SMPS Family iNewsletter

Class Updates and Reminders

Messages from our Learning Levels...

Prep

Dates to Remember:

  • Tuesday 10th June: Prep C/D/E Collingwood Children's Farm Excursion
  • Wednesday 11th June: Prep A/B Collingwood Children's Farm Excursion

Reminders:

 

Homework week

Please note that the SMPS homework week is from Sunday - Saturday. If students complete more than 1 Mathseeds lesson in this time, their homework is marked as 'incomplete'. Please see the email sent from the Prep team called 'Term 2 organisation' on the 22nd of April for a detailed schedule of which dates to complete lessons.

 

Uniform expectations

We have noticed a number of Preps mixing their winter and summer uniform. Please note that if your child wears the winter top, they are required to wear winter pants, not shorts. 

 

Celebration of Learning Lessons:

Prep A: In English, we have been learning about plants. In this lesson, parents will be able to discuss the seasons with their child and make a collage of what a tree would look like in the chosen season.

Prep B: In Personal and Social Capabilities, students have been learning to identify and understand basic emotions. They have explored how emotions look, feel, and what situations might trigger them. They’ve also been developing strategies to cope with strong feelings, such as deep breathing or seeking help. These skills support emotional awareness, empathy, and resilience. 

Prep C/D: In Humanities, the students have been learning about their local community and roles different occupations play in contributing to a happy, safe community. During the Celebration of Learning lesson, students will think about what job they might like to do when they’re older and how this will help the community. 

Prep E: In Science, Preps have been learning about the parts of a plant and the life cycle. During the Celebration of Learning lesson, students will be able to make their own plant out of playdoh.

Year 1

Dates to Remember:

  • Friday 6th June: Dinosaur Diggers Day

Reminders:

 

Uniform expectations

As the weather changes and the temperature is getting colder, we have noticed a number of Year 1s mixing their winter and summer uniform. Please note that if your child wears the summer dress, they are required to wear navy socks. Students can wear stockings with the winter dress. Stockings and long-sleeved tops are not to be worn under the summer dress. Please see image below for reference.

Home Reading

Reading at home is important for students to practise the segmenting and blending skills they are learning at school during Phonics lessons. All students are expected to read for 4 nights a week. Teachers check the diaries each week and celebrate home reading with the students.

 

 

Celebration of Learning Lessons:

  • In Year 1 this term, we have been putting our investigator hats on and exploring different animal habitats in both our English and Science learning. We are so excited to welcome you in class where you will be able to help your children recreate their own moving animal habitat artwork!

Year 2

Reminders:

Homework

It has been lovely to see so many faces on our Mathseeds posters each week. This means that your child is applying their learning from school. Thank you for your support in instilling a strong homework routine for your child.  

 

The expectation is 1 lesson of Mathseeds completed a week (Sunday - Saturday). Please remember that Sunday starts the new week. 

 

The other homework expectation is reading 4 nights for 15 minutes. This is to be written in your child's diary and signed. Diaries should come to school every day. 

 

Celebration of Learning Lessons:

  • In Year 2 this term, we have been learning about butterfly habitats in Science, including flowering plants. We have also been learning about 3D shapes in Maths. We look forward to our families cutting and pasting what flowers need to survive and making 3D shapes out of blu-tack and toothpicks. 

Year 3

Dates to Remember:

  • Thursday 12th June: Reptile Encounters In-Visit

Reminders:

 

Swimming

Swimming lessons will be week 9 of this term. Now is a great time to organise swimming gear. 

 

Celebration of Learning Lessons:

  • In Year 3 this term, our Science unit is Creature Features. We have been learning about the life cycles of plants and animals. Join us during our Celebration of Learning as we explore the traits shared by parents, offspring, and siblings. Take part in an activity where you can compare physical features between yourself and your child.

Year 4

Dates to Remember:

  • Tuesday 1st July: RSPCA Excursion
  • Wednesday 2nd July: RSPCA Excursion

Reminders:

 

Swimming

Swimming lessons will be week 9 of this term. Now is a great time to organise swimming gear. 

 

Celebration of Learning Lessons:

  •  In Maths, the Year 4's have been learning about multiplication. We look forward to welcoming families into our classrooms to play a game against their child in which our students (and guests!) will be able to show off their multiplication skills. Make sure your Maths brains are switched on and ready to go!

Year 5

Dates to Remember:

  • Friday 13th June: AFL Gala Day

Reminders:

 

Homework

Term 2 is off to a great start. Please keep up all the reading and maths homework being done each week. Students are expected to bring in their signed diaries on Fridays to show their teacher. 

 

AR Targets

By this stage of the term, students should have met 50% of their target. Please check in with your child to see how they are tracking. 

 

Swimming

Swimming lessons will be week 9 of this term. Now is a great time to organise swimming gear. 

 

AFL Gala Day

Year 5 students will be attending an AFL Gala Day on the 13th of June at Murphy's Reserve. Please give consent if you have not already done so on compass. If you are available to volunteer, please get in touch with your child's teacher. 

 

Celebration of Learning Lessons

5A: In Humanities, students are learning about mountains. Parents will have the opportunity to select a world mountain and complete research with their child on this mountain.

5B: In English, students have been working on a narrative writing piece. Parents will have the opportunity to support them with their creative story.

5C: In Science, students have been learning about endangered animals. They have been working on a project to present to the wider school community at the end of this term. Parents will have the opportunity to support their child with their project. 

Year 6

Dates to Remember:

  • Thursday 22nd May: Poetry Slam on Level 5, 9:30-11:00AM (All Year 6 families welcome)
  • Wednesday 28th May: Fizz Kids In-Visit
  • Friday 13th June: AFL Gala Day

Reminders:

 

Accelerated Reader Targets

A huge congratulations to those of you already smashing your AR targets - let’s keep that momentum going! Just a quick reminder: it’s important that students are choosing novels within your AR range. These books are picked to challenge you just the right amount, helping you build skills and eventually reach a higher range. Students will still have a chance to enjoy their favourite personal reads such as manga - these can be saved for free reading week once your target has been reached.

 

Swimming

Swimming lessons will be Week 9 of this term. Now is a great time to organise swimming gear. 

 

AFL Gala Day

Year 5 students will be attending an AFL Gala Day on the 13th of June at Murphy's Reserve. Please give consent if you have not already done so on compass. If you are available to volunteer, please get in touch with your child's teacher. 

 

Celebration of Learning Lessons:

The Year 6 team is excited to showcase our learning on states of matter in an interactive Science lesson. In a hands-on experiment, students and their families will experience a physical change of liquid to solid, using simple household ingredients to create butter! Students will also have a chance to show off their skills in recording their observations, as part of their learning sequence in writing a lab report.