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END OF TERM EVENTS

Special Vistors: 

On Monday, to support our CBL Big Idea 'Community', volunteers from the Wonga Park CFA will be coming to talk to our students about how they help our community and how we can be safe.

 

Planning Week:

The Grade One and Two teachers will be working together on Wednesday 25th of March to plan for Term Two! Students will have their specialist class sessions on this day.

 

Colour Run:

Thank you to families who have contributed to our school's fundraising efforts through the colour run. We are looking forward to this night on Thursday March 26th.

 

Final Assembly and Easter Raffle

Monday 30th of March is our final assembly of the term, buckle up, this assembly will include our annual Easter Raffle and is sure to be a chocolaty eggstravaganza! 

An important note, moving forward our assemblies will be once a month usually on the first Monday of the month. 

 

School Photos

Are taking place on the 31st of March. Students have received a hard copy notice - let the office know if you have any questions. 

 

Easter Bonnet Parade and Free Dress:

As communicated to families, on Wednesday 1st April, our school will be holding an Easter Bonnet Parade during the first half hour of the day, from 9:00-9:30am, on the basketball courts. Students are invited to bring along an Easter bonnet that they have created themselves to wear and celebrate. Each class will parade together around the basketball court to showcase their wonderful and creative designs. As part of a Graduation Fundraiser, students will also have the option to participate in a Free Dress Day by bringing a gold coin donation to school. Please note that students must still wear school-appropriate clothing. Crocs, and open-toed shoes are not permitted.

 

REMINDERS

Reading pockets: 

Please ensure you have your child's reading pockets and they are being brought to school every day. This helps establish consistent routines and supports the development of positive, lifelong homework and learning habits. Please note that books will only be changed on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

 

Hats: 

Please make sure that your child has their sun smart school hat at school each day!

 

iPads:

Please ensure students are bringing their iPad to school every day. Please remember to stay safe before and after school while your iPads are in your bags.

 

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.

 

Grade Two Families:

We are looking forward to our excursion to Mount Evelyn Discovery Camp on the 20th of April - the first day of Term Two! Please check Sentral for more details about this exciting day, to give permission and make payment.

 

CURRICULUM

Literacy

UFLI:

Grade One Students 

This week the students will be learning the digraph 'th' spelling the unvoiced /th/.

This includes words such as: thin, thud and tenth. 

 

What can you do at home?

  • Optional UFLI Home Practice pages
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Grade Two Students 

This week the students will be learning the suffix '-ing'. 

 

What can you do at home?

  • Optional UFLI Home Practice pages
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Mentor Text:

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Over the next two weeks, Grade One and Two students will explore letter writing through the mentor text 'Dear Street' by Lindsay Zier-Vogel where they will learn about the structure and purpose of letters. Students will then plan and write their own letters as part of our CBL, focusing on special places around our school community.  They will describe what they love about these spaces and suggest important rules to help care for them in the form of a letter.

 

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.
  • Encourage your child to write a short letter to a family member or friend.
  • Talk about the parts of a letter.
  • Visit a local place (park, shop, playground) and ask your child what they like about it and what rules help keep it safe.

 

Maths

Grade One Students: 

This week, students are continuing to work on addition and subtraction by exploring numbers to 20 and multiples of ten. They are partitioning numbers into two and three parts, subitising to recognise number parts, labelling bar models, and writing number bonds. These activities help students build a strong understanding of number relationships and strategies for adding and subtracting.

 

What can you do at home?

  • MathsSeeds
  • Use everyday objects (toys, buttons, fruit) to practise splitting numbers into parts.
  • Play simple counting or board games that involve adding and taking away objects.
  • Ask your child to show different ways to make a number (e.g., 12 can be 10 and 2 or 8 and 4).
  • Play quick “subitising” games with dice or cards, asking how many dots or objects they see without counting.

 

Grade Two Students: 

This week in Grade 2, students are building their time and direction skills. They are revisiting telling time to the half-hour, learning to tell time to the quarter hour on an analogue clock, and identifying clockwise and anti-clockwise turns. Students will build their understanding of these concepts through hands-on activities, board games and physical movement to develop a strong sense of time and spatial awareness.

 

What can you do at home?

  • Mathletics 
  • Practise telling the time on an analog clock to the hour, half hour, and quarter hour using a real or toy clock.
  • Encourage them to identify clockwise and anti-clockwise turns during play or when moving around the house.
  • Use daily routines (meal times, bedtime, TV time) to talk about time.

 

Wellbeing 

This week in wellbeing we will be exploring the Respectful Relationship topic of 'personal and cultural strengths', where students will be learning about respect from Aboriginal perspectives. 

 

CBL

Our Big Idea for this term is Community. Students will be exploring the many different communities they are apart of and value. 

 

This week in CBL, students will explore the question:

 "What rules and people keep us safe in our community?". 

 

Students will brainstorm rules and behaviours that keep them safe in our community and create a presentation to teach others about their chosen safety rule.