What a fantastic semester 2 of learning together in RHA and R1 MR.

We have been truly blessed to have a wonderful, motivated, kind and creative group of learning in our classes – all of which make our days of learning lots of fun. We are so proud of everyones achievements this semester, the risks you have taken in your learning and the ways your strengths shine through each day.

We will miss seeing all of your smiling faces and the cheerful good mornings which started our day – but we look forward to seeing you in the yard and around the school.

Thank you to all the parents and caregivers for your  patience during these challenging times and support through out the year.

Thank you so much for your very  thoughtful gifts, cards and messages  – we are very grateful and humbled by your generosity.

Best wishes for the holidays and enjoy this wonderful time together and remember there is learning in all that we do!

In Kindness

Michelle and Hannah

What a pleasure it has been teaching this crew

Holiday Learning

Over the holidays please continue to read to ensure the literacy foundations built over the semester remain strong and ready for  next year.

As mentioned in the Blog post yesterday – your child can read to you, with you or you can read to them.

You can read:

Signs

Shopping lists

Books

Magazines

Catalogues

Cards

We have included some websites below for learning at home.

Oxford Owl – has lots of online levelled books to read

Click on the link below

Oxford Owl – Home

High Frequency word games

Click on the link below

High frequency word games

Reading Eggs – a great literacy website.

click on the link below

Reading Eggs

PBS kids is a fun website

Click on the link below

PBS kids

Cosmic Kids Yoga   – time to relax and enjoy this website.

Lots of fun doing yoga through stories

Click on the link below

Cosmic Kids

ABC Splash – games

Links to all curriculum areas and year levels

Click on the link below

ABC Splash – games

YouTube Read Aloud – Brightly Storytime

The YouTube Channel Brightly Storytime have a whole range of read aloud picture books – take a look if you are looking for additional reading resources.

Writing for different purposes

Today our blog is focussing upon writing for different purposes.

The children have been engaging with book making this semester and we have seen their confidence  as writers really grow as they take risks and have a go. The children have explored many crafting techniques as they explore many wonderful mentor text which have inspired their writing.

Today the children in RHA made cards for their buddies.

R1MR used stickers to inspire their writing as they created stories, added titles and speech bubbles.

We wonder how many different ways you can explore writing over the holidays.

Here are some ideas:

A thank you card

Shopping list

Secret messages

Christmas cards

Note to Santa

Signs for your room

We celebrate all writing  – writing can be marks, symbols, squiggles, letter, words and pictures (as they all convey meaning)

Here are some pictures of our writing today:

What kind of things can we give to our families that don’t cost us any money?

Adum – I could make a card out of paper.

Alexa – I could give my family love.

Mason H – I could give my family love and care.

Tesi – I could make a dance my family.

Avelyn – I could make something or make a card for them.

Annabelle – I could draw a picture of my family.

Harper – I could make an ice cream cake for my dad. I could do the laundry.

Hendrix – I could make a band and sing Dad a song.

Eann – My mum is having a baby so I help her with things.

Kunal – I help my Mum make a gift card.

The Nativity

This morning we read the story of The Nativity for our Shared Text. We then followed by re-telling the story during bookmaking.

After recess, we revisited the story by looking at a different kind of book on the screen. We then re-told the story or a part of the story with 100 languages. The children were encouraged to engage in different art mediums to represent the story or a character.

Together for the final way of listening to the story of the Nativity, we watched the following video:

We reflected about what happened in the story and why it is an important story for our lives:

Adum – there was no place for Mary and Joseph to have Baby Jesus be born so God gave them a stable.

Kunal – in the story in the night, Mary had the baby born.

Harper – I learnt that his birthday is when it’s Christmas.

Laura – I learnt how it was really long just to walk to Bethlehem.

Avelyn – The Angel said Mary was going to have a baby called Jesus.

Elnathan – The Angel’s name was Gabriel who told Mary she was going to have a baby.

Bior – Jesus was born in the Christmas story.

Kevin – The Angels showed the shepherds where to find Jesus.

Alexis – The Angel told the shepherds to go the stable.

Tesi – Baby Jesus was born in a farm.

Ellara – Mary had her baby. He was called Jesus.

