Beaumaris Primary School: Stop Press

What's Happening in the Junior School

Prep

What’s Happening in Prep in Week 9

 

What a busy and fantastic term we have had! The Preps have been working hard to create their very own non-fiction book. We are looking forward to sharing these with you all at our Book Show, Thursday 18th September at 9:10am in the Prep classrooms. We wish you all a wonderful school holiday break and look forward to welcoming everyone back for a big and exciting Term 4!  

 

This week, the Prep students will be learning:

 

Wellbeing 

  • Identifying when I need help and who can help me   

  • Having a growth mindset when faced with new and challenging tasks.

     

Literacy 

  • Writing a sentence to inform 
  • Publishing and celebrate our writing 
  • Reviewing superhero e, a_e (safe), i_e (pine), o_e (rope), e_e (eve), u_e (flute), u_e (mute) 
  • Reviewing superhero e with gentle cindy rule (c and g making their “soft” sounds /s/ and /j/).

 

Maths 

  • Reviewing addition and subtraction 

  • Reviewing teen numbers.   

     

Knowledge Unit 

Big Question: How do living things grow and change?  

Throughout Term 3, students will be exploring the following lines of inquiry: 

  • What do living things need to survive?  
  • What are some features of animals and plants?  
  • How do living things grow and change through their lives?  
  • Which animals are native to Australia? 

 

Homework  

Students take home three decodable readers in their reading pouch each week as well as their green Decoding Detective book and Sound Pack. Please continue to read these with your child, the Preps love showing you how they can recognise and recall all learnt letters and sounds. Reading pouches are returned on Mondays to be changed over and checked by their teacher.  

 

Reminders 

  • Thursday 18th September – Book Show 9:10am  
  • Friday 19th September – Footy Day and 2:30 dismissal - remember footy colours, gold coin donation, a P&F special food day happening. 

 

Year 1

What’s Happening in Year 1 in Week 9

 

This week, the Year 1 students will be learning:

 

Wellbeing 

To finish the term in Wellbeing, students will be looking at what it means to be kind and how it’s important to spread kindness. We will read the story “Kindness Grows” and explore all the ways we can be kind.  

 

Literacy 

Students will be working on:  

  • Phonics: Learn how to spell words using ir/er/, ur/er/ and /er/:er, ir, ur, w + or 
  • Reading Fluency: Finger tracking whilst reading 
  • Handwriting: Correctly forming the letter V, both uppercase and lowercase  
  • Creating and describing characters using adjectives 
  • Writing stories with a beginning, middle and end 

  • When writing sentences use capital letters and full stops 

     

Maths 

The Maths focus in Week 9 will be measurement, specifically time and using analogue clocks. 

 

Students will be working on: 

  • Identifying features of an analogue clock 
  • Telling time to the hour on an analogue clock 
  • Drawing hands on an analogue clock, to the hour 
  • Estimating time in minutes and hours           

 

Knowledge Unit 

Students will be completing a Balloon Blow Up experiment using vinegar and baking soda to create a chemical reaction that makes carbon dioxide which blows up the balloon. The students will take their understanding from this experiment to write a science report that includes the materials, a step-by-step procedure, the results and a labelled diagram.  

 

Library 

Students will be attending the library on Thursday each week as a cohort. Please ensure that students have their blue library satchel in their bag to keep their borrowed book protected when transporting to and from school. This will help keep these books separate from their ‘Classroom Library’ picture story book that they take home on a Monday. 

 

Take Home Readers 

Students will be returning their take home readers on Monday of Week 9 and will not be taking readers home over the holidays. This will allow teachers to re-organise take home books ready for Term 4. We encourage families to read books that they may have at home or visit the local library. You are welcome to continue to record reading over the holiday break.    

 

Mathletics 

Your child has their Mathletics code pasted into their Reading Diaries. Activities have been set by the classroom teachers and students can work through assigned task at their own pace. Completing these tasks is optional. We have been really excited to see students completing Mathletics tasks at home. These help to consolidate their understandings from the classroom.  

 

Reminders  

  • Fruit and veggie break snack: Please ensure that students are bringing their fruit and veggie snack in a container separate to their lunch box. This supports students in transitioning during fruit and veggie break time in the classroom.  
  • Students are to bring in their reading pouch every Monday to swap their take home readers and classroom library book. It is really important students are completing their 20 minutes of nightly reading to support their reading progress. New readers are only sent home until the previous week’s books have been returned.  
  • Students have multiple opportunities across the week to spend time with students in other classes, these include Wellbeing, FMS, Library and eating recess and lunch together. 
  • Friday September 19th - Footy Day - Footy colours, gold coin donation and cookies for sale at recess ($3.50)
  • Friday September 19th - Last day of Term 3 - 2:30pm finish

 

 

Year 2

What’s Happening in Year 2 in Week 9

 

Last week’s Arts Day was full of creativity and fun! Year 2 students got to experience Beaumaris Secondary students sharing their musical and drama talents, a unique Vegemite portrait workshop with artist Daniel Butterworth, and an energetic hip hop dance session with Eli. The students loved the silent disco, and everyone got hands-on with a large-scale weaving project to brighten up our school. What a fantastic way to end the term! We wish all families a safe and relaxing holiday break. 

 

This week, the Year 2 students will be learning:

 

Wellbeing

We are learning to:

  • describe the cooperative behaviour that helped the team to succeed in the activity

  • identify how the cooperative behaviour can help with solving problems   

     

Phonics

We are learning to:

  • Review suffix spelling rules
  • Review low frequency spellings

 

Literacy

We are learning to:

  • Write supporting details and a concluding sentence to complete an informative paragraph
  • Write and publish our informative paragraph
  • Write sentences with commas for a list

 

Maths

We are learning to:

  • solve addition word problems using bar models
  • solve subtraction word problems using bar models
  • solve multiplication word problems using bar models
  • solve division word problems using bar models

 

Knowledge Unit

This term, the Year 2 students have been learning about Design and Technologies. We've explored the big question: 

How can we use push and pull forces to design and improve something that moves?

 

This week we will finish up our Arcade Games and present them to the Prep students. 

 

Reminders:

  • Footy Day 19th September - footy colours and gold coin donation

Recess: Buy footy or soccer ball shaped cookies at the canteen, $3.50 each (CASH ONLY)

  • End of Term 3: Friday 19th September – 2:30pm Finish
  • Library Books and Readers: Please return any library books or School take home reading books this week. Please continue reading books from home or the local library, over the school holiday break. Mathletics activities are also available for those who wish to complete them.