Class Updates and Reminders

Grade Prep

Dates to Remember:

• Monday 28th March - Students to bring their favourite book (named) for English 
• Wednesday 30th March - School Photos (FULL Summer uniform) 
• Wednesday 30th March - Pack Sports shoes in school bag (wear polishable school shoes to school for photos)
• Thursday 31st March - Students to bring their Book Bag 
• Friday 1st April - Teddy Bears picnic (Parents welcome to attend - 9:15am to 10:30am), please refer to parent email for more details 
• Monday 4th April - Prep students to wear Sports uniform 
• Thursday 7th April - Students to bring their Book Bag 
• Friday 8th April - Last day of Term 1 2:30pm finish 

Please refer to the Prep Calendar below 

Reminders:

School Photos

It is exciting to have school photos fast approaching and we cannot wait to celebrate our Prep students first photo day with a big smile to the camera. To help ensure we are able to enjoy this day with the students, we ask that students come in FULL Summer uniform. This includes, black polished school shoes, navy blue hair accessories and navy blue socks. 

Prep photos are commonly at the start of the day. Therefore, please ensure your child is on time on the day to avoid disappointment. Finally, please ensure all photo orders are placed through Compass as highlighted in a previous newsfeed. 

Specialists Timetable 

Please note due to the end of term approaching there has been a change in the Prep Specialists timetable due to a number of events occurring across the school. Therefore in Week 10 and 11, ALL Prep students will need to wear PE uniform on Monday 4th April ONLYand pack their sports shoes in their school bag on Wednesday 30th March. 

Students are required to be in full academic uniform on all other days for the remainder of Term 1. 

Toys at school

At South Melbourne Primary School we are very fortunate to have a wide range of toys available for students to play with at the appropriate times. Therefore, we ask that students do not bring any toys to school. This can lead to them becoming damaged and or lost, which can be very upsetting. Students will be requested to place any toys brought to school in their school bag for the duration of the day. We appreciate your support and understanding. 

Book borrowing 

We are very proud of our youngest students who have been taking wonderful care of books at home as they exploring the excitement of home readers this term for the first time. Students will be provided with 4 new home readers every Thursday during the school term. 

To ensure your child does not miss out on book changing, please ensure they bring their home reader bag every Thursday with all books and their filled-in school diary. We look forward to doing our final book change for the Term on Thursday 31st of March. 

Students will be required to bring their book bags on Thursday 7th of April ready for an end of Term audit. During the school holidays we encourage students to visit local libraries and borrow a range of books to explore over the two week period. We look forward to commencing Term 2 with new home readers for students to explore each night. 

Home Learning over the holidays 

We strongly encourage all students to continue home learning practice over the holidays. With many new learning areas commencing in Term 2, the holidays is a wonderful time to polish up the foundation skills learnt this term, including High Frequency Words, Phonics (letters and sounds) and reading of basic texts. 

Students will be able to access a video to support their Phonics practise via Seesaw and we would recommend students to keep reading at least 4 times a week along with High Frequency Word practice (reading and writing). If you require any resources or support, please do not hesitate to reach out to your child's classroom teacher. 

Grade 1

Dates to Remember:

• Tuesday 29th March: Students to wear PE uniform as we will all have PE on Tuesday next week.
• Wednesday 30th March: School Photo Day- please ensure students are wearing correct, full summer uniform
• Friday 8th April - Last day of Term 1 2:30pm finish 

Reminders:

Homework:

Thank you for supporting our homework program this term. It has been wonderful to see the majority of our students completing one lesson of MathSeeds per week.  Students can continue to use MyOn for their reading and can complete one lesson of MathSeeds per week over the holidays.

Books: 

Thank you for supporting our reading program this term. It has been wonderful to see students borrowing and returning books and reading the wonderful comments left in their student diaries. Please have your child return all books in Week 11 as we will be organising and swapping books in our classroom libraries. We will not be sending books home during the holidays but students are able to use MyOn to read online and we encourage a visit to your local library to borrow some books for the holidays.

Animals:

Next term our English learning topic will be Animals and Habitats. We are currently organising incursions where animals may visit our classrooms. The animals will all be friendly and trained to be around students. If your child has any allergies to animals or is very afraid of any animals please let your classroom teacher know. 

Thank you!

A big thank you to our wonderful parent volunteers who helped with HFW testing over the past few weeks.

Grade 2

Dates to Remember:

• Wednesday 30th March: School Photo Day- please ensure students are wearing correct, full summer uniform
• Friday 1st April: Students to wear PE uniform as we will all have PE on Friday next week
• Friday 8th April: Last day of Term 1, 2:30pm finish 

Reminders:

Specialists timetable 

There will be a number of changes to the specialist timetable as we approach the end of the term. Therefore next week, all Grade 2 students will have PE on Friday. All students to please wear PE uniform on Friday the 1st of April. 

