Teaching & Learning Update
Welcome back to Term 4!
It has been wonderful to welcome everyone back to school and see our students return settled, positive and ready to learn.
Across all year levels, students have quickly returned to their learning routines and are focused on their learning. These routines help students feel confident, understand what is expected of them and make the most of their learning time at school.
Our teachers are also ready for a busy and exciting term ahead. There are many exciting learning opportunities planned in both our classrooms and specialist programs to support our students to make links with their learning. Our teachers will be sending out information shortly to invite parents that have completed the Parent Helper Course to commencing helping within our classrooms. You can continue to support your child at home with their learning by continuing to read to and with them, as well as access our subscriptions to complete reading and maths activities.
We are also preparing to welcome our 2027 prep students as our Prep transition program commences later this term.
We look forward to working closely with our families throughout Term 4. When school and home work together, our students are better supported to feel confident, connected and successful.
Term 4 - Literacy & Numeracy Early Intervention Program
Our intervention program is nearing the halfway point and what a brilliant start the Year 4 and 6 students have made. Families of the participating students will receive a letter in the coming weeks, outlining their child's progress towards their personal learning goals.
This term, the students in literacy intervention are beginning a text study which focuses on developing their comprehension, vocabulary, sentence-level writing and understanding of figurative language. Year 6 students in numeracy intervention are working on fractions and Year 4 students are continuing to work on number and algebra. These learning goals will be outlined in their mid-point progress letters.
Take Home Reading Challenge Winners
A huge congratulations to all of our students who participated in the Take Home Reading Challenge. It has been fantastic to see so many students building their reading habits and demonstrating such a strong commitment to reading at home.
I am pleased to announce our cohort winners for Term 3:
- Foundation: Ada Reyes-Laird Prep B (68 nights)
- Year 1: Klaxon Sharma 1B (64 nights)
- Year 2: Alfie Thompson and Githmi Perera 2D (64 nights)
- Year 3: Yusr Abouzeina (65 nights)
- Year 4: Minha Taha (68 nights)
- Year 5: Ranvir Singh Gill, Himmat Singh, Kauther Gholam, Anaya Usman (69 nights)
Year 6: Aban Abdullah (69 nights)
A special congratulations to Year 5A, who had four students recognised as winners across the cohort. This is a fantastic achievement and a wonderful reflection of the reading culture within the class. To celebrate this achievement, the class will be awarded 100 Dojo points.
Congratulations to all of our winners, and well done to every student who took part in the challenge.
WHAT'S NEXT FOR WPS?
The Reading Challenge Continues!
The Take Home Reading Challenge will continue, with a new class competition now underway. The class with the highest collective number of nights read will receive:
1st Place: 200 Dojo points
2nd Place: 150 Dojo points
3rd Place: 100 Dojo points
Please continue to encourage students to record their reading each night and remind them that every night of reading contributes to their class total.
Thank you to everyone for encouraging and supporting students to participate in the challenge. Your ongoing promotion of reading and your encouragement of students to read regularly at home makes a real difference.
Teaching and Learning Update
Times Tables Rock Stars Oz Rocks Competition
A huge well done to all of our amazing students who participated in the Times Tables Rockstars OzRocks Competition last term!
We are super proud of the effort, dedication and improvement you have all shown.
It has been fantastic to see your confidence and times tables skills grow throughout the competition.
A very special CONGRATULATIONS to our top three students across the whole school:
1st Place
Anaya Usman - 5A
2nd Place
Gurjapbir Singh- 3A
3rd Place
Lyla-May Ogosi - 5B
What an incredible achievement!
To all of our Times Tables Rockstars, you are all superstars!
Keep practising, keep improving and keep rocking those times tables!