K - Yr 6 Learning 

Screen Distance

Have you noticed your child holding a device very close to their face? Children (and adults) tend to hold devices closer than print material, which increases the demand on the eyes' ability to focus. Holding a book or device less than 25cm away puts children at risk of developing myopia (short-sightedness) and therefore increases the likelihood that they will require glasses in the future. 

If you have an iPhone or iPad with Face ID capability, you can active a new setting called 'Screen Distance.' This displays a prompt to move the device away from the face beyond 30cm. 

Another option is to get your child to place their palm onto their forehead and their book or device at the level of their elbow. Remove the arm away and keep the book or device at that distance. 

I hope this information is useful. Further information can be found in this article. 

Mathematics 

What is happening in the world of mathematics? Let's take a look! 

Maths At Home:

Kindergarten - Division

Before your child can begin to practice division problems, they first need to understand the concept of division. Explain it to them by relating the idea of division to the idea of sharing and grouping. Help them conceptualise it by explaining how a number of items can be shared equally between groups, and give them examples. You might show them how six biscuits can be given to three children so each of them has two, or how someone with eight apples could give four each to two friends.

Problems of the Week:

Try these problems. You could use counters, toys or even draw your answers.

Kye had 10 jelly beans and he shared them equally with Mason. How many jelly beans did each boy receive? 

Bridie is making necklaces with beads. She has 15 beads and wants to put 5 beads on

each necklace. How many necklaces will she make?

Roman had 18 cards. He gave two friends and himself an equal share so that they could all play a card game. How many cards did they each receive? 

Stage 1 - Data

Stage 1 have been working with data. Look at the graph below and discuss the following questions.

• How many eggs were collected on Wednesday?
• How many eggs were collected on Tuesday?
• On which day were the most eggs collected?
• On which day were the least eggs collected?
• How many eggs were collected altogether?
• On which days were the same number of eggs collected?
• How many more eggs were collected on Saturday than on Friday?
• How many more eggs were collected on Tuesday than on Thursday?
• How many eggs were collected on the weekend?

Wii Gaay 2023

This week Mrs Walters, Ms Widders, Mrs Stahlhut, Wesley Stahlhut, Billie Robinson and Ariyah McGuiness went to the Wii Gaay Learning Hub. The Learning Hub was based out at Lake Keepit. Throughout the week the students were involved in many cultural experiences such as possum skin art, weaving, dreaming stories with Uncle Len Waters and many more activities.