Beaumaris Primary School: Stop Press

What's Happening in the Junior School

Prep

What’s Happening in Prep in Weeks 9, 10 and 11

 

The Preps have had a fantastic couple of weeks at school! We have continued to explore our ‘Big Question’ in our Knowledge Unit through a ‘Brickworks’ incursion that incorporated design, construction, sharing and teamwork with LEGO. Everyone had a lot of fun. We’ve been so impressed by the Prep students and the way they have shown such responsibility and independence during their swimming lessons.

 

Wellbeing

  • Using learnt strategies to overcome small problems e.g stop, opt, go and size of the problem

Literacy

  • Reviewing short vowel sound /e/ egg
  • Understanding when to double f, l, s or z in words (floss rule)
  • Understanding when to use ck to represent /k/ (long spelling after a short vowel sound)
  • Identifying the diagraph /sh/ ship
  • Identifying the diagraph th (/th/ this [voiced] and /th/ thumb [unvoiced]

 

Maths

  • Reading and writing numerals to 20 
  • Representing numbers to 20 with materials 
  • Matching numerals and collections to 20 
  • Identifying 'one more' for numbers to 20 
  • Identifying 'one less' for numbers to 20 
  • Comparing and ordering collections to 20 
  • Numbers to 10 on a number track 
  • Numbers to 20 on a number track 
  • Comparing and ordering numerals to 20

Knowledge Unit

Big Question: How are we part of a community?

 

Over the next fortnight, students will be exploring the following lines of inquiry:

  • What is a community? 
  • Who and what is in the community? 
  • What are the different places in the community?

Homework 

Students take home three decodable readers in their reading pouch each week as well as their green Decoding Detective book and Sound Pack. Please continue to read these with your child, the Preps love showing you how they can recognise and recall all learnt letters and sounds. Reading pouches are returned on a Monday, to be changed over and checked by their teacher. 

 

Reminders

  • Last day of Term 2 – 2.30pm finish – 4th July
  • Premiers Reading Challenge log in details have been glued at the front of student's reading diaries

 

Year 1

What’s Happening in Year 1 in Weeks 9, 10 and 11

 

Wellbeing 

In wellbeing, students are working across the cohort to collaborate and create ‘Golden Rules of Friendship’ and participate in activities all about friendship. Students have reflected on how their words and actions can affect others. We will use role plays to support students in developing skills to use in their friendships. Students have also welcomed a Year 1 Meeting Spot, located in the Year 1 area, where students can organise to meet their friends at recess or lunch time.  

 

Literacy 

Students will be working on:  

  • Phonics: We will be learning about syllables and how to spell words with open and closed syllables. Students will also learn to read and spell compound words with two syllables. Students will spend time reviewing all concepts learnt this term.  
  • As our phonics lessons teach new digraphs and diphthongs, sound pack cards will be added to the students’ reading pouches for practice at home 
  • Reading Fluency: Reading with accuracy and appropriate rate 
  • Handwriting: Correctly forming the letters c and s 
  • Students will be continuing our weekend recount writing with a focus on using capital letters, finger spaces and full stops
  • Information reports will be the language and literature focus. Students will look at the structure of an information report and create an information report collaboratively as a class. 

Maths 

Students will be working on: 

  • Place value: Reading and writing two digit and three-digit numbers, partitioning numbers and applying place value knowledge to solve problems
  • Data: Interpreting data and creating picture graphs

Knowledge Unit 

Students will learn about: 

  • First Nations families and culture 
  • The importance of the ‘Acknowledgement of Country’ and it's significance 
  • Explore how technology has changed over time 
  • Final reflection celebrating everything that students have learnt in History this term 

Library 

The school library borrowing system is now up and running and students will be able to borrow one library book a week to take home. The Year 1 cohort go to the library on a Thursday. Please ensure they have their blue library satchel in their bag to keep their borrowed book protected when transporting it to and from school. This will help keep these books separate from their Classroom Library picture story book that they take home on a Monday. 

