What's happening in our learning spaces?
STUDENTS OF THE WEEK
| FLW | Sienna For writing an interesting narrative about The Little Rabbit. Well done for including the setting, characters, problem and solution in your story! Great effort, Sienna! Teo For the positive way you have engaged with your learning throughout the week. You have been a focused listener when instructions have been given. Great effort, Teo! |
| FAM | Jack For being an absolute superstar writer this week! You’ve been putting so much effort into your writing and the growth is amazing- keep it up! |
| FOS | Thomas For being a wonderful friend who always shares kind compliments and supports your peers. You have also shown great effort in gathering and recording data during our maths unit this week. Great work, Thomas! |
| 1/2OB | Isaiah For making insightful and meaningful connections between what you learn at school and your own experiences. Your wealth of knowledge amazes me. Keep it up, Incredible Isaiah! Angus For being a positive presence in 1/2OB. Your humorous nature and excitement to learn and share bring so much light to our classroom. Keep it up, Awesome Angus! |
| 1/2CW | Amara For working super hard and giving your best effort in your persuasive writing. Your focus and persistence have helped you create clear and convincing ideas. Mia For being a brave and resilient superstar this week! Your positive mindset helped you stay strong and keep trying, even when things felt tricky. Your courage and determination shine brightly and inspire everyone around you! |
| 1/2VS | Stella For always bringing a cheerful and positive attitude to the classroom. You always challenge yourself and persist to try your best. Keep it up superstar Stella! |
| 1/2NA | Lucy For always seeking a challenge to extend your mathematical thinking. It has been amazing watching you meet challenges head on. Keep up the amazing work! Leo For working extremely hard on your persuasive writing and experimenting with the features. You have done an AMAZING job! |
| 3/4SH | 3/4SH For your incredible collaboration at the maths games day, and working together to achieve our class goals this week. You are all superb, well done 3/4SH! |
| 3/4BP | Thomas For the way you collaborated with your team and supported your peers during our Maths Games Day. Terrific Thomas! |
| 5/6MC | Felix For consistently giving your best effort across all areas, working beautifully with others, and showing great persistence in catching up on tasks. You’ve really hit a six! Well done Felix! Monte For helping others and showing respect in all situations, within MC, on GEM Day and on the yard. Your strong teamwork skills make you a valuable member of our class. You’ve shown Brownlow-worthy behaviour. Well done Monte! |
| 5/6NT | Christian For being a terrific buddy on our GEM Day and every day. His patience, encouragement and willingness to support his buddy make him a wonderful role model for all. Well done Christian! Madalen For achieving an outstanding 100% on every SMART Spelling test this term. Madalen’s consistent effort at school and at home have led to exceptional results. Magnificent Madalen! |
| 5/6ZK | Gemma For demonstrating extraordinary creativity as a writer. Your story was engaging, descriptive, and full of imaginative ideas that kept your audience hooked from beginning to end. You used powerful vocabulary and clear structure to bring your characters and setting to life. We are so proud of the confidence and flair you demonstrated in your writing. Well done! Hazel For outstanding persistence in Mathematics. Even when the tasks became challenging, you stayed focused, asked thoughtful questions, and kept working until you understood the concept. Your positive attitude and determination are helping you grow as a mathematician. Keep believing in yourself, your hard work is paying off! |
| MATHS | Hunter You demonstrated outstanding collaboration and teamwork throughout the entire Maths Games Day. You supported and encouraged your teammates consistently, and should be very proud. Well done! Orlando You approached every challenge with enthusiasm and supported your teammates with great sportsmanship throughout our Maths Games Day. Congratulations on your well-deserved award! |
| LITERACY | Gus For writing a well-structured and clearly sequenced narrative with an engaging plot, and for using similes that bring your story to life. This work reflects real growth as a writer. Well done. Keep up the great work! Eli For creating a well-organised persuasive text with clear sequencing and convincing arguments. You are using paragraphs and making great progress with your spelling! Well done. Keep up the great work! |
FOUNDATION NEWS
The Foundation students have experienced another week of wonderful learning opportunities!
