CLASSROOM NEWS!

P/1 News

We have been busy churning through our Initialit program this term, building upon our letter-sound knowledge and incorporating these skills into our daily reading strategies. Thank you to everyone who continues to read with the children at home, assisting them to build upon these skills even further. It's so rewarding to see the kids' faces light up when they realise how much growth they have made with their reading. 

This past month, we have placed a lot of focus on our writing skills, placing particular focus on our handwriting skills and understanding of sentence structure. 

We look forward to sharing the personal growth of the students with their families in their learning journal work samples that will be sent home next week. 

During Maths, we have continued to focus on multiplicative thinking. We have used concrete materials to make 'groups of' and practise sharing into equal groups. The students have loved this learning and now have a good understanding of how to share evenly between friends. 

2/3 News

The chilly weather hasn't stopped us from a productive fortnight in the 2/3 room! With the holidays only just over a week away, we've been building some strategies and wrapping up some mammoth tasks so we can start Term 3 with a 'bang'.

In Literacy, we're FINALLY getting our 'mystery box' stories published - so that we can turn them into real picture storybooks! The students have been excitedly refining their ideas and typing them up to share with all of you. 

We're excited to have started reading 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone' as our storybook, which we are studying through the lens of InitiaLit. We've been applying our skill of asking questions and unpacking interesting new vocabulary to better understand what we read. Questions the students devised include, 'why does Dudley dislike Harry?' and, 'will Harry be allowed to go to the zoo?'

In Maths, the students have been working hard consolidating their addition and subtraction strategies. They have been working on bridging to 10 and the jump strategy using number lines to explain their understandings. Bridging to 10 allows students to add numbers that bridge the next 10 before adding the remainder (eg. 18 + 4. We bridge to 20 by adding 2, then add the remaining 2). Jump strategy helps us add 2-digit numbers by adding the tens and then the ones (eg. 24 + 15. 15 = 1 ten + 5 ones. We add 1 ten to 24 to make 34, then add the 5 ones). The 2/3s have been doing an amazing job applying these skills and build their fluency with adding bigger and bigger numbers.

4/5/6 With Miss Childs

We are nearing the end of our shared novel, 'His Name Was Walter' in Literacy. It has had many exciting twists and turns that has hooked us in. We have been working on writing our own stories as well, our focus has beenon engaging the reader with twists and turns as the problem is attempting to be solved. We will finish our stories this week, type them up, revise them and then print them off for others to read.

In Maths, we have been learning about Angles. We learnt a song to the tune of YMCA to help us remember the types of angles and their properties. We also had a go at measuring angles with protractors. We have now started learning about data; how to collect it and how to interpret data. We will then display our data in a range of graphs.

In PE, we have been practicing soccer skills. Here are some photos of us learning how to kick goals. 

Mrs. Clarke's Maths

In Mrs. Clarke’s maths group, we have been working on problem-solving. The students are given a real-life question to solve using our Problem-Solving chart. It is usually a question requiring a number of different problems to be solved. All students get the same problem. As they work through the problem, the questions become more difficult. Students solve the problem using their most efficient method. Before the end of class, we share our methods with each other. If someone uses a more efficient method than a particular student, they can use that method next time! 

                           COOKING AND L4L

This week, students across Inglewood Primary School took part in an exciting Mystery Bag Cooking activity—designed to build confidence in the kitchen while practising real-world skills.

Students in Years 3–6 worked collaboratively to explore the contents of their mystery cooking bags. Each group received a surprise selection of fresh ingredients and was challenged to plan, prepare and create a meal or snack using what they had. This hands-on experience encouraged teamwork, creativity, and problem-solving as students discussed recipes, measured quantities, and took turns preparing their dishes. There was lots of excitement (and a few creative taste-tests!) as each group presented their final creations.

Meanwhile, our P/1/2 students focused on building fundamental kitchen skills, such as peeling, slicing and cutting. With support, students practised using child-safe utensils to prepare fruits and vegetables, learning about food safety and healthy eating along the way. These sessions supported fine motor development, independence, and confidence in a fun, practical environment.

The kitchen was full of smiles, concentration and the delicious smells of student-made meals. We’re proud of the way all students engaged with the challenge and supported one another through the cooking process.