Level 1 & 2

Week 3, Term 3

Week 1, Term Three

🤸Gymnastics Reminder

Our students had a wonderful session last week and are so excited to continue with the gymnastics program. Just a reminder that your child should wear appropriate clothing for this type of activity (no dresses or tights) and due to the extra physical activity, please ensure that your child has extra snacks packed in their lunchbox.

CURRICULUM

📚 Phonemic awareness: reading and phonics

Grade One Students

Grade One's will be learning about y making /e/ and also le at the end of words.

What can you do at home?

Optional UFLI Home Practice pages

Grade Two Students

Grade Two's will look at silent letters kn /n/, wr /r/, mb /m/ eg knife, crumb and the suffixes 's/-es' dogs, churches

What can you do at home?

Optional UFLI Home Practice pages

📖✏️Literacy

Mentor Text: Wilam

This beautiful book follows the journey of the Yarra River and celebrates the land, animals, and Wurundjeri culture. It helps children learn about caring for Country and the importance of Indigenous language and stories. This text connects to the learning we are doing in CBL around the history of Wonga Park .

What can you do at home?

-Nessy is a great resource to use to supplement your child's reading in a fun engaging way on their iPad

-Ask comprehension questions about your child's take home book or a book you read together

➕Maths

Grade One:

✖️ ➗Students will begin lessons learning about multiplication and division

Vocabulary related to this learning area: sharing, equal sharing and groups of

Grade Two:

✖️ ➗Students will begin lessons learning about multiplication and division

Vocabulary related to this learning area: skip counting, repeated addition, doubles, multiply, groups of, equal groups, arrays, sharing, divide.

We had a fun time learning about capacity.

What can you do at home:

-Talk with your child about multiplication and division by using everyday moments—like sharing snacks or sorting toys—to explore making equal groups and sharing things fairly

-Engage with mathseeds (Grade One) or mathletics (Grade Two)

🧑‍💻 Cyber Safety

This term we will be exploring Cyber Safety. Our focus this week will be revisiting how to stay safe from strangers, tricky people, and unkind behaviour online.

🌏 CBL - Change

This term our whole school will be celebrating our school's 130th birthday. Our CBL big idea, Change, lends itself to discovering a lot about how Wonga Park has changed over this time.

😊 School Wide Positive Behaviour: We will continue to be kind, be safe and be a learner especially when playing outside during playtimes.