Noah – Mary didn’t have a home but she just got one.

Laura – Mary was not married, she was about to be married to Joseph.

Owen – Mary was getting a baby called Jesus.

Tina – Joseph was knocking on the door and no one was letting him in.

Emily – He was knocking on the door to find a place to stay.

Eann – Joseph and Mary had to go somewhere else to have baby Jesus.

Have a wonderful evening – The carols for up on the website for all the enjoy.

See you tomorrow.

Reports were also emailed home today- please let us know if you didn’t receive your child’s report.

Welcome to Terrific Thursday – a beautiful sunny day, perfect for an outside dining hall.

Tomorrow we will be filming our Virtual Christmas Carols – children need permission to be a part of this event – Check out the school Qkr app for online permission.

Literacy Morning

Reading information from the calendar

From the calendar today we noticed:

Harper – today is dining hall. I know this because there is a tick. Tomorrow is my Dad’s birthday, it is on the 4th.

Adum – one more week until school holidays.

Jerry – today is Thursday.

Anabelle – 7 more days until the last day of school.

Senay – today is sports day for R1MR

Mkcayla – it’s nearly my dad’s birthday, its on Christmas day.

Eann – on Wednesday it was one of my friend’s birthdays, it was the 2nd of December.

Book Making

Today R1MR – wrote a letter to Santa explaining how they help, share and are kind to others.

RHA – Numeracy

The children in RHA engaged in a cutting and sorting activity focussed upon the concept of size comparison.

R1MR – PE

The children in R1MR had lots of fun engaging in sport/ball activity stations. Maybe ask you child what was their favourite? Or what challenge they set themselves.

Dining Hall

The children enjoy a delicious Burger and cupcake for lunch today, kindly prepared by the lovely ladies in the canteen.

Play Investigations and Reading

Lots of creativity was observed today during play investigations  – The children were constructing themselves from paper, making shops, designing card cards, creating role plays and building towers.

During this time the teachers have also been listening to reading – Wow everyone has had an amazing reading journey this year.

Have a wonderful evening  – see you tomorrow.

On Friday the children with permission will be filmed singing our two Christmas carols

for our Virtual Christmas Carols

The Little Drummer Boy

and

Santa Claus is coming to town.

Permission can be gain via the Qkr app or my returning the consent form.

An email with more information about the Christmas  raffle, auction  and end of year has been sent out to families earlier this week.

Good Morning and Welcome to Monday  – Week 8

We will post our learning this morning as we are unsure about how many people will continue to be learning from home today

Then at the end of the day we will upload photos of learning from school.

Cone Read with Me

Find a comfortable place to read for 15mins.

Can you find these words in your book today:

there

come

this

was

said

as

for

Connecting in the classroom during reading time:

Our Learning

Our Calendar

Reading information from calendar:

Annabelle: One for week until the holidays.

Laura: Two more days until it is laptop and bike day.

Jordan: Tomorrow is the first day of Summer.

Elnathan: Today is the last day of November.

Noah:One more day until it is sports day for RHA.

Esrom: After tomorrow it is December.

Kalil: On Wednesday it will be bike day and laptop.

Shared Text

Book Making

Christmas book  – crafting technique  – Flaps

Can you add flaps to your book today.

Remember when it is time to write your sentence –

Think  – Say – Write

Also stretch out your words you are unsure how to write and listen and write the sounds you can hear.

Literacy Photos

Recess

Play Investigations

Christmas Theme Provocations

Here are two of the ideas put out today.

A tissue paper wreath

And

Santa and Rudolph puppets

There are many ideas on the internet – why not have a look and we would love to see what you create at home.

Activities in the classroom included:

Nativity small world play

Lego

Collage with stars and cellophane

Paper chains – count down until Christmas

Kinetic sand

Pop stick stars

Christmas Props

R1MR – Music

RHA – Library

Lunch – Time of a break and a run outside

R1 – Music

R1 MR – Numeracy

Discuss the following questions – predict the answer.

R1MR played the heads and tails game and then we moved into exploring the colour/number spinners

This is what we noticed:

Home Bonus activity – you might like to explore the below activity:

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Game Time

Rudolph Drawing

Have a wonderful evening – stay safe

Welcome to Friday

What a warm day it is going to be! Hello to all our friends learning from home.

