Prep

Year 1

WHAT’S HAPPENING IN Year 1

Term 3 Week 9 and 10

READING: In Week 9 we will be learning the phoneme /oe/ow/ ‘long vowel sound’ and the graphemes /oe/ow/ and revising the other spelling patterns for the long vowel sound for /o/ these include: /o-e/o/oe/ow/. In week 10 students will be learning the phonemes /kn/gn/ch/ and the graphemes /kn/gn/ch/. Students will be learning the sounds, finding the sounds in words and learning to spell common words with these spelling choices. Students are also revising the phonemes already taught daily using our Chitter Chatter Chant Cards. Students will also be focusing on developing their comprehension skills during different reading activities with a focus on making inferences.

WRITING: In week 9 and 10 students will be continuing their learning about narratives and focusing on describing characters and settings. Students will be exposed to a range of narrative stories through the use of Mentor Texts looking at the different elements of a narrative. Students will continue to work on writing well built sentences and adding detail. Students will use some picture prompts to write a story independently using all of the skills they have learnt this term. In addition, students are still focusing on building their ability to correctly form their letters on the baseline and within the dotted thirds.

MATHS: In week 9 and 10 students will continue to build their understanding of chance and using everyday language such as will happen, won't happen, might happen, impossible and possible with everyday events. In number students are learning about skip counting by 2s, 5s, and 10s as well as using arrays to show these patterns and will also be learning about patterns with objects.

INQUIRY: In week 9 students are continuing their toy design and creating a good copy of their toy design. In week 10 we will have our excursion to Legoland, where the students will be making a toy during the workshop.

HOMEWORK: Please ensure your child reads every night and it is written in their yellow diary. Please practise heart words each night as this helps to build your child's fluency of those tricky words.

OPTIONAL ACTIVITIES YOU COULD DO TO SUPPORT YOUR CHILD AT HOME:- Roll two dice and add the numbers together- Roll two dice and take the smallest number away from the bigger number- Students could find adjectives, nouns or verbs in their reader and write them down- Ask your child to tell you what happened in their take home book (this will help build their comprehension skills)- Ask your child to write some sentences about their take home book and what happened in the story- Find words that have the sound focus for the week

REMINDERS:Popcorn on a Monday for 50cPlease bring readers to school everyday as they’re used in the classroom for activities throughout the day.

Legoland Excursion Thursday 14th Sept. Students need to bring a small backpack with their snack, lunch and drink bottle.

Footy Parade and Meal Deal Friday 15th September

Friday 15th September Last Day of Term 3 early dismissal at 2:30pm

Year 2

WHAT’S HAPPENING IN YEAR 2

Term 3 Weeks 9 & 10

LITERACY:

Reading - When reading, we are focusing on retelling the story in our own words, in particular explaining what we have read.

Writing - We are continuing to write narratives this term. We are working on publishing a narrative written in class. We will continue to focus on the use of capital letters at the start of sentences and for the name of people and places as well as the use of full stops, exclamation marks, and question marks to signal the end of a sentence.

Spelling - The last two weeks of term three see us revising, reflecting and using all of the grapheme (sounds) taught this term.

MATH: We are continuing to work on multiplication. We will be using repeated addition to calculate addition equations as well as using arrays to multiply numbers together. We will also compare areas of objects using informal units of measurement.

INQUIRY: This term we are exploring the area of Science. We will be watching the Lorax and discussing the importance of looking out for our environment. We will also finish off our term of cooking with a yummy treat!

HOMEWORK: Homework expectations are that students are completing home reading (at least every school night) and filling out their reading diary. Remember each student is aiming to get 200 nights of reading across the year to get a ticket to the Pizza Party! A reminder that your child also has a log in to mathseeds which they can access from home should they wish.

A big thank you to all our families for your support this term! We have had dress up days, day camp, special persons day, fundraising, book club, premiers reading challenge and have our upcoming football day! We appreciate your support with all of these amazing events 🙂

REMINDERS:

Year 2 sport Tuesday afternoons.
15th September Last day of term 3 and football dress up.

Our Mascots

Our Mascots are heading to your homes again during term 3. Bessy is going home with the children in 2MD and Bob is going home with the children in 2W. They will come home on a Wednesday and are expected to be returned on the following Monday. We have loved seeing what the mascots have been up to with the children so far and have seen some amazing handwriting from the children that they have then read and shared with their classes.

CONTACT: Please feel free to get in contact with your child’s classroom teacher/s via their emails below.

Kate McEvoy – Monday – Wednesday - kate.mcevoy@education.vic.gov.au,

Mel Dowdle – Thursday & Friday - melissa.dowdle@education.vic.gov.au,

Bec Whittingham rebecca.whittingham@education.vic.gov.au

Year 5/6

Camp Australia