Level 1 & 2
Wow! already over half way through term 2! What a blast it has been so far!
Thank you to all the parents who came to the open afternoon last Thursday. The students loved being able to share their recent learning with you all.
There is still so much to look forward to over the coming weeks! Please read all about our upcoming incursions below and on Sentral!
INFORMATION & REMINDERS
Upcoming Incursions
We are excited to be welcoming two different groups to our school to run incursions with our students to support their learning across CBL and literacy.
On the 2nd of June, we will be welcoming an educator from Didgeridoo Australia who will help students create a collaborative art project based on the stories of Bunji and Waa.
On the 15th of June, we will be welcoming an educator from Drama Toolbox who will guide students through the much loved story of Tiddalick.
Please login to Sentral where you can give permission and make payment for both of these incursions. Many thanks to the families who have already done so!
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.
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 send home a 'Home Learning book' with your child with a hard copy of the following week's UFLI home practice sheets 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.
Please see below some information about the UFLI at home learning and ways you can use it. Stay tuned for more detailed information in the coming weeks!
CURRICULUM
Literacy
UFLI: Grade One Students
This week the students will be reviewing all the VCe sounds such as in the words bake, cake and bride. Then they will move onto _ce spelling/s/.
UFLI: Grade Two Students
This week the students will begin looking at the long vowel sounds. Starting with ai and ay spelling /ā/. Then students will then move onto ee, ea and ey spelling /ē/.
What can you do at home?
- Optional UFLI Home Practice pages found in their home learning book.
Mentor Text: Somebody's Land
This week students will be looking at the book 'Somebody's Land' By Australian authors Adam Goodes and Ellie Laing and Illustrated by David Hardy. Studentswill be making connections to the text by writing about ways the Indigenous community has cared for Country in the past and how they care for it now.
What can you do at home?
- Discuss how your family looks after our Country.
- Example: Using reusable bags and straws.
- While driving - have your child call out adjectives to describe the nouns you see.
Maths
Grade One Students
The Grade One students are continuing their exploration of measurement. This week will focus on capacity with students getting hands on opportunities to practice these skills when comparing and ordering objects.
What can you do at home?
- MathsSeeds
While cooking or making drinks, let your child fill different containers with water. Encourage them to compare and describe the capacity using words like full, empty, half full, more and less.
Grade Two Students
This week, our Grade Two students are exploring addition and subtraction concepts. Starting with strategies such as doubles, near doubles, halving, counting on, counting back, bridging to 10 and using the jump strategy with number lines.
What can you do at home?
- Mathletics - The "To do list" on their login screen will have some addition and subtraction challenges.
- Ask your child simple maths questions in the car and encourage them to explain which strategy they used.
- Examples:
- “Double 6 is?”
- “What’s 9 + 10?”
- “If you had 15 lollies and ate 4, how many are left?”
Wellbeing
This week in wellbeing we will be following the SWPBS focus of 'Be Safe' thinking about taking a sensible partner to the bathroom. Students will also be continuing the 'Bullying Prevention' lesson on help-seeking.
What can you do at home?
Role-play different situations and ask your child who they could go to for help at school (teacher, friend, wellbeing leader, trusted adult). Encourage them to practice using clear words to ask for help when needed.
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.
This week, students will continue exploring the 6 layers of Country.
- Biik-ut (Below Country): The underground roots, soil, and ochre, representing ancestral foundations.
- Biik-dui (On Country): The surface land where humans walk, dance, and do ceremonies.
- Baanj Biik (Water Country): Waterways and water sources (rivers, rain, mist), which sustain life.
- Murnmut Biik (Wind Country): The air, representing the wind that carries smoke from ceremonies, language, and messages.
- Wurru Wurru Biik (Sky Country): The sky, where Creation Beings like Bunjil (wedge-tailed eagle) are seen.
- Tharangalk Biik (Star Country/Forest above the clouds): The highest, layer where Ancestral Beings dwell, acting as a reflection of Below Country