What are some of the ways you have been keeping cool at home?

We would love you to share your learning and pictures from home if you can.

Come Read with Me

Let’s revisit the Days of the Week

Home Learning:

Can you write out the days of the week?

Do you have a favourite day? Why

Days of the week

Home Learning:

Home Learning:

Next to the days of the week record what the very hungry caterpillar ate on each day.

Months of the year

What do we use a calendar for?

Harper: My Daddy uses a calendar for when he goes goes to work and when he doesn’t go to work.

Adum: Calendars are important because there is little symbols on them and they tell you what to do and what not to do.

Hendrix: Calendar are for it is someones birthday and you have to clean your house.

Kunal: At my calendar at home there is Amen.

Mason: My calendar has numbers and days of the week and the year and spring and summer and autumn and winter.

Kevin: I saw my calendar.

Tyler: It is November.

Home Learning:

Which month is your birthday in? What about the other members of your family.

Do you have a calendar at home to look at?

Religion

Today we are going to talk about Advent.

Advent is a Latin word that actually means “coming.” In the Christian church, advent is time of preparation and waiting for the birth of Jesus. Advent officially begins four Sundays before Christmas

Home Learning:

Can you draw or make your own Advent wreath. There are lots of creative ideas on the internet.

Don’t forget to include the words

Hope – Peace – Joy and Love on the candles.

Fitness at School

We went for a walk before it got too hot around the oval and through the school. Along the way we did some fun actions and hopping and jumping.

Home Learning:

Do you have a ball at home?

How many times you can throw and catch  a ball.

How many time can you bounce a ball.

Can you throw the ball into the air and clap before you catch it.

Can you bounce it to a partner?

Can you throw it to a partner?

Can you play handball or make up a game to play at home.

Science at school and at home.

Representing light

Can you think of all the things that make light.

Tyler: The Sun

Tesi: A solar panel

Owen: A torch

Harper: A lamp

Kevin: The switch

Adum: From electricity

Ellara: From the lights

Tina: Fire

Tyler: Lava

McKayla: Lights

Avelyn: A phone

Eann: A light bulb

Kanal: In the Christmas tree

Senay: Lava

Alexis: The Christmas lights

Hendrix: Sun and fire

Jordan: Firefly

From the

Fireworks

Candle

Stars

Moon

Car lights

Lantern

Were some more ideas we found from the story.

These thing can make  made man or natural light.

Share your learning with us using 100 languages:

Can you write, construct, paint what you know about light.

Play Investigations

At school:

Spinning wheels

Lego

Post Office

Painting

Games

Home learning: Make play dough

Spinning wheels

Some of the children have been having fun making spinners at school.

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Game Time

This afternoon we enjoyed some mindfulness, board games and reading time.

Home learning:

Do you have any board games or cards at home to play with.

Maybe you can make up a game with a pack of cards or some paper.

Home Learning Literacy

Building words and Handwriting tasks

You might like to down load the worksheets below to engage in some additional literacy learning

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Have a wonderful weekend  – stay safe

Welcome to learning at home and  at school.

We will continue to post the blog at the beginning of the day for everyone to engage in activities during the day. We hope everyone is doing well at home and we look forward to seeing you soon.

Library Closed

R1 MR will keep their books for another day as the library was closed today.

Gallery of Home Learning

Please send in any photos from home learning you wish to share. Thank you

Come Read with Me

Home Learning: Retell your book to your family

Parents/caregiver/older siblings  – Please ask the following questions –

What happened first

Then what happened

How did the book end?

What characters were in the story?

What was the setting of the story – where did the story take place?

Come Read with me is a time for connections in the morning – with literacy, our learning space and our friends.

Our calendar

What information can you read from our calendar?

Esrom – it’s Wednesday November 25th. 

Adum – tomorrow is laptop and bike day. 

Mikayla – it’s nearly my mums birthday, its on the 27th. 

Our Learning

Shared Text – Continuing on our theme of Post Office/Mail we read the text: Meerkat Mail today

RHA – Literacy Rotations and Book making

R1 MR -Book Making: Information Text – Meerkats

We shared some information about Meerkats.

