Today we reflected on our Numeracy Learning from this semester. We explored patterns, numbers, skip counting, and shapes. Have a look at how we engaged in our learning…
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Prayer
Massa; Dear God, Thank you for the flowers and the world, Amen
Awan; Thank you God for my friends and my family and my sisters, Amen
Zac; Thank you God for the world so we can live in and the cultural spirit of the school, Amen
Raavi; Dear God, Thank you for the flowers and my friends, Amen
Ivy; Thank you God for all of my friends and my school and I keep my school clean, Amen
Arjan; Thank you God for the wonderful friends and the wonderful people, Amen
Kenzie; Thank you for Nanny, Amen
Nahom; Dear God, Thank you for everyone that has good times with their friends and everyone that shares, Amen
Celina; Dear God, Thank you for the earth and the stars, Amen
Porsha; Dear God, Thank you for the lovely world and lovely teachers, Amen
Subi; Thank you God for my family and my friends, Amen
Kiet; Thank you God for the fresh air, Amen
Bodhi; Thank you God for the world, Amen
Declan; Dear God, Thank you for my family and who I am and the rivers and please help the people who are sick, Amen
Brodie; Thank you for my mum and dad and the world, Amen
Investigations
We love learning through play.
Have a look at how we engaged in Investigations today.
Franklin is Lost – Keeping Safe
We listened to the story Franklin is Lost.
We spoke about there being places that are safe and places that are not.
Where do you feel safe?
Addison; home
Brodie; I feel happy on the swings
Nahom; in a hospital
Porsha; I feel safe with my parents
Celina: I feel safe at the playground with my parents
Will: At school
Harjeo: I feel safe with my teachers
Kenzie; with Nanny
Massa: I feel safe at the playground
Simon: Safe in the car with mum and dad
Emily: At my nanna and pa’s house
Kiet: I feel safe in the backyard
Campbell: I feel safe when I go for a walk with my dog and mum and dad
Scarlett: I feel safe at the beach with mum and dad
Kuch; In the aeroplane with mum
Zac: I feel safe at the museum with my mum
If you are learning from home can you reflect on a place that makes you feel safe?
Literacy Learning
We began our morning by reading our Shared Reading book, The Gingerbread Man.
We then continued with Literacy Learning Experiences, take a look…
Our Letter of the week is N.
If you are still learning from home can you find or think of words that start with N?
Friday – 1st May, 2020
Happy Friday, below are some ideas for learning you can do at home.
Come Read with Me
You can read for 15 minutes with your library books or the books you have at home. You can read to you or a sibling, you can even read to your favourite teddy! Remember to use the pictures to help tell the story and to look for words and letters that you know.
Today…
Do you remember our days of the week song? Here is a link…
Do you know what day it is today?
Do you know the date?
What is the weather doing today, check outside!
We are in a new month! Listen to the Months of the Year song below. Can you guess what Month we are in now?
Shared Reading – The Gingerbread Man
Listen to our Shared Reading book.
Literacy Learning Experience
On Friday’s we practice our writing our Focus Word of the week. This week’s focus word was “after”. Put a timer on for 5 minutes and see how many times you can write the word. Remember to take a photo of the word with your brain and close your eyes to see the word. Can you write it without looking?
Fitness
Don’t forget how important it is to stay active each day. Here is a fitness video we have done previously in the classroom.
Mindfulness
Mindfulness is important to help us decrease stress and anxiety, and to help us regulate our emotions. We should practice mindfulness everyday! Today for mindfulness we are doing Yoga. Here is a link…
Religion – The Creation Story
Watch the video about the creation story, you can find it with this link…
Reflecting on the story and using your creativity, either, rewrite the story or create a piece of artwork inspired by the story.
Numeracy
Put on the Big Numbers Song (you can find it by following this link…)
Follow along with the numbers as the song plays using a 100 chart (below is a short example, we have done this at school before!)
