Inquiry Centre

Curriculum

With a curriculum day and a public holiday, we’ve had a short but sweet week this week! The 1/2's have been enjoying participating in the mascot challenge, continuously practicing our throwing and catching skills! 

In Maths, we have been reviewing our Multiplication and Division strategies such as the ‘VW’ strategy, Fact Families, and repeated subtraction and addition. We enjoyed playing some new multiplication games and going on a Multiplication and Division scavenger hunt around our classrooms to practice these strategies. 

 In Literacy, we have been incorporating student voice and choice into our classrooms by working on a literacy task board. Students were given the opportunity to choose the task they would like to complete and show of their character strengths of creativity while completing their selected activity. It has been a pleasure to see students challenging themselves to create various book reviews, character portraits, book setting maps, and other activities throughout the week!

We enjoyed creating poppies on Friday and learning about Remembrance Day. We are looking forward to the Remembrance Day ceremony held on Monday afternoon where we will spend the time to remember those who fought for our Country. 

With one more week before our swimming program starts, we look forward to what this upcoming week will bring!

Have a great week!

Miss Megan Campbell, Miss Emma Marsh, Miss Emma Honan, Miss Emily Kiefte, Mrs Emma McCoy, Mr Aidan O'Connor and Mrs Emily Sutherland. 

Student Voice

“I loved working with a partner during our Division and Multiplication scavenger hunt because it helped me learn better when I talked to my partner” - Jeffrey 1/2K

“I like working with students from other classes in Junior Rotations because then I can make new friends! Now I feel like I have lots of friends"- Saumya 1/2K

Reminders

Please return your Year 1 Late stay notices.

Our 1/2 Swimming Program starts next week, in week 7! 

Twilight Working Bee is this Friday, 15/11.

Pupil of the Week

1/2C: Shayaan S-

Well done for demonstrating curiosity when finding connections between addition and subtraction facts to help you solve problems! Keep it up Shayaan. 

1/2E: Cecilia -

For demonstrating love of learning and teamwork when working with your partner to create an Ozobot story map, Great work Cecilia ! 

1/2H: Louis D -

For demonstrating perseverance when solving multiplication and division problems. You showed off your skills using a range of different strategies. Great work Louis!

1/2K: Laura M -

For demonstrating kindness and leadership to your peers! You always look to help others first, and consistently want to support your peers in any way you can. Thank you for being a caring role model to MPRPS Laura!

1/2M: Shriya D -

For demonstrating a love of learning when completing a ‘codes hunt’ activity. You challenged yourself to search for different phonograms in words and add them to our class book. Well done Shriya! 

1/2O: Lahin C -  

For demonstrating a love of learning in Literacy. You carefully took the time to investigate new words in pre-write and experiment with these as you began your draft. Fantastic Lahin!

1/2S: Piper F-R -

Well done for always improving your reading by using expression and de-coding unfamiliar words. Keep up the great work Piper!