Discovery Centre
Curriculum
Selamat Siang!
Week 9 was packed full of fun and excitement that’s for sure! We began the week on the last day of November and the last day of spring! The students were definitely ready to welcome December and join in on some end of year celebrations.
On Wednesday we headed off on our walking excursion and posted our letters to our wonderful friends and families – some are even on their way to Malaysia and the North Pole! We practiced crossing the road safely at the school crossing and we know that we must wait behind the yellow line until our lollipop person blows their whistle or asks us to walk. We all practiced getting in and out of the car at kiss and drop off and know which side is the safe side to get out when we arrive at school – thanks Mrs Streitberger for the car. Our excursion was a big success and the students loved spotting their house and Christmas decorations along the way.
In Literacy this week we had our final guided reading sessions and focused on making connections when reading. We made text-to-self, text-to-text and text-to-world connections. It was interesting to hear what students knew about the different animals in our Big Books! We had lots of fun acting out our big book again in our reading groups for Readers Theatre as students practised using humour to make the audience laugh! There was plenty of handwriting practise this week for our letters and also when we made our silly sentences.
In Maths, we revisited patterns from earlier in the year! The students impressed us with their understanding of 2, 3 and even 4 step patterns! Students definitely used their character strength creativity to use shapes, colours, letters, numbers, beads and straws to make interesting and unique patterns!
We look forward to a fun week this week filled with lots of craft and celebrations!
Have a lovely week,
The Foundation Team
Student Voice
In Writing we had a Christmas problem to solve...
Santa is stuck in the chimney after eating too many snacks... In FH we came up with some creative solutions:
Elsa F - "He makes the biggest sneeze ever! Achoo, boom!"
Hanley F - "We can put the rope on his leg and pull the rope"
Lucas M - "The reindeer pull him out. Ho! Ho! Ho!"
George K - "Lots of people pull him down the chimney. Hooray I got out."
Reminders
- With the warmer weather please ensure you child has a full water bottle every day. We are only allowed water at school.
- We will have our final library session this week and ALL library books will need to be returned.
- There will not be home readers this week. If you have any at home please send them to school in your child's orange folder this week
Pupil of the Week
FD: Gabriel RC -
For demonstrating a love of learning and perseverance when making your bridge for Guided Inquiry, your bridge is so strong now! Fantastic work Gabriel!
FH: Ashley T -
For demonstrating creativity and perseverance when you were making your interesting pattern designs for your friendship bracelet. It was fantastic to see you use different objects to make 2 and 3 step colour patterns! Well done Ashley!
FG: Harriet L -
For demonstrating leadership during our Traffic Safety Walking Excursion. You were a wonderful role model to peers by demonstrating safe walking and supporting other students during the excursion. Keep up the great work Harriet!
FJ: Eva C -
For demonstrating a love of learning when writing a narrative. You used an Ollie Opener to make your story exciting and interesting for your audience to read. Well done Eva! Keep up the fantastic work.