Level 5 & 6 Wonga Weekly

🌱LITERACY

In literacy this week, students will be continuing to run their own Literature Circles based on their class novel. Each person in their group will focus on a different role and contribute their responses to their teacher-led discussion group.

In writing, we will be looking at poetry. We will be using Dallas Clayton's poems as mentor texts and exploring and imitating his personal style. Additionally, we will be looking at a range of poetry types including Haiku and Odes. Students will also practice refining their ideas by using precise vocabulary in stories that are limited to 50 words.

The table below outlines the Language Conventions we will be looking at during our Literacy sessions.

What you can do at home

Help your child to set aside time to read - preferably every night. This will help them build important learning habits. Your child now has access to Reading Eggspress, to help with adding variety to their range of text choices.

🌱MATHS

Students will be expanding their understanding of Shape and Location by seeing the effects of transformations. This includes rotations (turn), reflections (flip) and translations (slide). They will also create tessellating patterns and artworks using this knowledge.

What you can do at home

Revising these ideas by completing the Mathletics homework would be the best help this week. Don't forget, students can also access 'My Numeracy' section of Essential Assessment for targeted Mathematics practice.

🌱HOMEWORK

- Mathletics - minimum 1000 points from the work that has been set or 20 minutes, 3 to 4 times a week.

- Reading 20 minutes per night, 4 times a week (Reading Eggspress is available)

- Recording events in their student diaries

- Grade 6s will continue working on their Graduation Memory Book.

📗GRADE 6 MEMORY BOOK

A suggested timeline and high quality examples have been posted to your child's Showbie account under 'Memory Books'. They have been briefed on the expectations and have been encouraged to follow the suggested timeline where possible. We look forward to seeing their completed books in late Term 4.

The pages for Prep and Grade 1 should now be completed. Students should be working on their Grade 2 page and have this completed by Sunday 8th September.

GRADE 5 BUDDY BAGS

The third task in creating their Buddy Bag will be to create an alphabet book. The details of this task will be explained in class and will also be uploaded to Showbie for easy access. High quality examples have been posted to your child's Showbie account under 'Buddy Bags'.

📚PREMIERS' READING CHALLENGE

Remind your child to upload their reading to their Premiers' Reading Challenge account if you would like them to participate in this challenge.

BOOK FAIR

Our Book Fair will be held this week from the 2nd - 6th September. It will be set up in our current library space for the week and is open before and after school for the purchase of books. You may even like to purchase a book to donate to your child's classroom library.

HATS ON

As of September 1st, we would like to remind you that our school adheres to the SunSmart policy set by the Victorian Government. All students are required to wear a broad-brimmed hat when outdoors from the 1st September when UV levels are typically higher.

Please ensure your child brings a hat to school every day to protect them from the sun's harmful rays.

Thank you for your support in keeping our school community safe and sun-smart.

🌿 DATES

🌱Monday 2nd September - District Athletics (for selected students)

🌱Monday 2nd September - Book Fair begins

🌱Tuesday 3rd September - Grade 5 visit to Warrandyte High School

🌱Tuesday 3rd September - Parent Webinar for Cyber Safety Project

🌱Friday 6th September - Pop up Canteen

🌱Friday 13th September - Footy Day - Grade 6 Fundraiser (includes Pop up Canteen)

🌱Friday 18th October - Springtime Soiree (see poster for details) This is our biggest fundraiser for the year and we would love to see you there (finally an event for the parents!).