skills, and learn more about one another. We’re excited to celebrate each child and give them their moment to shine. Please look out for the special notice that will come home with your child, when it is their turn. It will give you instructions on what is to be shared on each day.
Class Pet
We are also excited that each week, one student will have the chance to take our special class pet (a special teddy) home. This is a fun way for students to practise responsibility, storytelling, and sharing about their lives.
When it’s your child’s turn, they can take the class pet on small adventures at home. This may be reading together, helping with a hobby, or simply spending time as part of the family. When they return to school, they’ll share a page in the class pet journal with photos and captions about the adventures they had.
Home Learning.
Our Grade One and Two students bring home take home books on Monday, Wednesday and Friday nights. We encourage you to read these books more than once with your child to build fluency.
On Friday, we sent home a 'Home Learning book' with your child. In this book will be a hard copy of the following week's UFLI homework (which is usually shared here!) and a copy of your child's fluency reading. We would encourage you to read this text multiple times with your child to help build fluency. We will share with you in the following weeks different ways you could use this text at home.
Personal Belongings:
We are seeing an increase in personal belongings like footy cards, teddies, remote controlled cars and toys being bought to school. We strongly encourage students to leave these items at home as at times they can cause distress when they become lost or damaged and can distract students from learning time.
CURRICULUM
Literacy
UFLI: Grade One Students
This week the students will be learning i_e spelling /i/ when there is a final e. Then student will be learning o_e spelling /o/.
UFLI: Grade Two Students
This week the students will be learning the Australian ar spelling /a/. Then students will be learning to spell the /er/ sound using er, ir, ur, w +or .
What can you do at home?
- Optional UFLI Home Practice pages found in their home learning book.
Mentor Text: Coming Home to Country
This week students will be looking at the book "Coming Home to Country" by the Australian author, Bronwyn Bancroft. Studentswill be exploring new vocabulary and adjectives and focusing on adding detail to their writing.
What can you do at home?
While driving - have your child call out adjectives to describe the nouns you see.
Make predictions about the books you are reading together. Use questions like - After reading the title - What do you think this story will be about? What makes you think that?What do you think will happen next? Why?
Maths
Grade One Students
The Grade One students are beginning their exploration of measurement. They will be measuring and recording length using both informal and formal units, with a focus on ordering and comparing the sizes of different objects.
What can you do at home?
- MathsSeeds
- Comparing everyday items (e.g. blocks, paperclips, hands, forks) to decide which are longer or shorter.
Line up household objects (e.g. shoes, toys, books) from shortest to longest and talk about the order.
Grade Two Students
This week, our Grade Two students are exploring the concept of length. They will be measuring and recording the length of objects using informal units, as well as developing their estimation skills by predicting how long different objects might be before measuring them.
What can you do at home?
- Mathletics
- Estimate the length of an object first (e.g. table, book, couch), then measure it using informal units like pencils or spoons to check accuracy.
- Measure the same object using two different informal units (e.g. paperclips vs. hands) and compare the results, why are they different?
Wellbeing
This week in wellbeing we will be following the SWPBS focus of 'Being a Learner' thinking about how we can use our learning time wisely.
Students will also be completing a 'Cyber Safety' lesson, which will explore when and how to ask permission appropriately and respectfully.
What can you do at home?
Do a quick role-play with your child using everyday situations:
- “Can I download this game?”
- “Can I use your phone?”
- “Can I send this message/photo?"
Practice:
- Asking politely
- Waiting for an answer
- Accepting “no” respectfully
CBL
Our Big Idea for Term Two is Country.
Our Guiding Questions:
What is Country?
What is special about our Country?
How can we connect to Country?
Our Essential Question:
How do we respect Country?
Our Challenge:
Write an Acknowledgement of Country for our grade.
Students have been looking at our country, Australia and where it is placed in our world.