Over the past two weeks, we have been very lucky to participate in the Fire Ed Program which is run by the Fire Fighters from Brunswick Fire Station. Prior to the officers coming into our school, we participated in lots of learning about the special helpers in the Community. The students activated their prior knowledge to identify paramedics, police, crossing people, doctors, nurses, posties and of course fire fighters, as essential community people who keep everyone safe.
Stories were read, templates completed and lots of learning about ‘Good Fires, Bad Fires’, smoke detectors, and what to do if a fire occurs at your home or school. We were given homework to identify a Safe Meeting Place where the family could meet in case a fire ever happens.
On Friday, the firefighters Adrian, Brian, Stuart and Peter returned so that we could inspect the equipment aboard the Fire Truck and have an opportunity to squirt the fire hose. It was so much fun, thankfully the teachers did not get too wet!
Another highlight of the week was our incursion from Bunnings last Tuesday. Stephanie, an employee from Bunnings came to share her expertise about planting and looking after plants in the garden. This term we are involved with the Sustainability program which is run by Mrs Gasbarro, and she organised for Stephanie to visit our school. We identified that plants need water, sun, soil to grow. We all decorated a pot, put in some soil and planted a Marigold plant in each of our pots. We now have the responsibility to take great care of the plant at home so that it will bloom.
This week, we will be learning about…
- Numeracy: Mass (weighing objects and finding out which is heavier or lighter)
- Reading: Characters, settings, problems and solutions within Narrative Texts
- InitiaLit: Using learnt sounds and digraphs to build, read and spell words and sentences, reading decodable story books (Learnt sounds: m, s, t, a, p, i, f, r, c, o, d, h, e, n, g, l, k, u, b, j, w, ck, ll, ff, ss, sh, qu, ee, z, zz, ch, v, x, th, wh, y, ng, oo, ay)
- Writing: Letter writing and writing on the dotted thirds
- Inquiry: Special Places
- Religion: Saints, Carols Practise
- The Resilience Project: Empathy
Here’s a reminder of some important upcoming dates to mark on your calendar for Term 4:
- Parish Mass at 9:15 am FLW attending - Tuesday 25th November
- Colour Fun Run - Thursday 27th November (Week 8)
- Celebration of Learning- Thursday 4th December (Week 9)
- Whole School Transition - Monday 8th December (Week 10)
- Carols Night- Thursday 11th December (Week 10)
- School Finishes- Tuesday 16th December (Week 11)
Have a wonderful week
Foundation Team
Alycia Marsico, Olivia Sargent and Leanne Wenckowski.
YEAR 1/2 NEWS
Wow! With only three full weeks of the term left, Term 4 has already been a memorable one and there are still many exciting opportunities ahead!
A few weeks ago, the Year 1/2 students received an email from Mrs Watson, who wondered how we might make our school yard more welcoming for the local birds that visit us each day. After thoughtful discussions, our cohort decided to put our skills to the test. As inquirers, we have been learning to think like environmental designers, engaging in a full design process to create an inviting birdhouse for our school grounds. So far, this has involved practising collaboration, conducting research, and developing detailed plans. We have now completed our designs and have just begun constructing our prototypes. We are excited to continue this project and look forward to sharing our hard work with families at the upcoming Celebration of Learning. Stay tuned!
As mathematicians, we have been learning about mass and capacity. Last week, we participated in a range of hands-on learning experiences to deepen their understanding of mass. We were very excited to use scales to compare the mass of different objects, using informal units of measurement to help make accurate comparisons. This week, we are beginning to explore capacity. We will investigate the capacity of various containers and compare two containers by predicting which one can hold more. We are developing the important understanding that the space inside a container determines its capacity, not just its height, width, or shape.
