Level 1 & 2 

🤸Gymnastics

Over the past five sessions, students have thoroughly enjoyed their gymnastics program. They have been developing important skills such as balance, coordination, strength, and flexibility, while also building confidence to try new movements. Most importantly, the sessions have been filled with fun, teamwork, and lots of smiles as students challenged themselves and celebrated their progress.  

A huge thank you to all of the parents who supported this program as a parent helper, it is very much appreciated.

Matilda

The Grade One and Two students have seen snippets of rehearsals, have been singing the songs around the school and now with great excitement we are looking forward to travelling to Mt Lilydale Mercy College to see the final dress rehearsal on stage! Please log into Sentral to give permission and make payment for this special day time event.

DATE: Wednesday 3rd September

TIME: 11:20am - 1:50pm

CURRICULUM

📖 Phonemic awareness: reading and phonics

Grade One Students 

When er spells /er/ in words such as:

Fern, nerve, perch, verb as well as when the schwa is used in words like sister, after, over

In Australian English, many words with the /er/ sound—like over, summer, and winter—actually use a special vowel sound called the schwa. The schwa is the most common sound in English. It’s an unstressed, relaxed sound, a bit like saying “uh.”

Optional UFLI Home Practice pages

What can you do at home?

Grade Two Students 

Students are learning how prefixes can change the meaning of words. A prefix is a small part added to the beginning of a word. For example:

• pre- means before (e.g. preview = look before).
• re- means again (e.g. redo = do again).
• dis- means not or opposite of (e.g. disagree = not agree).

Understanding prefixes helps children work out the meaning of new words when reading and spelling

What can you do at home?

Optional UFLI Home Practice pages

 📖✏️Literacy

Mentor Text: 

How To Move A Zoo

This picture story book tells the true story of Jessie the elephant, who walked through the streets of Sydney in 1916 to her new home at Taronga Zoo. It’s a wonderful mix of history and storytelling that shows how people and animals were part of a big city event.

Along with this fiction text, we will immerse the students in non fiction and information texts about elephants.

At home, you might like to ask your child:

• What part of Jessie’s journey did you find most interesting?
• How do you think Jessie might have felt on her walk?

What can you do at home?

-Nessy is a great literacy resource to use that supplements your child's reading in a fun engaging way on their iPad

-Ask comprehension questions about your child's take home book or a book you read together 

-Ask your child to discuss what they liked or didn't like about a book they have just read. Encourage the use of the word 'because!'

➕Maths

Grade One:

✖️ ➗ Students will continue their explorations and understandings with division and multiplication. We will continue to explore these processes through making equal groups, skip counting, and simple sharing problems. We have ben using hands-on materials, where students learn what “groups of” and “shared between” mean, building strong number sense and confidence for future maths learning.

What can you do at home?

Talk with your child about making equal groups using everyday objects (like fruit, buttons, or socks). Practise sharing things fairly between people (e.g., "Let’s share these 12 grapes between 4 people—how many does each person get?"). Use words like “groups of,” “shared between,” and “equal parts” to build their understanding in a fun and natural way. Practise counting and skip counting patterns.

Grade Two:

✖️ ➗In Grade Two, students have begun to build on their understanding of equal groups and sharing by working with arrays, repeated addition, and simple number sentences. They have been practising skip counting by different numbers, exploring fact families, and using strategies such as doubling, halving, and using known facts to solve the problems presented. These skills continue to strengthen the students understanding and efficiency with both multiplication and division.

What can you do at home?

Support your child’s understanding of multiplication and division by exploring everyday situations involving equal groups and sharing. For example, ask questions like: “If we have 3 plates with 4 cookies on each, how many cookies altogether?” or “Can we share these 18 blocks equally between 3 people?” Encourage your child to use drawings, skip counting, or grouping objects to solve problems and talk through their thinking.

🧑‍💻 Cyber Safety 

This week’s focus is about understanding the importance of asking permission before doing things online.

We love students to develop independence, but it’s important to find that balance

between making your their decisions and asking permission. If children can recognise

scenarios in which they need to ask a trusted adult for permission from an early age, this

will hold them in good stead for making responsible decisions later on.

🌏 CBL - Change 

This term our whole school will be celebrating our school's 130th birthday. Our CBL big idea, Change, lends itself to discovering a lot about how Wonga Park has changed over this time. 

As part of our CBL challenge, classes will be working towards creating their own versions of games that were played many decades ago. This week, students have begun rotations across the classrooms in their level, learning about simple games that were popular more than 100 years ago.

😊 School Wide Positive Behaviour: We will continue to be kind, be safe and be a learner especially when playing outside during playtimes. 

👨🏼 Father's Day:

We are excited to celebrate Father’s Day with our special people on Friday, 29th August. Families are warmly invited to join us for a morning of breakfast and games. Our students are looking forward to sharing this special occasion with you

📚 Recent events:

Book Week Parade

Our Book Week Parade was a wonderful celebration of reading and creativity. Students came dressed as their favourite book characters, and it was fantastic to see the effort, imagination, and enthusiasm that went into the costumes. The parade brought our school community together, with plenty of smiles, laughter, and a shared love of stories. Thank you to families for supporting the event and helping to make it such a memorable occasion.

👩🏼‍⚕️👨🏽‍⚕️ Reminders:

If your child requires medication during the school day, a medication administration form must be completed. This form is available from the school office. For safety reasons, students should not carry medication in their school bags. All medication must be delivered directly to the office by an adult.