 

Take Home Readers 

Each week, your child will take three decodables home. We strongly encourage students to reread these texts multiple times across the week as this is an important way novice readers develop automaticity and reading fluency. In addition, students are bringing home one quality text from their classroom library each week. As novice readers, they will not necessarily be able to read these books independently. However, they will benefit a great deal from hearing these texts read out loud by an expert (you!). As our phonics lessons teach new digraphs and diphthongs, sound pack cards will be added to the students’ reading pouches for practice. Keep practicing the sound pack cards the students already have.  

 

Mathletics 

Your child now has their Mathletics code pasted into their Homework Diari. Activities have been set by the classroom teachers. Mathletics tasks will be set each Wednesday by your child's classroom teacher. Each week we will continue to set maths tasks for students to work through at their own pace, if desired. Completing these tasks is optional. We have been really excited to see students completing Mathletics tasks at home. These help to consolidate their understandings from the classroom. 

 

Reminders 

  • Fruit and veggie snack break: Please ensure that students are bringing their fruit and veggie snack in a container separate to their lunch box. This supports students in transitioning during fruit and veggie break time in the classroom.  

     

  • Students are to bring in their reading pouch every Monday to swap their take home readers and classroom library book. It is really important students are completing their 20 minutes of nightly reading to support their reading progress. New readers are only sent home until the previous week’s books have been returned.  

     

  • Could all families please check at home for any picture story books that may have come home as part of their take home reading on a Monday, that may have not yet been returned. They are labelled with a ‘Classroom Library’ sticker. 

     

  • The Year 1 Team wish all families a fantastic school holiday break.  

 

Year 2

What’s Happening in Year 2 in Weeks 9, 10 and 11

 

It's hard to believe we're already approaching the final weeks of Term 2. This term has been filled with so many amazing student achievements, including growth in confidence and maturity, social connections, and loads of learning. It's been wonderful to see the progress each student has made and the many opportunities they've embraced along the way. 

 

Over the next three weeks, the Year 2 students will be learning:

 

Wellbeing 

Resilience, Rights and Respectful Relationships curriculum:

  • Conflict resolution strategies
  • Who can I ask for help?
  • Positive Gender Relations

Phonics

We are learning:

  • the graphemes oi, oy for the phoneme /oi/
  • the graphemes ou, ow, for the phoneme /ow/
  • The vowel teams & diphthongs review
  • silent letters – the grapheme KN for the phoneme /n/, the grapheme WE for the phoneme /r/ and the grapheme MB for the phoneme /m/

Literacy

We are learning to:

  • finish sentences that start with subordinating conjunctions
  • correctly form the ‘short letters’ of the alphabet when writing
  • create a character profile for a problem
  • write a paragraph about a character, including conjunctions, adjectives and verbs
  • write sentences with conjunctions
  • answer comprehension questions about a text

Maths

We are learning to:

  • Identify suitable informal units of measurement for mass
  • Measure the mass of objects on balance scales using informal units
  • Compare and order the mass of objects on balance scales, using informal units
  • Predict which object has a larger mass and checking using informal units
  • Identify objects with equal mass
  • Identify suitable informal units of measurement for capacity
  • Measure the capacity of containers using informal units (part one)
  • Measure the capacity of containers using informal units (part two)
  • Compare and order the capacity of containers using informal units
  • Estimate the capacity of containers using informal units
  • Predict which container has a larger capacity and checking using informal units
  • Solve measurement problems

Knowledge Unit

This term, the Year 2 students are learning about Geography. We will be exploring the big question: 

How do Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people connect to Country and Place?

 

Over the next three weeks, students will be exploring the following lines of inquiry:

  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples connection to Country
  • Why is saying an Acknowledgement of Country important and how can we make it meaningful?
  • What resources do First Nations People use from Country?

Homework 

  • Please continue to read the take home reading books each week, aiming for 15 – 20 minutes each evening. Changing readers will continue occur on a Friday.
  • Please enjoy sharing a new Classroom Library text each Friday. This book is for enjoyment and can be read by parents/carers.
  • Optional: Mathletics logins have been placed in the front cover of reading diaries. Students may work through these tasks at their own pace, if desired. 

Reminders:

  • Premiers Reading Challenge Login details have been sent home in student Reading Diaries.
  • The library is open! Please ensure that your child brings their library books to school on their library day.

Library Days: 

2F - Wednesday

2L - Wednesday

2P - Friday

2A - Friday