WEEK 2 LEARNING

Welcome back to Term 2, we have loved seeing everyone back at school and ready to learn!

📆 Dates to Remember

We have a busy fortnight ahead of us!

Monday 22nd of April: Whole School Cross Country -
Tuesday 23rd of April: Grade 3 Camp information Session at 3:45pm in the 3/4 gallery space.
Wednesday 24th of April: Ceremony for ANZAC Day at 9am on the Basketball Court
Thursday 25th of April - ANZAC Day
Friday 26th of April - Curriculum Day
Tuesday 30th of April - Wednesday 1st May: Grade Three Camp.
*Deposit and final payment due - total of $290
Wednesday 1st of May: Footy Day Lunch
Wednesday 8th of May - School Photos

Anzac Day

Parents are invited to attend our ANZAC Day assembly at 9am on the basketball courts.

🌿 CBL

Our Big Idea this term is Country.

Essential Question:

What can we learn and take forward from First Nations people, history and culture?

Guiding questions

What does Country mean to Aboriginal people?

What happened when Aboriginal people lost much of their connection to Country (land, culture and language)?

Why is it important to respect, understand and learn about all cultures, and continue our reconciliation journey?

📚 Literacy

This term we have a strong focus on spelling, vocabulary and grammar. We are revising long and short vowel sounds, building from foundation up to extension words.

In Reading, we will be using mentor texts to explicitly teach and model fluency and authors purpose.

At home you might like to: record your child reading and provide opportunities to improve pace, phrasing and expression. When reading a text together, you could talk about the authors purpose and whether they are trying to persuade, inform or entertain the audience.

During Writing sessions, students have been encouraged to use nouns and verbs to develop simple sentences into more complex ideas, with a focus on high impact vocabulary.

At home you might like to: Have a go at elevating simple sentences by including more interesting word choices.

🎲 Maths

We are exploring the vocabulary needed to solve worded addition problems. Through games, students are building fluency in simple addition number facts. We are investigating a range of counting and addition strategies to support mathematical reasoning and automatic recall.

At home you might like to: Ask your child to teach you the 'rock paper scissors' addition game. Use every day experiences such as cooking and shopping to immerse your child in tasks that require additive thinking.

SAKG

We are always needing volunteers for our Kitchen Garden Program. If you have completed the Child Safe module with Adele and have a current Working With Children's Check, please use this link provided by Dimi to sign up to volunteer.

https://signup.com/go/DzyZuOo

Reminders

Grade Three parents, please ensure you have made the final payment camp by Friday.
Hats are still required until the 1st of May.

Wonga Weeklies

Term 2, Week 2 · 22 Apr 2024

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