Wow! The Level 2 Team can't believe we are already so far into the term! The students have been having such an exciting few weeks enjoying the Footsteps dance program, Museum and IMAX excursions, and fun activities at school. We look forward to finishing off the year with even more great times ahead.

Important Dates

Friday 11th November – 1GS, 2KJ & 2NF go to Melbourne Museum and IMAX excursion

Monday 7th November – Assembly

Thursday 10th November – Junior Soiree at 4pm

Tuesday 15th November - STEM Incursion Grade 1

Thursday 17th November - STEM Incursion Grade 2

Wednesday 7th December – Pupil Free Day

STEM Incursion

In week 7 all Level 2 students will be attending a STEM incursion about creating things using mathematical and scientific concepts. It should be a wonderful day! The payment is currently up on QKR!, if you have not done so yet, please ensure you make payment soon.

Vermont Views

The Vermont Views magazine is currently available on QKR! The magazine is a wonderful way to look back on the year you children have had. Purchase one now so you don't miss out as once payment closes we will be unable to order extras.

Melbourne Museum and IMAX Cinema excursion

As part of our Unit of Inquiry on Dinosaurs, Year 1 and 2 students are heading off to the Melbourne Museum and IMAX Theatre. Some classes have already attended their excursion but our last classes will be going on Friday 11th November (1GS, 2KJ & 2NF).

Please remember that students will need to be at school at 8:45am with the bus leaving at 9am sharp. They will need to bring their snacks/lunch, a drink bottle and a hat in a small back pack.

Puppet Plays!

The Year 2 students practiced their story telling and creating skills through making their own puppet plays this week! They had to write a puppet play, design their puppets and draw a background setting.

Check out some of the awesome work they did below.

Digital Technologies

This term the Year 2 students will be practising their touch-typing skills using the program typing.com. Students will be able to practise their typing skills using this program at home if they wish to.

Students can access the website with the link below:

www.typing.com/join#630D8013BCB21 - 2BM

www.typing.com/join#630D7FFF3DB0D – 2ED

www.typing.com/join#630D68CC2D97B – 2JK

www.typing.com/join#630D8039D7F7A – 2NF

www.typing.com/join#630D80206395C – 2SB

First click on your child's class link and select 'use my existing typing.com account'. Next, students will need to enter their username and password (these details were handed out in Digitech last week).

What we are learning in Weeks 5 and 6 of Term 4

Week 5

Week 6

Writing

Grade 1 - Poetry writing

Grade 2 - Past and present tenses

Writing

Grade 1 - Poetry writing

Grade 2 - Poetry writing

Reading

Grade 1 - Inferencing

Grade 2 - CAFE Reading strategies

Reading

Grade 1 - ReadWrite Inc.

Grade 2 - CAFE Reading strategies

Maths

Grade 1 - Location and transformation

Grade 2 - Location and transformation

Maths

Grade 1 - Location and transformation

Grade 2 - Location and transformation

Inquiry

Dinosaurs

Inquiry

Dinosaurs

Science

States of Matter

Science

States of Matter

Math Strategy Help Videos

The Vermont Primary School STEM team is proud to finally be able to share our maths strategy help videos with the school community. You will have access to these videos via the link below and be able to support your child across a range of areas in Mathematics. The website will be updated with more help strategy videos as we create more in the future.

We ask that parents do not share the videos or individual logins with anyone. Usernames and passwords will given to students early next week.

https://au.accessit.online/VRM00/#!dashboard

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