Mount Pleasant Road Primary School & Kindergarten

Independence Centre

Curriculum

Selamat siang!

 

We had so much fun in our first full week of Term Two. There were so many amazing and creative hairstyles on Crazy Hair Day, helping to raise money for preschools affected by the recent NSW floods. 

In Writing, we focused on creating ‘Exciting Endings’ in narrative texts to finish our stories in powerful and interesting ways. We tried to avoid ‘quick fix’ endings such as ‘and it was all a dream’ or ‘to be continued’ and instead used our creativity to finish a story about Noah and a talking rabbit. It was amazing to see how each student's solution and ending was different to others. In Literacy, students explored how the author and illustrator use techniques to express their point of view. We investigated how repetition, colours and camera angles can all be used to communicate meaning and emphasise certain ideas. 

 

Maths: Equivalent Number Stentences
Maths: Equivalent Number Stentences

For Maths sessions, students began the week investigating equivalent number sentences. They applied their knowledge of place value, addition, subtraction, multiplication and division to find as many different equations to fill in the missing elements of the equivalent number sentences. Later in the week students explored money to help prepare for shopping at the Mother’s Day 

Stall. They created shopping lists for the stall, and used cents, dollars and notes to create different monetary values. 

 

In STEM, students became Rock Explorers by researching and investigating the different properties and uses for a variety of rocks. They researched how First Nations peoples used rocks and the land for art, tools, cooking and ceremonial purposes. Next, students explored the features of different rocks including their physical appearance, density and hardness. This week we will investigate erosion and its impact on the environment. 

During 3/4 Sport, students have been trialling 4 different sports in preparation for our 3/4 Gala Day later this term. After having a go at each sport, they put in their preference for the sport they would most like to play on the day. The sports are Netball, Handball, T-Ball and AFL 9s. It has been wonderful to see so much teamwork and great sportsmanship. 

 

Have a wonderful week,

 

Miss Chooi, Miss Richardson, Miss Wang, Mrs McCoy, Miss Tillotson and Miss Honan

Student Voice

  • Jasper P - “I enjoyed writing because we made up our own ending to a story”
  • Angus H - “I like using Code.org because I got to block code”
  • Sophie A - “I enjoyed using addition to calculate money”
  • Lucy W - “I enjoyed Writing my own stories and I loved Crazy Hair Day because we can add colour and things to our hair”

Reminders

  • NAPLAN for Year 3s begins on Tuesday. Please ensure students' iPads are fully charged and have the NAP Locked Down Browser installed. Headphones are also required for NAPLAN. 
  • Cross Country 2:30-3:30 Friday afternoon 
  • ICE begins 20th of May- please submit Google Form asap for first preferences
  • For this week's erosion experiment, it would be greatly appreciated if you could bring in some 1-2L plastic bottles (soft drink bottles/milk bottles/juice bottles). Thank-you to those families who have already brought some in. 

Pupil of the Week

3/4C: Charlotte Z -

For demonstrating excellent teamwork and support for her peers during our group work activities this week.You were patient and showed active listening to others whilst also clearly explaining your thinking. Keep up the great work, Charlotte!

 

3/4H: William V -

For demonstrating creativity and perseverance when writing an exciting ending for a narrative text. It was fantastic to see you include dialogue and interesting openers. Wonderful work, William!

 

3/4M: Zsofia C -

For demonstrating perseverance and a love of learning when calculating money amounts last week. It was great to see you using the number line strategy to help calculate change. Amazing work, Zsofia! 

 

3/4O: Arya S -

For demonstrating perseverance and a love of learning when writing your exciting ending. It was amazing to see what you were able to brainstorm for the end of our Noah and the Rabbit story. Awesome work Arya! 

 

3/4R: Nicha C -

For demonstrating a love of learning when working on your writing goal last week. It was fantastic to see you collaborate with your ‘breakdown buddy’ to identify your goal and actively work towards achieving it in the following lesson. Nice work, Nicha!

 

3/4W: Amber S -

For demonstrating perseverance and a love of learning in Maths this week. You challenged yourself with your number pattern rule showing it in a table and a number line.