Class Updates and Reminders

All Grades

• Step Up Day - Tuesday, December 15. Your child will bring home a letter from their 2021 teacher, and the Summer Reading Challenge.
• Friday 18th December- Last day of Term 4, school starts at 8:30am and finishes at 1pm
• Assembly - Friday, December 18 starting between 12:00pm and 12:30pm. Parents welcome to forecourt if weather is kind (see earlier page for details).

Grade Prep Notices

Dates to Remember:

• This Week - The Best Christmas Ever digital performance

Reminders: 

Home Reading Books

If you find any books belonging to the school at home, please return them as soon as possible. School books can be identified by a pink numbered sticker or a South Melbourne PS stamp on the inside page.

Work and Books Coming Home

Over the next few days, we will be sending work and books home for families to keep and enjoy. With this in mind, we ask that students bring a named carrier bag to school on Monday 14th December so that we can start the process.

Home Reading and High Frequency Words

In this final week of term, students should continue to read aloud to an adult at home. 

Note that there are no high frequency word lists sent home. Instead, we encourage students to:

-Practise reading the first 200 high frequency words

-Use these words in written and verbal sentences

-Apply knowledge of high frequency words when reading books.

Ongoing practise of the above skills will support students as they transition into Grade 1.

Whilst we encourage a passion for reading and learning, we also acknowledge that the students have had a busy year and deserve a good rest this summer. When the holidays arrive, be sure to enjoy some quality time together as a family! 

Grade 1 Notices

• Students work and books will start going home from next week. Please bring a named plastic/carry bag for them to take work home in.
• We are encouraging children to keep reading each night and continue doing one Mathseeds lesson until the end of term.
• We ask students to keep practising their reading over the holidays. Students can keep reading on MyOn over this time or reading books at home. This is a great time to develop a love of reading and work on our Summer Reading Challenge.

Grade 2 Notices

Dates to Remember:

• Students have been learning about celebrations around the world. Grade 2's will be watching a Christmas virtual show next week to learn more about this tradition.

Reminders: 

• We are still missing school library and classroom library books, we kindly ask you search at home for any that may be hiding please!
• Please see previous reminders in this newsletter about the early finish times on Friday next week.

Work and Books Coming Home

Over the next few days, we will be sending work and books home for families to keep and enjoy. With this in mind, we ask that students bring a named carrier bag to school on Monday 14th December so that we can start the process. Thank you.

Grade 3/4 Notices

Reminders: 

Home Reading Books

If you find any books belonging to the school at home, please return them as soon as possible. School books can be identified with a coloured numbered sticker or a South Melbourne PS stamp on the inside page. Thank you.

Work and Books Coming Home

Over the next few days, we will be sending work and books home for families to keep and enjoy. With this in mind, we ask that students bring a named carrier bag to school on Monday 14th December so that we can start the process. Thank you.

• Thursday 17/12/20 – Class Party – Students to bring an extra snack and drink for themselves (not to share). Students may also bring a board game or toy. Please no battery powered/electronic toys.

Grade 5/6 Notices

Reminders 

• We kindly ask that all library books or classroom library books that are still at home must be returned next week.