Learning Community 1

P/1 A - Mrs. Guy
P/1 B - Miss Thomas
1/2 C- Mrs. Murphy
1/2 D - Mrs. Monson

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SAVE THE DATE

Friday 16th October from 3:30 - 5:30 pm. We have our Prep / 1, Games and Dinner at School!! An event on Compass will come out soon!

On Friday the 16th of October all Prep/ One students are welcome to stay at school for a fun afternoon of games and dinner. At 3.30 pm we will be eating afternoon tea together. We will then rotate through 4 different stations with fun activities. We will eat dinner together and say bye-bye at 5.30 pm. More details to follow on Compass shortly.

Prep/ One Guy and Thomas

Wow! We have some disco kings and queens. Thank you to Parents and Friends for hosting a disco at school. Everyone LOVED the music, bubbles, dancing and food.

Book Week was so much fun! We enjoyed listening to all kinds of texts during the week and dressing up as our favourite characters. Look at these amazing dress up ideas at our annual parade. Our Grade 5/6 buddies read to and with us as did our local Kindergarten children.We also had fun trying to find Where's Wally cards around the school.

In Literacy we have been learning about the sounds made by ar as in Art, or as in shorts, aw, as in claw, ir as in shirt, ur as in fur and er as in fern. We have also been working on our heart words.

We have been learning about the text; Being Indy which we will see live on stage at Bunyip Primary School in Term 4. We learnt how to write a poem and a recount of our weekend.

In Numeracy we finished up our learning about division and multiplication and started learning about shapes. We learnt about open and closed shapes, triangles, squares, circles and rectangles. We also learnt about rhombuses, parallelograms, kites and trapeziums. We tried to find real life objects and link them to these shapes.

In History we learnt about how Australia used to be in the past as opposed to Australia now. We also learnt about schools in the past as different from schools now.

In Auslan we learnt how to sign foods we like and dislike, money and how to ask a question.

In Digital Technologies we learnt about making a model of a digital system, by generating, communicating and evaluating our design ideas.

In Respectful Relationships we learnt how to help other people and that other people can help us. We also learnt how to ask a trusted adult for help when we have a problem.

On Friday we celebrated Father's / Special Person's Day, spoiling them with breakfast, morning tea and fun activities together. We wish all our delightful Dads and special people in the students' lives a very happy Father's Day on Sunday. We hope you are spoilt.

Prep/ One Guy Students Of The Week:

Congratulations to the following students who were voted in by their classmates for showing our school values of resilience, respect and responsibility. We are so proud of you.

Week 1 : Renowned River

Week 2: Lovely Lilly

Week 3: Charming Chandler

Week 4: Delightful Daphne

Week 5: Magnificent Maddison

Week 6:Joyful Joshua

Week 7: Jazzy Jimmy

Week 8: Fantastic Floyd

Prep One Thomas Student achievers:

Week 1: Aiden

Week 2: Jaxon

Week 3: Carlee

Week 4: Hudson N

Week 5: Macy

Week 6: Billie

Week 7: Lenny

Week 8: Leon

Congratulations to Amelia, Daxton, Levi and Sammi who have read over 175 nights. What an amazing effort!

How to help your child in their literacy journey:

Read together every day and use expression in your voice. Point your finger under the words as you read them ( or your child reads to you) sitting close to your child. Ask questions about the story and characters. Let your child choose books that match their personal interests. Read half of the text and ask your child how they think the text will end. Buy or borrow from your local library; different styles of texts such as recipe books, football playing cards, magazines, local newsletters such as this newsletter! Try audio books, comics, music words, poems, travel brochures, sports programs, catalogues, recipes or dictionaries.

Mrs Murphy & Mrs Monson - Grade 1/2

Wow, we have been busy!! In the Grade 1 & 2 Area... We have had Book Week, Discos, and celebrated our dads. We have also been super busy learning in the classroom. 🤩🤩

Literacy 📚📚

Over the past two weeks, students have been developing their narrative writing, focusing on beginning, middle and end, story starters, adjectives, capital letters and full stops. We used The Very Hungry Caterpillar as a model text.

In phonics, we explored alternative spellings for the /o/, /i/, /ear/ and /air/ sounds. Each Friday, students apply their learning during Fluency Fun, reading a short play with their table partner.

Maths ➕➖🟰

Over the past two weeks, students have been learning about location and directions. We have practiced using positional language such as left, right, forwards, backwards, near and far, as well as giving and following directions, taking steps, making turns and drawing simple maps.

SAVE THE DATE

Friday 16th October from 3:30 - 5:30 pm. We have our Prep / 1, Games and Dinner at School!! (Grade 1 Students Only)

Friday the 16th of October all Prep/ One students are welcome to stay at school for a fun afternoon of games and dinner. At 3.30 pm we will be eating afternoon tea together. We will then rotate through 4 different stations with fun activities. We will then eat dinner together and say bye-bye at 5.30 pm. More details to follow on Compass shortly.

SAVE THE DATE

Grade 2 Sleepover 😴😴. Friday 30th October, for our Pre - Halloween Grade 2 Sleepover 👻🎃👻🎃 (Grade 2's Only)

More details to follow on Compass shortly.

Father's Day Morning

Students in 12M and 12S loved celebrating with their Dads. We started off with Yummy Bacon and Eggs Rolls 🍳🥓🍞 in the Hall in the morning. Then Dads came to our classrooms for some fun activities. There was playdough, tie-making, colouring, yummy fairy bread, kicking the footy, Lego and more..... 🩵💙🩵💙