Inquiry Centre

Curriculum

Selamat siang!

We started our week off with a bang at Cross Country. It was fantastic to see students putting in their best effort and showing so much sportsmanship to their peers. The whole Inquiry Centre would like to thank Mrs Butterworth for all of her hard work organising Cross Country!

In Literacy, students focused on developing their comprehension skills by finding directly stated information in texts. They practised highlighting, skimming and scanning to find evidence to support their answers to comprehension questions. In Writing, students used their creativity to write another narrative. We are so impressed with the interesting stories students created, as well as all of the WOW words and descriptive phrases used to add detail and description. Some students began publishing their stories using an iPad, which is always a highlight for many students, and a great way to build their digital literacy skills. 

In Maths, we focused on building our knowledge of time by reading analogue and digital clocks. Students explored o’clock, half past and quarter past/to times, as well as time to the minute for confident students. Keep your eyes on Seesaw to view your child’s Time portfolio, showcasing their knowledge and skills about time. This is an excellent skill to continue practicing at home by using an analogue clock to identify times in your daily schedule, for example what time you eat dinner or go to bed. 

We finished our week with Buddies, which is always a highlight for many students. The Year One students worked collaboratively with their Year Six buddies to create a Mother’s Day card. The Year Two students spent time with the Year 3/4s, also creating Mother’s Day cards as well as catching up with their peers from last year. 

This week the Inquiry Centre have their Healesville Sanctuary Excursion. This excursion will support our Guided Inquiry unit on Sustainability, as well as our connection with Indigenous Perspectives. Please ensure your child arrives at school promptly at 8:50am dressed in their full school uniform. Students should bring a small backpack with a drink bottle, morning tea and lunch, hat and raincoat. 

1/2H, 1/2Y and 1/2SV attend the excursion on Tuesday 11th May

1/2G, 1/2W and 1/2J attend the excursion on Wednesday 12th May

Thank-you to all of the parents/carers who expressed their interest in volunteering for the excursion.

We hope you all have a wonderful week ahead,

Miss Glen, Mrs Gill, Miss Honan, Mr Jenkins, Mrs Seadon, Ms Vo and Miss Wang

Student Voice

• Fateh S - "I liked the cross country because I like running"
• Tattva D - "I liked working with my Buddie"

Reminders

• 1/2H, 1/2Y and 1/2SV: Healesville Sanctuary Excursion on Tuesday 11th
• 1/2G, 1/2W and 1/2J: Healesville Sanctuary Excursion on Wednesday 12th
• Excursion reminders: Pack a small backpack with Recess, Lunch and a raincoat. Students are to wear full school uniform.
• 1/2SV are hosting the Junior School Assembly this Wednesday at 3:00pm
• Parent Phonogram Course Session 3: Thursday 13th at 7:00pm
• As it gets closer to winter, any donations of tissue boxes would be greatly appreciated

Pupil of the Week

1/2G: Hanley F - 

For demonstrating creativity and perseverance whilst writing your narrative. It is great to see you using connectives and punctuation to uplevel your work. Keep it up, Hanley!

1/2H: Liam W - 

For demonstrating kindness and teamwork by supporting your peers during Cross Country. It was wonderful to see you encouraging and supporting others to achieve their best. Amazing effort Liam!

1/2J: Piper E - 

For demonstrating a love of learning and perseverance while doing your Cold Write. You did an amazing job of making sure to include boundary punctuation as well as creating an engaging story. Keep it up, Piper!

1/2SV: Kai-Ern Y - 

For working so hard on your writing goal. You have shown perseverance and a love of learning when writing a variety of pieces and as a result you have made wonderful progress. Well done Kai-Ern! 

1/2W: Eva D - 

For demonstrating the character strength of love of learning and curiosity in Science. It was great to see you exploring natural and constructed objects in our environment and making meaningful hypotheses. Excellent Eva! 

1/2Y: Maddie T - 

For demonstrating a love of learning during Writing sessions throughout the week. You worked hard to do your best and challenged yourself to use new connectives in your writing. Keep up the great work!