Learning and Teaching
Dear Parents ,
Welcome back to Term Two. I hope you have all had a relaxing holiday and enjoyed the break.
This term our Inquiry topic is Balance. We are responsible for taking action to ensure we sustain a harmonious balance in the world as our indigenous people taught us.
Through our Inquiry unit of learning of Balance, Jane Byrne has proposed a Fibonacci garden for the drive at St Joseph’s. Fibonacci was an Italian mathematician who later wrote Liber abaci , Book of the Abacus, the first European work on Indian and Arabian mathematics, which introduced Hindu & Arabic numerals to Europe. Born Pisa 1170 and known for the Fibonacci sequence of numbers.
Our big questions for this term will have a History and Sustainability focus.
Prep:
God calls us to take care of his world of creation so how can we enjoy it and keep it beautiful for all to enjoy as it changes over time?
1/2:
How do our actions make us responsible for keeping a balance in our lives as it changes?
3/4:
We are responsible for taking action to ensure we sustain a harmonious balance in the world as our indigenous people taught us.
5/6:
How can we ensure a sustainable future?
Its that time of year again:
Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge
The Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge is now open. The PRC application offers a range of exciting features including:
· access to a library catalogue (including book images and blurbs)
· a modern user-friendly interface
· rewarding students with badges as challenge milestones are achieved
· the option for students to mark books as a favourite, give them a star rating or complete a book review
The Challenge is open to all Victorian children from birth to Year 10 in recognition of the importance of reading for literacy development. It is not a competition; but a personal challenge for children to read a set number of books by 6 September 2024.
Children from Prep to Year 2 are encouraged to read or ‘experience’ 30 books with their parents and teachers. Children from Year 3 to Year 10 are challenged to read 15 books.
All children who meet the Challenge will receive a certificate of achievement signed by the Victorian Premier and former Premiers.
To read the Premier’s letter to parents, view the booklist and for more information about the Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge, visit: https://www.vic.gov.au/premiers-reading-challenge or register here: https://vprc.eduweb.vic.gov.au/home
Kind regards
Megan Barber