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Important Reminders!

All important dates and events are on our Compass Calendar, please check the calendar regularly to stay up to date! 

  • Readers are swapped on Mondays. Please make sure your child brings their old reader and 'Take Home' bag every Monday. Students are required to bring their take-home bags to school daily.
  • Term 2 Celebration morning is on Tuesday 25th of June. Parents and special people are invited into the classroom to celebrate their child’s learning. 
  • Little Learners Day is Thursday 27th of June. All Prep students are invited to dress up as their favourite character.
  • Library books DUE on a TUESDAY. 
  • Every Tuesday, prep students have PMP. On this day, we ask for the girls not to wear tights as it is not safe to participate in these. It would also be great if you could get your child to practise taking off and putting on their socks and shoes so they can do this independently and efficiently. 
  • Take-home reading - students will receive a new take-home book every Monday. Students need to practise their reading daily. Below is a suggested structure
    Monday - Focus on decoding (sounding out words)
    Tuesday - Focus on fluency (reading smoothly)
    Wednesday - Focus on comprehension. If you would like further challenges, you can extend your child by having them write about the pictures.
    Thursday - Library book comprehension
    Friday - Letter sounds/words in school tools

Learning in Action

Literacy: 

Students were introduced to the strategy, ‘looking for parts that we know’. Students were encouraged to 'find smaller words or parts inside words' to help them decode. For example, ‘at’ in ’sat’, ‘it’ in ‘spit’, ‘is’ in ‘his’. Students wrote the words on whiteboards and circled the parts they knew. Students were also introduced to a fluency strategy ‘find and fix’. This is where students monitor for meaning by thinking ‘does that make sense?’ When it doesn’t students find the mistake they made and fix it up to ensure they were reading words correctly. In Writing, students have been working on writing simple sentences. They have written dictated sentences such as ‘Nat spits pips’. Students were also introduced to the Little Learners character Jack the Jellyfish. 

 

 

Preview - Next fortnight we will revise the reading strategies we have learnt and meet our final Little Learners characters! 

 

Maths: 

Over the past fortnight, students have continued learning about subtraction and that it means to take away numbers from a total. Students have learnt the strategies of using materials and drawing to work out the subtraction problem. We have also continued our Measurement unit, learning about things that are longer, shorter or the same length. Students enjoyed measuring themselves and created a fun class display of their heights. 

Preview- Next fortnight we will revise the strategies we have learnt to solve subtraction problems. 

 

Inquiry: 

We had an exciting day with our ‘Community Helper’ afternoon. Students gathered in the Library to listen and talk to three parents who have important roles in our local community. Some speakers included a chiropractor, nurse and a pharmacist. We all loved meeting the life-sized skeleton, learning first aid and eating the jellybeans! A special thank you to the parents who came and presented. We even had a visit from the local Police! We loved exploring the police car and getting to hear the siren blast. 

 

Congratulations to the Prep students (Emmett, Jack, Bella, Chloe and Harley) who presented at this week's assembly. You all looked amazing in your community helper costumes and did an excellent job speaking in front of the whole school. 

Preview - Next fortnight we are reflecting on what we have learnt during our Inquiry unit ‘Our Community’. We will display our knowledge in a ‘My Community’ poster. In addition to this, they will make ‘mini me’ puppet to explore their community. 

 

Wellbeing: 

We continued our Friendology Program. This week we learnt about the ‘Friend-o-meter’. The Friend-o-meter is a tool we use to identify the difference between a healthy and unhealthy friendship. In Prep we all try our best to be a ‘Green Zone’ friend. We also identified and discussed the impact body language has on our friendships. 

 

Preview- Next fortnight we will continue our Respectful Relationship program.

 

Curious Corner 

We're thrilled to begin our preparations for the Term 3 Curious Corner! In Term 3 there will be a focus on history and the varying stages in life. Please see the bottom of this newsletter for a donations list. The Curious Corner will be closed for the last two weeks of Term 2. 

Student Awards 

PB 

Chloe 

Josh 

 

PR 

Vito 

Miller

 

PS

Marquez 

Aurora 

Meet the Teacher

Name: Miss Ibbotson

Things I like: going camping, Pilates and playing with my puppy Millie  

In my spare time: I love spending time with family and friends. I enjoy going on long walks

Favourite Colour: Blue

Pets: A golden retriever named Millie

Class Timetables

Opportunities to help: 

  • In the upcoming weeks a notice will be sent on Compass in regard to Term 3 PMP helpers. Thank you for all those who volunteer and your ongoing support to keep these important programs running. Please keep an eye in Compass and sign up we would love to see you there! 
  • We are on the hunt for some donations for the Term 3 Curious Corner. If you have any of the below items, please email Danielle Sandeman (Prep S Class Teacher) at daniellesandeman@education.vic.gov.au 
  • Retirement home: walking frames, walking stick, basic board games (snakes and ladders), fake plants, bingo ball, lawn bowels set, cardigans. 
  • Nursery Items: baby dolls, small baby nappies (to fit dolls), highchairs, baby doll cots, baby wrap/swaddle, baby bottles. 
  • Sensory table: old pasta or rice (not to be consumed), food dye (to colour the dry pasta and rice). 

Message from STEM:

Exciting times ahead in STEM!

 

We are thrilled to share some exciting updates about our STEM program! As we continue to inspire and empower our students to explore the wonders of these vital fields, we are reaching out to our wonderful community for support.

Your generosity has always been instrumental in helping us provide enriching educational experiences for our students, and we are once again asking for your support to ensure the success and sustainability of our STEM initiatives.

Your support makes a significant difference to our students' learning opportunities and the success of our STEM program. Here are a few ways you can contribute:

 

Opportunities to help: 

  • Donations of Timber/Wood, appropriate for construction E.g. Billy Cart bases or other small vehicles.   
  • If you own or are a part of a company or business who would be willing to sponsor our engineering program. 
  • If you have connections with hardware stores/companies, helping us to make contact in order to obtain suitable engineering resources. 
  • If you have any household STEM-related materials such as; plastic bottles, milk bottle lids, masking tape, balloons, wooden skewers, plastic or paper cups, unwanted CD’s or DVD’s, Aluminium Foil please drop them off outside the STEM room. 
  • Construction Crew: If you're handy with tools and have some basic experience in woodwork or mechanics, we would be delighted to have your help in the upcoming terms to assist with our Grade 6 Science and Engineering program. Please email sophiechamberlain@lysterfieldps.com or melissaadams@lysterfieldps.com

Thank you for your continued support,

 

Melissa Adams & Sophie Chamberlain

STEM Leaders

Lysterfield Primary School 

 

 

 

Danielle Sandeman, Amanda Remington and Jess Bouloukis 

Prep Teachers