*Challenge*; Using the Skip Counting by 2’s song, follow on the 100’s chart with your finger skipping a number each time (below is a short example). Here is a link for the Counting by 2’s song;
Play the video below, as each slide appears write or draw the number that you see (we have done this activity at school before). The idea of this activity is that you can identify the amount quickly without having to count the dots. Think of different ways you can identify the amount quickly, maybe you can group them. We are repeating this from yesterday to see if you can get faster at identifying the numbers. We are repeating this activity so that you can get really good at identifying the numbers quickly!
Reflection
We hope you had a great day. Remember to include some learning through play like our Investigations at school. Use your interests and things around the house to guide this. Here are some ideas;
- Building with empty boxes
- Blocks
- Teddy Bear’s Picnic
- Playing with dolls/babies
- Lego creations
- Writing
- Drawing
- Colouring in
- Painting
- Etc.
We would love to see some of your learning from today. If you can, can you take a picture of your learning and email it to us? We can’t wait to see how you are going!
We miss you all, we hope you had a lovely day. Have a fabulous and restful weekend. See you next week!
Love, Mrs Tyrcha and Ms Angilletta
Thursday – 30th April, 2020
Happy Thursday, below are some ideas for learning you can do at home.
Come Read with Me
You can read for 15 minutes with your library books or the books you have at home. You can read to you or a sibling, you can even read to your favourite teddy! Remember to use the pictures to help tell the story and to look for words and letters that you know.
Today…
Do you remember our days of the week song?
Do you know what day it is today?
Do you know the date?
What is the weather doing today, check outside!
Shared Reading – The Gingerbread Man
Today as we are reading the book, we are looking for capital letters. When you see a capital letter, pause the video and point to it.
Here is a page with Capital Letters and their Lower Case friends to remind you of what we are looking for.
Literacy Learning Experience:
Practice writing your name with a Capital letter at the beginning (the rest of your name should be lower case letters)
*Challenge* Can you write a sentence about the Gingerbread Man. Your sentence should have a capital letter at the beginning, the rest of the letters should be lower case (unless it is someone’s name)
Here is an example: I can run as fast as the Gingerbread Man.
Fitness
Don’t forget how important it is to stay active each day. Here is a fitness video we have done previously in the classroom.
Mindfulness
Mindfulness is important to help us decrease stress and anxiety, and to help us regulate our emotions. We should practice mindfulness everyday! Here is a guided meditation you can use today;
Inquiry – Anzac Day
On Saturday it was Anzac Day. On Anzac Day we remember those who have fought for us in war. Watch this short clip about Anzac Day…
A Poppy is the symbol for Anzac Day. Can you draw or make a poppy to celebrate Anzac Day? Here is an example of Mrs Tyrcha making a Poppy with the help of Ms Angilletta.
Numeracy
Put on the Big Numbers Song.
Follow along with the numbers as the song plays using a 100 chart (below is a short example, we have done this at school before!)
*Challenge*; Using the Skip Counting by 2’s song, follow on the 100’s chart with your finger skipping a number each time (below is a short example). Here is a link for the Counting by 2’s song;
Play the video below, as each slide appears write or draw the number that you see (we have done this activity at school before). The idea of this activity is that you can identify the amount quickly without having to count the dots. Think of different ways you can identify the amount quickly, maybe you can group them.
Reflection
We hope you had a great day. Remember to include some learning through play like our Investigations at school. Use your interests and things around the house to guide this. Here are some ideas;
- Building with empty boxes
- Blocks
- Teddy Bear’s Picnic
- Playing with dolls/babies
- Lego creations
- Writing
- Drawing
- Colouring in
- Painting
- Etc.
We would love to see some of your learning from today. If you can, can you take a picture of your learning and email it to us? We can’t wait to see how you are going!
We miss you all, we hope you had a lovely day.
Love, Mrs Tyrcha and Ms Angilletta
Wednesday – 29th, April, 2020
Happy Wednesday! Below are some ideas for learning you can do at home.
