Level 1 & 2
REMINDERS & UPDATES
Welcome Back to Term 4!
We are excited to welcome back the students for a big Term Four! How are we already here?! We hope you had a wonderful break together with your families and hope you’re feeling refreshed and ready to tackle a big term!
Term 4 is always a very exciting one, with lots more learning to do, our Beauty and the Beast Junior production, swimming, preparing for the transition to our 2027 grades and, of course, Christmas and the Carols!
Hats
With spring here it’s time for hats to come back to school!
Grade 1 and 2 students are reminded to bring their school hat back to school if they haven’t already and to make sure they are wearing it during outdoor activities and break times.
Please encourage students to get into the habit of having their hat ready each day so they can enjoy their time outside. Hats on, play on! ☀️
iPad Reminders
- Our iPad program works best when all students who have their own iPad bring it to school each day. Please remind your child to pack their iPad in their school bag every morning.
Holidays
If you are intending on taking a holiday during the school term, please make sure you inform your classroom teacher and discuss an absence plan.
CURRICULUM
Literacy
Thank you for your continued support with home reading. Reading together each night, even for just 10–15 minutes, is one of the most valuable ways you can support your child's learning. Regular reading helps build confidence, fluency, vocabulary and comprehension, while also fostering a lifelong love of books. We encourage students to continue recording their reading in their log books each evening, as this helps us celebrate their efforts and monitor their progress. Thank you for partnering with us to make reading a positive and enjoyable part of your child's daily routine.
Grade 1
In Phonics, Grade 1 students are learning more about vowel teams—two or more letters that work together to represent a vowel sound. Students are developing their ability to recognise these patterns when reading and apply them when spelling and writing words. Through explicit teaching, word-building, reading and writing activities, students are building their confidence in identifying vowel teams and using them accurately in their own work.
What can you do at home?
- Optional UFLI Home Practice pages
Grade 2
In Phonics, Grade 2 students are exploring different spelling patterns that represent the long a and long u sounds. Students are practising recognising these patterns when reading and applying them accurately when spelling and writing.
What can you do at home?
- Optional UFLI Home Practice pages
Mentor Texts:
This week, students will use the text Ada Twist Scientist to help support our CBL Big Idea of Survival. Students will look at the vocabulary in the text and also the text's narrative structure.
Maths
Grade One Students
Grade 1 students will explore data and students will practice collecting data from their peers and using tally marks to record their finding before creating their own graphs. Students will need to talk about what they can interpret from their graphs.
What can you do at home?
Continue working through allocated Math Seeds tasks that have been assigned to your child.
Practice skip counting by 2, 5, 10's.
Grade Two Students
Grade 2 students will be beginning a unit on Fractions. They will begin with the understanding that half is two equal parts and how to share things into half. Students will then begin to explore other fractional parts of quarters and eighths.
What can you do at home?
Continue working through allocated Mathletics tasks that have been assigned to your child.
Practice skip counting by 2, 5, 10's from a non-zero starting point.
Talk about basic fractions in the home such as - I would like half an apple? What does this mean? Look like? Use measuring cups during cooking showing the difference between the cups and the fractions they represent.
WELLBEING
What can you do at home?
Continue the Conversation at Home...
Here are some questions you might like to ask your child to reinforce our wellbeing learning:
- What was something that made you feel happy today?
- Did anything feel tricky today? What helped you get through it?
- What helps your brain and body feel calm when you're upset or worried?
- Can you show me one of the calming strategies you've been learning at school?
- Who is someone you can talk to when you need help?
- What is one thing you're proud of yourself for today?
- When you notice a friend having a hard day, how could you help them?
- What is one strategy you could use next time you feel frustrated or overwhelmed?
What are three things that made you smile today?
Taking just a few minutes each day to talk about emotions, challenges and successes helps children build confidence, resilience and a strong understanding of the strategies they can use to support their wellbeing both at school and at home.
SWPBS
Returning from the holidays means it is time to revisit and reteach our SWPBS expectations to help everyone settle back into routines and have a successful term.
Respectful Relationships
Students will continue exploring Gender Norms and Stereotypes. Through the activities Labels are for jars, not for people, students will explore how our interests and the things we love, not limited by gender.
CBL
A new term brings a new Big Idea for our students to discover, and this term the students will be exploring the idea of 'Survival/Systems.' Students looking at the sky, to explore Space.
Questions that will support our learning over the term-
What systems help us survive?
Why is Earth different from other places in space?
What are scientific observations and how can I make them?
CHALLENGE
Inspire the Wonga Park community to ‘Look Up’ and wonder about space