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Term 2, Week 2, 2024 -  Friday 26th April.

What have we been up to? 

What a fantastic start to Term 2! We hope everyone had an awesome break and is ready for what is going to be a super busy term with lots of things happening. 

During the past two weeks students have been engaged in the annual ‘Water Safety and Swimming’ program. All participating students have been learning lots about water safety, various swimming techniques and how to have fun at the pool safely. This has been a great experience for all involved and the 1’s and 2’s have demonstrated fantastic behaviour when travelling to and from the pool and when using the facilities at Waves. 

All students have been enjoying their Maths sessions so far this term. We have been looking at 2-dimensional shapes and 3-dimensional objects. We have learned about the various dimensions of these shapes and objects and their individual properties. They have participated in lots of different learning activities including ‘Shape Hunts’ and hands-on sessions that allowed them to explore each object in detail. 

During Literacy this term we will have a large focus on informational texts. All students will have the opportunity to explore a range of texts and learn lots about different topics including animals and sports. 

Readers have now been sent out. Students must bring a folder to be able to take a book home and can change them each week. These books may seem easy, this is because they include the sounds that they have already learnt and these books allow them to master these sounds before moving on. Please keep reading other books at home too. 

Looking forward to an excellent Term 2!

The 1’s & 2’s completed a 3D shape hunt around the school and found some fantastic objects!

What is coming up?

Reading 

For Reading this term, students will continue to practice their ‘Paired Fluency Reading’, independent reading practice and have lots of opportunity to borrow and read books of interest from the Library.

Writing 

For writing, students will be learning about and beginning to write informational texts based on what they learn this term.

Maths 

For Maths we will begin working on Addition and Subtraction in week 3 and this will continue through until the end of week 5.

Science

Students have started to learn about animals and their habitats. 

Important reminders:

• Please don’t forget to bring back your Home Readers each Friday. This is very important. Students need to be returning these books so that they can borrow new ones for home reading practice.

• If you have not bought any school supplies yet, please make sure you purchase them through our school supplier, KAKA Kids School Supplies.

• If you have any questions or concerns, please contact your child's classroom teacher through Compass or via the school email and it will be passed on to them.

• Specialist Days 
• Tuesday - AUSLAN, Art/Cultural Studies & Music 

Wednesday- PE & Art/Cultural Studies & Health (with classroom teacher)