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Term 2 Week 4 2025 - Friday 16th April
What have we been up to?
Wow, we’re already in Weeks 3 and 4! The students are settling in nicely, and we’ve been having lots of fun learning new things together. These past two weeks, we’ve been working on writing, reading, math, and exploring the world around us.
In reading, we’ve continued exploring The Curious Garden. We’ve been having fun with the story while focusing on adjectives and how they help us describe things in exciting ways! The students have been using adjectives to write about the 5 senses, creating colorful and descriptive pieces of writing.
In math, we’ve been focusing on subtraction. The students have been using a variety of strategies to solve simple subtraction equations. These include using number lines, counting on and backwards, fingers, and even drawing pictures to help them understand the math better.
Each day, we’ve also been practicing fluency pairs and doing explicit handwriting practice. These activities help the students become more comfortable with their writing and improve their fluency, all while having fun and getting better every day!
Here are some photo highlights from the fortnight that was!
Students explored a real life curious garden to help them come up with adjectives using their 5 senses.
Students used Numicon and Playdough to solve simple subtraction equations.
Students spent time making special Mother’s Day cards for their amazing mothers.
Term 2 Phonics Focus
Week | Phonics Focus | Examples |
Week 1 | CCCV+ (Consonant-Consonant-Consonant-Vowel) | strap, sprain, scram, split |
Week 2 | VCe (Vowel-Consonant-e, "Magic e") | cake, hope, ride, mule |
Week 3 | VCe vs. VC (Comparing Magic e to short vowels) | cap vs. cape, hop vs. hope, kit vs. kite |
Week 4 | Multisyllabic Short Vowels | rabbit, magnet, basket, napkin |
Week 5 | -ed (Past tense endings: /t/, /d/, /ed/) | jumped (/t/), played (/d/), wanted (/ed/) |
Week 6 | -ed (Continued practice) | helped, called, needed |
Week 7 | ai, ay (Long A sound) | rain, train, mail, play, tray, stay |
Week 8 | ai, ay (Reinforcement) | pain, snail, clay, delay |
Week 9 | ee, ea (Long E sound) | tree, green, meet, tea, beach, read |
Week 10 | ee, ea (Reinforcement) | sleep, sweep, heat, team |
Week 11 | ee, ea (Extended practice) | cheese, sneeze, sea, scream |
What is coming up?
Reading + Writing
Write 2 Learn: There is still a focus on using conjunctions to join sentences, helping students to create more complex and connected thoughts in their writing.
Novel Studies: They'll dive into imagery and descriptive language in books that link to Indigenous Australia, which will help them understand how language can evoke strong images and emotions related to place, culture, and history.
Students are looking at ‘The Big Rain coming’ by Katrina Germein over the next two weeks.
Maths
Students are exploring the connection between addition and subtraction.
Inquiry & Science
Geography: Students will continue exploring the topic of Where in the world are we?, which sounds like an introduction to maps, locations, continents, countries, and the concept of place.
Important reminders:
- If you have any questions or concerns, please contact your child's classroom teacher through Compass or via the school email and it will be passed on to them.
- Specialist Days
- Monday- AUSLAN, PE, Art/Cultural Studies & Music
- Wednesday- Art/Cultural Studies & Health (with classroom teacher)