Discovery Centre

Curriculum

We had a busy week in the Discovery Centre with lots of fun activities. We learned all about road safety during our Walking Excursion. It was a very exciting day and we thank all the parents who came along to help keep us safe while walking around the streets. Students wrote Christmas cards in class and we walked down to the post box to post these Christmas cards, we hope the recipients love them! Following the excursion students wrote a recount using sequencing language and identifying their favourite part of the excursion. 

In Mathematics we focused on addition and used some different strategies to solve problems such as using counters and counting on and counting back. Students who were already confident with these strategies had a go at learning the jump strategy with a numberline. 

In Guided Inquiry students practised their Fairy Tale puppet shows. It was amazing to see all the bravery and creativity on show during this time. This week we look forward to performing our puppet shows for another Foundation class.

On Saturday it was the Pleasant Bazaar! What a fantastic day it was! There was so many fun rides like the bumper cars and the giant slide, lots of amazing stalls, especially the Junior Makers. We hope you had a chance to visit the Teacher's Stall and guess all the teacher's baby photos. Thanks to all families who came along and for all those who volunteered to help make the Pleasant Bazaar an incredible event! 

Have a wonderful week,

Erin Dawson, Samantha Tang, Katrina Chooi, Jessica Tossell

Photos

Student Voice

My favourite ride was the giant slide! - Jude (FD) 

My favourite part of the Pleasant Bazaar was the bumper cars - Arbin (FD) 

My favourite part was the walking excursion. - Estelle (FT)

Reading Eggs is my favourite part of Reading Groups - Jayden (FT)

I liked seeing the house names on the streets during our walking excursion. - Maddie (FT)

Reminders

• Swimming begins next week - please talk to your child about this and help them to get ready by practising getting dressed by themselves. Please also make sure your child comes to school with their bathers under their school uniform to make it quicker to get ready at the pool. 
• This is the last week for library borrowing. Please ensure all books are returned over the following weeks before school ends!

Pupil of the Week

FD: Audrey L -

For always displaying a positive attitude and working hard in writing tasks. It's great to see you using the codes to help you spell words and add extra detail to make your writing more interesting.

FC: Kaori H -

For her excellent use of the 'Draw a picture' strategy to come up with multiple answers to our 'Ten New Preps' activity. Well done Kaori!

FJ: Chitra S - 

For showing perseverance when using problem solving strategies to solve different addition problems. Keep it up Chitra!

FT: Lucas O -

For your enthusiastic participation in Reading Groups. You had lots of ideas to share. It is also great to see you working hard to ‘sound out’ words. Keep it up!