Home Reading and Diaries

Home reading is an essential routine to continue practising reading and developing skills at home. Reading homework includes at least 4 nights of reading per week and is recorded in diaries. The Grade 2 teachers will check diaries once a week. 

Homework over the holidays

Thank you for supporting your child to complete Mathseeds homework this term. It has been fantastic to see so many students completing their lessons each week. Students can continue to complete 1 lesson of Mathseeds per week over the holidays.

Grade 3

Dates to Remember:

• Wednesday 30th March – School Photos day (make sure to wear correct academic school uniform 
• Thursday 31st March – All Grade 3 classes wear PE uniform for PE class 
• Friday 8th April – Last Day of Term 1 (early finish at 2.30pm) 

Reminders:

Specialist Timetable 

Please note due to the end of term approaching there has been a change in the Grade 3 Specialists timetable due to a number of events occurring across the school. Students in all Grade 3 classes will have PE on Thursday 31st March. All students should wear their correct PE uniform on this day in Week 10. 

In Week 11 (last week of term), only 3B & 3C have PE on Thursday 7th April, those classes can wear PE uniform on that day. 

Homework 

Please support your child by ensuring they are reading each night for 20-30 minutes and writing down what they have read in their Diary. Students are also expected to complete at least 200 Activity Points on Mathletics and have this ticked off by an adult when completed in their Diary. Please ensure your child completes 200 activity points first before playing Mathletics Live. Only activity points will be counted towards homework. Please see the photo below for what this should look like. 

Grade 4

Dates to Remember:

• Monday the 28th of March- all Grade 4 students to wear PE uniform
• Wednesday the 30th of March - School Photo Day (Full summer uniform)
• Monday the 4th of April- all Grade 4 students to wear PE uniform 
• Friday the 8th of April - Last day of School for Term, 2:30pm finish 

Reminders:

School Photos

On Wednesday the 30th of March, our professional school photos will be taken. It is compulsory that all students wear their full summer uniform on the day. We thank you in advance in supporting your child to look their on the day. 

Specialists timetable 

There will be a number of changes to the specialist timetable as we approach the end of the term. Therefore in Week 10 and 11, all Grade 4 students will need to wear PE uniform on Monday the 28th of March and Monday the 4th of March. Students are required to be in full academic uniform on all other days for the remainder of Term 1. 

Grade 5/6

Dates to Remember:

Monday 28th March - all Grade 56 students to wear Sports Uniform

Tuesday 29th March - Grade 5/6 Excursion to Sovereign Hill. Please arrive at school by 8:20am. 

Wednesday 30th March - School Photo Day (Full Summer Uniform)

Wednesday 30th March - Covid Vaccination Clinic at SMPS (Optional for families) from 3:30-5:00pm

Friday 1st April - T-Ball Gala Day; Sports Uniform

Friday 8th April - Last day of School for Term; 2:30pm finish 

Reminders

Sovereign Hill - Early Arrival

• On Tuesday, Grade 5 and 6 have an excursion to Sovereign Hill. 
• The coach will leave at 8:30am. 
• Please ensure your child arrives at school by 8:20am on Tuesday. 
• We will meet the students in the School Gym. 

Uniform Changes Week 10:

• Students will need to wear Sports Uniform on Monday and Friday (not Wednesday) next week. 
• On Monday, all Grade 5/6 students will be having their PE lesson. Please ensure all students (both classes) wear their PE kit on Monday. 
• On Wednesday, we have our School Photos. Students will need to be in their full Summer School Uniform on Wednesday.
• Students will be going on T-Ball Gala day on Friday. They will need to wear Sports Uniform on Friday. 

Mathletics

Please ensure your child completes their Mathletics homework every Monday evening. 

We would like students to form good habits by completing important tasks early. 

We have discussed the mental health benefits of having a routine and avoiding procrastinating or putting off difficult tasks.

Grade 56A: 

93% of 56A completed their Mathletics homework this week! This is trending upwards from last week when 85% of the class completed their Mathletics homework. 

Grade 56B:

100% of students with access to a device completed their Mathletics homework this week. What an amazing effort from Grade 5/6B!

Grade 6 Jumpers:

Every year, Grade 6 are given the opportunity to purchase 'Class of 2022' jumpers. The purpose is to celebrate their final year of Primary School. 

The price of the jumper is $48 each. Purchase of these is optional. 

These hoodies will take around 6 weeks to process so we are keen to order them as soon as possible.  Payments can be made via the Compass Event titled 'Grade 6 Jumper' by Monday 28th March.