Professional Learning Community Foundation (Preps)

Welcome back to school! We hope all of our Prep families enjoyed a wonderful and relaxing break. The Prep students have made a wonderful return to school and have already settled back into the school routine. It was also great to see so many Prep Grown Ups last week during Parent Teacher Interviews. Thank you to all of those that came out in the freezing cold.

In Numeracy last week we focused on place value and building two-digit numbers with bundling sticks. We had lots of fun building and reading two-digit numbers. This week we are focusing on learning our tens facts (or friends of ten) as a strategy of adding numbers.

We have also begun our Science unit focussing on the materials that objects are made from. We look forward to lots of predicting and experimenting with different materials. Thank you very much to those families who have brought in recyclables for our upcoming science projects.

As the weather gets colder, please ensure that all coats and jumpers are clearly named so that if they go missing we can return them to their owner.

Have a wonderful week!

Professional Learning Community 1 (Grade 1 )

It’s been so pleasing to see our Grade 1 students hit the ground running for the start of Term 2!

In Reading, we have been searching for and using information within texts by paying close attention to features such as illustrations and photos and rereading the text to help solve difficult words. We’ve also been focusing on making inferences whilst reading with the use of illustrations and text to determine a character’s emotions.

In Writing, our theme is on Dinosaurs where students have been working exceptionally hard on choosing fantastic vocabulary and figurative language in preparation for our descriptions, narratives and persuasive texts to be completed over the coming weeks. We’ve been super impressed with the incredible imaginations of our Grade 1 students and look forward to reading the finished writing pieces!

In Numeracy, the focus has been on solving addition and subtraction worded problems with students identifying what the question is asking of them and using a range of strategies and resources to solve these problems.

Lastly, the PLC 1 team would like to welcome the following new students; Andrew H, Saisa T, Rhea S, Georgia L and families to Delacombe Primary School! We wish these students all the best on their transition to our school.

Many thanks,

PLC 1 Team

Professional Learning Community 2 (Grade 2 )

Students have been as busy as bees returning to work this term. In Reading students have been learning to analyse different texts. This involves identifying the author’s purpose. Does the text persuade, inform or entertain us? PIE is a useful acronym for students to use. In Writing students are describing some Beastly Bugs using some amazing Figurative Language and Tier 2 vocabulary. What bugs could these be? It crawls quickly with its millions of legs. They hover above the flower like a helicopter. It slithers silently through the leaves.

In Numeracy students continue to explore money by identifying cents and dollars and using different strategies to count different money amounts. This week they will have loads of fun buying items from supermarket catalogues and playing money bingo. I know it’s hard to believe but some teachers can still remember buying four aniseed balls for 1 cent!

PLC2 students had a blast last week for our Mad About Science incursion ‘Chemistry Chaos’. We learnt about chemical reactions and made an orb to take home. We even had a competition to see how many pops of gas we had after we made a chemical reaction in a test tube.

*We now have enough jars so thank you to families who sent them to school.

Just a reminder to return all portfolios ASAP please. Teachers have started some assessment tasks and these need to be included for Term 2.

Have a great week,

PLC 2 Teachers

Professional Learning Community 3 (Grades 3)

Welcome back everyone! We hope you had a wonderful Easter and school holiday break. Term 2 will be busy for us with NAPLAN happening in Week 5 and Assessment Weeks in Weeks 6 and 7. We have started NAPLAN preparations already and know our students will do their very best!

We have no doubt that the term will fly by!

School Concert is in Term 3 and we are looking for parent helpers to assist with some very simple costumes. All you need to be able to do is cut, tie and maybe stitch! If you can help us out, please let us know ASAP so we can get as organised as possible. We have 65 students to cater for!

With the change in seasons, students should now be wearing winter uniform which is :

-Delacombe PS jumper with our logo

-Navy trackie pants with navy or white socks

or

-a navy skort and tights.

*Please note leggings or tights with summer dresses are not winter uniform and hats can go home until the end of Term 3.*

Have a wonderful week everyone!

Professional Learning Community 4 (Grades 4)

Welcome Back to Term 2. This term will be very exciting for our Grade 4 students, as we have camp on 17th – 19th May. Please make sure you have returned your permission and medical forms by the end of this week, as we are starting to group students for rotation activities and sleeping cabins. If you or your child have any concerns please let your teacher know.

In Literacy this week we have been working on inferring in Reading, understanding what is being implied from the text but not written. In Writing, we are writing descriptions about camping, which is our current topic.

In Numeracy, we are following on from multiplication last week to division this week. Using the language how many … goes into …? Ask your child how many 5 goes into 15? We are using our multiplication strategies from last week to help us this week.

Thank you to those parents and carers who came in for a Parent Teacher conference last week. It was lovely to be able to put faces to names and stories.

Regards, PLC 4 Teachers.

Professional Learning Community 5 (Grades 5)

Welcome back for another exciting term of engaging lessons and incredible learning. It was so wonderful to showcase all the hard work and effort our Grade 5 students have put in during Parent Teacher Interviews and we can not wait to smash the goals put in place for this term.

In Reading we have been working on understating the power of illustrations and the purpose they pose within both fiction and non-fiction texts.

In Writing we are delving into a Grimms Brother’s classic, ‘Hansel and Gretel,’ focusing on really bringing the gingerbread house alive on our paper. We can already smell the spiced goodness…

In Numeracy we are taking on the important role of designing a city for the Ballarat Council. Incorporating our knowledge of length, perimeter and area, we are to design the most efficient and vibrant city. We cannot wait to put our hard hats on!

In week 4 students will be completing their Naplan tests. We are working through different questions to help students feel confident and comfortable when it occurs, we stress this is not a time to panic but to enjoy the experience of showcasing their knowledge!

Enjoy the week- and try to stay warm!

Professional Learning Community 6 (Grades 6)

What an incredibly busy start to Term 2 it has been, it almost feels like we never left.

In Literacy over the first two weeks we have been reading and writing about Gallipoli, as it is the time of year when we reflect on the soldiers that sacrificed so much for us. We have been writing a descriptive piece and trying to use as much emotion as we can, to almost place the reader in scene. In Reading we have been learning about inferring, we have inferred: the big idea, theme and character feelings.

In Numeracy, we have had a focus on measurement where we have learnt about area, perimeter and converting between units of measurement.

In Grade 6 sport we have started our Winter sports where the students have the choice of playing: football, soccer or netball. Some students will have the opportunity to represent Delacombe at a sports carnival later in the term, so we will be sure to practise hard.

For those that haven’t seen the compass notification about the Mother’s Day movie, this is a fundraiser for our graduation this year so if you have the opportunity to come along that would be amazing to support our Grade 6 students. The tickets are available to purchase through QKR.

We hope you have a lovely week,

PLC 6!!

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