Level 1 & 2 

REMINDERS 

Please make sure that your child has their sun smart school hat at school each day!

We are maintaining regular routines at school as much as possible as we approach the end of the year. We have had a very busy term with excursions, incursions and swimming programs and still have much to look forward too! We understand that children may be tired and less resilient than usual, however maintaining a predictable routines promotes a feeling of security which is important for all students.

🗓️Upcoming Events:  

Christmas Carols 

• Wednesday 3rd December

Whole School Silent Disco 

• Wednesday 10th December 

   

Grade Two Day Camp experience at Mount Evelyn

• Friday the 12th December 

Please see Sentral to give permission and make payment for these experiences.

CURRICULUM

📚LITERACY

📖UFLI:

Grade One Students 

This week students continue to explore the spelling changes that can occur when adding suffixes to words. This includes the doubling rule when adding er and est to words and then instances when the e is dropped when adding a suffix.

What can you do at home?

• Optional UFLI Home Practice pages

Grade Two Students 

Our grade two students continue to look at affixes. This week the students will be learning the suffix -able and -ible mean 'able or can do'. This includes words such as: accessible, fixable and collectible.

They will then be learning about the prefixes - uni-, bi- and tri- and how these indicate numbers infront of words. Words to be taught include bicycle, universe and triplets.

What can you do at home?

• Optional UFLI Home Practice pages

📔Mentor Text: 

This week in Literacy, our students will be using their knowledge of the mentor text "The Girl Who Loves Bugs" to support their own narrative writing.  Students created their own 'ologist' who will become the main character of their story.

What can you do at home?

• Nessy is a great literacy resource to use that supplements your child's reading in a fun engaging way on their iPad.
• Have your child ask you questions about the books that they are reading.
• Before reading a book, have your child make predictions about the story line
• Discuss the main characters in the books you share - what are their inside and outside traits.

🧮 Maths: 

Grade One Students: 

This week in Maths, our Grade 1 students will continue developing their understanding of time. They will continue to study the hands on an analogue clock to show times to the hour and begin estimating how long different activities take in minutes and hours.

What can you do at home?

• Read the clock together: Point out times on analogue clocks and talk about where the hands are when it’s o’clock.
• Talk about daily routines: Ask questions like “What time do we eat dinner?” or “What time do you go to bed?” to help your child connect time to real-life events.

Grade Two Students: 

This week in Maths, our Grade 2 students will be continuing to explore the unit of time. They will begin exploring how clocks work and how we read time to the hour and half hour. Students will learn about the features of an analogue clock, including the hour and minute hands, and how these move to show the passing of time. They will construct their own clocks to support their understanding of o’clock and half past times. Students will then use these to demonstrate how the movement of the minute hand shows the passing of time. 

What can you do at home?

• Practise with an analogue clock: If you have one at home, ask your child to show you different times such as 3 o’clockor half past 7.
• Ask your child to find today’s date or count how many days until a special event.
• Discuss how many weeks are left in the month or how many months until their birthday.
• Encourage your child to record important dates (like sports days or birthdays) on a calendar.

🌏 CBL:

Our new Big Idea: Discovery 🔍

To follow our Big Idea Discovery, we will be focussing on the world of 'Minibeasts'!

Students will be looking at the habitats of these creatures and how they survive.