As people of faith, we have been deepening our understanding of the Creation Story. As thinkers, we have explored the connection between the Creation Story and Laudato Si’ – Care for Our Common Home, written by Pope Francis. Through discussions and reflective drawings, students have shared our ideas about how we can act as stewards of creation and care for our common home.
A big congratulations to 1/2OB on their marvelous assembly, we are very proud of your confidence and beautiful reading!
This week, we will be learning about…
- Numeracy: Capacity
- Reading: Read and Retell
- Writing: Procedural Writing
- Spelling: The split digraph _a- -e_ making the sound “a” as in tape.
- Inquiry: Design Process - Building/Making
- Religion: Tuning in to Advent
Upcoming dates:
- Colour Fun Run - Thursday 27th November
- Lunch order day - Thursday 27th November
- School Closure Day - Friday 28th November
- Celebration of Learning - Thursday 4th December
Vania Sparano, Nadia Ascenzo, Chloe Wang & Olivia Bovolato
1/2 Team
YEAR 3/4 NEWS
As resilient learners, we engaged in our whole school GEM Day on Friday 14th of November. We had the best day making fidgets, writing gratitude letters, mindful colouring, yoga, emotion perspective scenarios and rock painting. Thank you Miss Zorzut & Miss Karalis for a wonderful day!
As mathematical thinkers, we participated in our Maths Games Day on Tuesday. We engaged in three sessions across the day with each session having different winners.
We are pleased to congratulate the winners of each session…
- Physical activities - Hunter, Orlando, Eva D, Amelia
- Strategic activities - Alessandro, Sienna, Carlo, Maria
- Problem Solving activities - Tess, Asha, Vivienne
Our winners for the overall day and who scored the most points were Tess, Asha and Vivienne. Congratulations girls!
We would like to give a big thank you to our parent helpers who supported us on this day and also Mrs Monaghan who coordinated the activities and made the day possible. We are very grateful for you!
This week, we will be learning about…
- Numeracy: Mass & Capacity (Year 3) & Probability (Year 4)
- Literacy: Novel Study - The One & Only Ivan
- Spelling: Plurals ending in o, usually add es
- Inquiry: Design: How can we make a difference?
- Religion: Creation Story with an Indigenous perspective
Upcoming events in Week 8…
- Thursday 27 November - Prayer & Assembly, followed by Colour Fun Run in the afternoon (Sports Uniform & white t-shirt to be worn), and lunch order day
- Please note: No school on Friday 28 November
Year 3/4 Teachers
Belinda Panzarino & Sarah Hogan
YEAR 5/6 NEWS
Literacy
As writers, we have begun publishing our engaging stories. Students have been revising and editing their drafts, refining their ideas, and strengthening their sentence fluency to bring their narratives to life. They are carefully considering their word choice, description, and structure to ensure their writing is clear, expressive, and enjoyable to read. It has been wonderful to see the pride students are taking in their work as they move through the final stages of the publishing process.
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Mathematics
As mathematicians, we are investigating operations and exploring how they connect across a range of problem-solving situations. Students have been applying multiple strategies, explaining their mathematical thinking, and evaluating which methods are most efficient. Through rich tasks and discussions, they are developing flexibility and confidence in their use of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. It has been fantastic to see the persistence and curiosity students bring to their learning.
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Inquiry
As inquirers, students are preparing to explain their product and pitch their design in readiness for our upcoming Shark Tank votes. They are refining prototypes, evaluating their solutions, and rehearsing persuasive pitches that communicate both the purpose and impact of their design. This process has encouraged collaboration, creativity, and critical thinking as students work to strengthen their ideas. All of this learning will come together during our Celebration of Learning on Thursday, the 4th of December, where students will proudly share their projects with families.
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Maths Home Learning Answers
Year 5 | Year 6 |
The Year 5/6 Team
Bianka Zorzut, Vicky Karalis, Maddie Comrie and Nick Tresize