Inquiry Centre

Curriculum

It’s hard to believe we have passed the halfway point of the term! Thank you to the parents for all of their support so far this term, we are in for an exciting year.

In Maths this week we have been focusing on subtraction and practising the language and action of taking away through the creation of number stories and games. This has also been linked to our term focus of place-value by looking at how many tens and ones are in a number and representing this with icy-pole sticks. Next week we will begin a unit on measurement with a focus on the length of different objects.

It has been fantastic seeing the students continuing to use descriptive language in their writing. This week we have been focusing on creating a tightening tension and using descriptive words to create a picture in the reader's head. Next week we will continue to work on narrative writing with a focus on using different connectives to create compound sentences.

There has been lots of discussion happening in reading this week with students making predictions about what is going to happen in a text based on the front cover and title. Students have been practising using evidence to support their prediction and then change their prediction once the first few pages have been read. Next week we will begin focusing on questioning as a comprehension technique to help us understand what we are reading.

In Guided Inquiry we discussed different foods in our diet and made a healthy plate with examples of what they would eat to make a healthy diet. 

All students enjoyed participating in their first Junior Rotation for 2020, this will continue each Friday afternoon. 

Have a great week!

Kind Regards, 

Emily Kiefte, Emma Honan, Emma Marsh, Aidan O’Connor, Erin Bennetts, Simone Rock, Andy Parthenopoulos, Kathy Wang

Student Voice

Zac H 1/2BR - I enjoyed Ozobots because I learnt how to turn it left and right

Viraj 1/2BR - I really enjoyed learning how to write openers to make my reader feel suspense

Kayla 1/2BR - I enjoyed making Milo balls in cooking because they were really yummy and I got to share them with my family

Reminders

1/2P will be running Junior School Assembly this Thursday afternoon at 3:00pm

Labour Day Public Holiday: Monday 9th March

Twilight Sports: Thursday 12th March

Pupil of the Week

1/2BR: Zac H -

For demonstrating excellent collaboration skills when working with a partner playing a maths game. Your teamwork helped both you and your partner to succeed. Well done Zac!

1/2E: Tara S - 

For demonstrating perseverance and a positive attitude when creating an Ollie Opener sentence to build tension for your Narrative.  Great Work Tara!

1/2H: Megan T -

For demonstrating a love of learning when making predictions about a text. You worked hard to use text clues and your prior knowledge to assist your predictions. Fantastic work Megan!

1/2K: Harry W -

For demonstrating a love of learning in Literacy! You’ve consistently inspired your peers in the way you challenge yourself to read more books. It’s great to see you engaged in your reading, keep it up Harry!

1/2O: Jude G - 

For being creative when showing cause and effect. You used creativity when creating cause and effect problems when planning the middle of your story. Good work Jude!

1/2P: Kyle H -

For showing leadership to others by following all classroom expectations and coming to school ready and eager to learn. Keep it up Kyle!

1/2W: Anoshan M -

For demonstrating perseverance in your prediction tasks. You used different text and picture clues to inspire your predictions. Fantastic work Anoshan!