Come Read with Me
You can read for 15 minutes with your library books or the books you have at home. You can read to you or a sibling, you can even read to your favourite teddy! Remember to use the pictures to help tell the story and to look for words and letters that you know.
Today…
Do you remember our days of the week song? Here is the video…
Do you know what day it is today?
Do you know the date?
What is the weather doing today, check outside!
Shared Reading – The Gingerbread Man
Today as we are reading the book, can you look for our Focus Word; “after”.
The word may be spelt with a capital like this; After
Or the word may be spelt with a lower case like this; after
Each time you see the word, clap your hands to show that you have identified the word in the text.
Literacy Learning Experience
Rewrite and finish these “after” after sentences with a picture…
- After I wake up I…
- After breakfast I…
- After lunch I…
- After dinner I…
- After playing I…
- After I wash my hands I…
*Challenge* You can write the words to finish the sentence and draw the picture too! Remember to sound out words that you don’t know.
Here is an example…
Fitness
Don’t forget how important it is to stay active each day. Here is a fitness video we have done previously in the classroom.
Mindfulness
Mindfulness is important to help us decrease stress and anxiety, and to help us regulate our emotions. We should practice mindfulness everyday! Here is a guided meditation you can use today;
Inquiry – Love
Watch the short song about Love.
Think of someone that you love. On a piece of paper draw a big love heart and inside draw or write all of the things that you love about them. Below is an example.
*Challenge* Can you make one for everyone you love?
Numeracy
Put on the Big Numbers Song (you can find it by following this link…)
Follow along with the numbers as the song plays using a 100 chart (below is a short example, we have done this at school before!)
*Challenge*; Using the Skip Counting by 2’s song, follow on the 100’s chart with your finger skipping a number each time (below is a short example). Here is a link for the Counting by 2’s song;
Write the numbers to 20 and show us the amount for each number. You can turn them into number cards. Here is an example below…
*Challenge*: Now that you have coloured the skip counting by 2 numbers to 100, can you now record the numbers you need to skip count by 2’s to 100.
Here is another way to record it (only record up to 12 groups because this is very challenging!)
Reflection
We hope you had a great day. Remember to include some learning through play like our Investigations at school. Use your interests and things around the house to guide this. Here are some ideas;
- Building with empty boxes
- Blocks
- Teddy Bear’s Picnic
- Playing with dolls/babies
- Lego creations
- Writing
- Drawing
- Colouring in
- Painting
- Etc.
We would love to see some of your learning from today. If you can, can you take a picture of your learning and email it to us? We can’t wait to see how you are going!
We miss you all, we hope you had a lovely day.
Love, Mrs Tyrcha and Ms Angilletta
Tuesday – 28th April, 2020
Happy Tuesday, below are some ideas for learning you can do at home…
Come Read with Me
You can read for 15 minutes with your library books or the books you have at home. You can read to you or a sibling, you can even read to your favourite teddy! Remember to use the pictures to help tell the story and to look for words and letters that you know.
Today…
Do you remember our days of the week song? Here is a link…
Do you know what day it is today?
Do you know the date?
What is the weather doing today, check outside!
Shared Reading – The Gingerbread Man
Today as we are reading the book, can you look for words in the book that start with the letter O. When you see a word that starts with O, click your fingers. Remember, the O needs to be at the beginning of the word.
A capital O looks like this: O
A lower case looks like this: o
Literacy Learning Experience:
What words do you know that start with the O sound? Can you write or draw them? Here are some to get you started;
- Octopus
- Ostrich
- Oval
- Orange
*Challenge*: Can you write some silly sentences using as many O words as you can? Eg. The octopus and the ostrich sat on the oval eating oranges and drinking orange juice.
Fitness
Don’t forget how important it is to stay active each day. Here is a fitness video we have done previously in the classroom.
