Mount Pleasant Road Primary School & Kindergarten

Inquiry Centre

Curriculum

Selamat Siang! Week 5 has come and passed so quickly as we delved into a plethora of fun and engaging learning activities and opportunities. We are very excited to share our classroom and school life over Education week with our families, grandparents and special people at the Art Show, during Open Night, and on Grandparents day over the upcoming week as we created personalised invitations.

In Literacy, we consolidated and extended our understanding of creating text connections through connecting real-world bigger issues like Sustainability through the Kapok Tree, recycling, sustainable changes over time through our homes, and the changing seasons in Australia to ourselves and the world as we read. We focused on using sentence starters including ‘the text says,' ‘this reminds me of’ and made deeper connections through using because statements.

 

In Writing, we slowly moved away from simple arguments to finding and creating strong reasons to support our opinions. We considered the audience's differing opinions and our strongest three reasons to persuade the audience to change their minds for a range of different topics as we planned and drafted some persuasive speeches. We were also introduced to a range of persuasive strategies including using strong openers, rhetorical questions, facts, and a call to action to up-level our work.

 

In Maths, we jumped onboard the Maths carousel as we explored the links between addition and subtraction through strategies including making, naming, and renaming our vertical addition and subtraction number sentences. We value seeing our number sentences through materials including our counters and bundles, to use our Hundred, Ten and Ones charts and number lines. A highlight was when we challenged ourselves to balance a range of equations using the language ‘this is the same as’. We found it very tricky to identify the missing number!

 

In Science, we discussed the changes all around us when the day turns to night. We went on an exploration as we learned about Earth’s rotation and how the moon never really disappears in the daytime. In Guided Inquiry, students jumped into a discussion about reusing objects around their homes to reduce waste and to find a new purpose to ‘rubbish’ items. We are very excited to use our materials to make new things next week in Week 6.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

Student Voice

  • Sophie A - When we were doing the balancing challenge in Maths, I found it very tricky and fun.
  • Arav C - I liked the wellbeing activity where we practised showing teamwork.
  • Olivia C - I enjoyed Writing because we were writing persuasive texts.
  • Heeya M - I liked exploring the day and night in Guided Inquiry.

Reminders

  • Please bring in your child’s Junior Production outfit to the classroom in a bag. If you are unsure of what colour your child’s class is, please confirm with your classroom teacher.
  • Grandparents and Special Friends Day will be held on Thursday 27th of May from 1pm to 2pm.
  • The Art Show and Open Night will be on the evening of Thursday 27th of May.
  • Please try to bring in recyclable items for students to reuse during Guided Inquiry this week

Pupil of the Week

1/2G: Amelie B - 

For demonstrating curiosity and persistence when exploring different strategies to solve addition and subtraction problems. It was great to hear you explain your reasoning using our Maths key words. Keep it up, Amelie!

 

1/2H: Aira N - 

For demonstrating perseverance and a love of learning when exploring how to balance equations. You took on the challenge and even helped support your peers to build their understanding. Amazing Aira!

 

1/2J:  Isaac D - 

For demonstrating teamwork and leadership in our classroom. You have done a great job of making sure that our classroom is neat and tidy by organising the pencil tubs on all of the tables and picking up any rubbish you see on the floor. Awesome job, Isaac.

 

1/2SV: Aaliyah J - 

For showing the character strength of kindness in the playground. Well done for looking out for others and making sure they feel included. A wonderful strength to have Aaliyah! Keep it up! 

 

1/2W: Sophie A - 

For demonstrating the character strength of perseverance and a love of learning. It was wonderful to see you challenging yourself during Maths and having a go at balancing tricky equations. Superb Sophie!

 

1/2Y: Ben S - 

For demonstrating the character strength of curiosity when searching for different plants and objects in the garden scavenger hunt. You worked hard in the garden to find every object and used your senses of smell and taste to support you. Great job Ben!