Mindfulness
Mindfulness is important to help us decrease stress and anxiety, and to help us regulate our emotions. We should practice mindfulness everyday! Here is a guided meditation you can use today;
Music
Refer to the Music blog for ideas from Music lesson.
http://blogs.holyfamily.catholic.edu.au/music/
Spanish
Refer to the Spanish blog for ideas from Spanish lesson.
http://blogs.holyfamily.catholic.edu.au/spanish/
Numeracy
Put on the Big Numbers Song (you can find it by following this link…)
Follow along with the numbers as the song plays using a 100 chart (below is a short example, we have done this at school before!)
*Challenge*; Using the Skip Counting by 2’s song, follow on the 100’s chart with your finger skipping a number each time (below is a short example). Here is a link for the Counting by 2’s song;
Now that you have practiced your numbers, have a go at filling in a blank 100’s chart (we have attached a blank 100’s chart to the bottom of this blog post, if you can’t print it, you can just have a go at writing the numbers on a piece of paper, or use graph paper if you have it)
*Challenge*: Use your 100’s chart to colour your skip counting by 2’s numbers. Below is an example;
Reflection
We hope you had a great day. Remember to include some learning through play like our Investigations at school. Use your interests and things around the house to guide this. Here are some ideas;
- Building with empty boxes
- Blocks
- Teddy Bear’s Picnic
- Playing with dolls/babies
- Lego creations
- Writing
- Drawing
- Colouring in
- Painting
- Etc.
We would love to see some of your learning from today. If you can, can you take a picture of your learning and email it to us? We can’t wait to see how you are going!
We miss you all, we hope you had a lovely day.
Love, Mrs Tyrcha and Ms Angilletta
Monday – 27th April, 2020
Happy Monday and welcome to Term Two. Below are some ideas for learning you can do at home.
Come Read with Me
You can read for 15 minutes with your library books or the books you have at home. You can read to you or a sibling, you can even read to your favourite teddy! Remember to use the pictures to help tell the story and to look for words and letters that you know
Today…
Do you remember our days of the week song? Here is a link…
Do you know what day it is today?
Do you know the date?
What is the weather doing today, check outside!
Shared Reading – The Gingerbread Man
Our Shared Reading book this week is The Gingerbread Man. Today, listen and enjoy the story of the Gingerbread Man. (Click on image to play)
Literacy Learning Experience
Reflecting on the story of The Gingerbread Man (choose one option);
- Draw the Gingerbread Man and the characters in the story
- Can you retell the story to one of your family members or a toy?
- Write the story of The Gingerbread Man in your own words
*Challenge*; Pretend you are the Gingerbread Man. How would you tell the story?
Sport/Fitness
Don’t forget how important it is to stay active each day. For a weekly fitness challenge refer to the PE Blog.
http://blogs.holyfamily.catholic.edu.au/pe/
Here is another idea fitness we have done previously in the classroom.
Mindfulness
Mindfulness is important to help us decrease stress and anxiety, and to help us regulate our emotions. We should practice mindfulness everyday! Here is a guided meditation you can use today (double click on the video to begin);
Numeracy
Put on the Big Numbers Song (you can find it below…)
While the song is playing follow along with the numbers as the song plays using a 100 chart (below is a short example, we have done this at school before!)
*Challenge*; Using the Skip Counting by 2’s song, follow on the 100’s chart with your finger skipping a number each time (below is a short example). Here is a link for the Counting by 2’s song and below is an example of how it done.
Here is a 100 chart for you to use at home if you don’t already have one…
Gratitude
Listen to the Gratitude Song…
Draw or write or tell another person in your family three things that you are grateful for.
We hope you had a great day. Remember to include some learning through play like our Investigations at school. Use your interests and things around the house to guide this. Here are some ideas;
- Building with empty boxes
- Blocks
- Teddy Bear’s Picnic
- Playing with dolls/babies
- Lego creations
- Writing
- Drawing
- Colouring in
- Painting
- Etc.