Then we recalled some of the information to create an information text.

After we wrote some information we created the title page.

(after lunch we will be drawing a Meerkat to create a labelled diagram)

Home Learning:

Design a postcard and write a message to someone

Front: Draw a picture

Back: Write a message

OR

Research an animal of choice and create an information text.

(Remember to read the information and then create your own sentences. We are all authors and we don’t copy other authors)

RECESS

Move and Freeze

R1 MR – Library

RHA – Numeracy

Data Collection

Home Learning: Numeracy

Ask the people in your house their favourite fruits (they can pick two)

Draw a picture of all the fruit everyone likes and then sort into a line – that is how you create a graph.

Sort the information into a graph  – there is an example below.

Play Investigations at home today

Maybe you might like to make  a restaurant.

Ask your family is you can set the table (numeracy)

Then make a menu of the food you would like to serve.

Play Investigations at school

LUNCH

Mindfulness

RHA – Numeracy

R1Mr – Drawing a Meerkat

Label the meerkat to create a labelled diagram for our information text.

Scavenger Hunt  – At home

R1 MR – Numeracy

Mr DePalma came in our class to support us during our numeracy time as we investigated Chance/ probability.

We talked about and drew a continum starting with what -won’t happen – to the other end -what will happen and the different words to describe this and events that fit into the different categories.

Have a lovely night  – stay safe

How things can change quickly - welcome back to learning at school and at home for our families with siblings at TMC, and those families affected by the quarantines relating to Lyell McEwin Hospital Emergency Department – 5.30 pm 13 November to 8.00 am 14 November and The Aquadome Elizabeth – 11.00am – 1.30pm 14 November).

Welcome to Learning at School and at Home

As long as we have children learning from home we will be posting the blog in the morning so everyone can engage in learning together.  At the end of the day we will post photos from school and the ones shared from home.

Thank you Annabelle for sharing your photos from home learning. It looks like you had a busy day engaging with all the acitivities.

The Calendar

What information can you read from our calendar?

Our Learning at school

Come Read with Me

Where are you going to read your book today? On the couch or on the trampoline maybe.

How many Full stops can you find in your book today?

Do you see any questions marks?

How many capital letters can you find?

Challenge:

Write them down the words you found.

Sort the word that start with a capital letter into groups

Proper Noun  – Start of a sentence – Title

Shared Text

Time to find some brain food and enjoy the book today

Learning today is all about this story: Postman Bear

Literacy Tasks

Draw  a Bear and label the body parts:

eyes

ears

fur

arms

legs

mouth

Challenge: Write a sentence describing your bear.

Here is Mrs Rodgers’ drawing and sentence:

The little  bear has soft brown fur.

Alliteration Challenge: Can you write a sentence using alliteration

My sentence: The big, brown bear rode his black bike to the beach.

Book Making

Art

If you have paint you might like to paint a bear.

Or

Make a paperboy bear puppet

Song Time – Brain Break

Sing the song with your puppet

RECESS

Make a Post Box or Post Office (Play Investigations)

– Find a box and cut a hole to make it into a post/letter box or make a Post Office – there are some examples below

Writing a Letter (Literacy)

Today let’s write a Thank you letter for someone in your family to thank them for something they have done for you.

You can:

Copy some words

Draw a picture

Write a letter

How do you start a letter and how do we finish a letter?

Can you use the words

Dear

Thank you

Love from

Mrs Rodger wrote a thank you letter to her daughter Ella.

Make an envelope (Numeracy)

Find or cut a square piece of paper and follow the instructions to make an envelope

OR follow the you tube clip

Put you letter in your envelope.

Lunch

Design a stamp (Art)

When you post a letter you need to put a stamp on the from of your envelope.

Stamps are often a collection

Design a collection of stamps

Your collection could be

• hearts
• people
• flowers
• cars
• super heroes

Here is an example of a heart collection:

Talk with you family about sending a real letter to someone

If you send a real letter to someone  you will need an address and a real stamp. 🙂

Play Investigations

The Post Office (HASS)

In our community.

Below is a clip about – What happens to a letter when we post if.

Let’s finish our day with another fun story: The Jolly Postman

You might want to create a book with flaps and pockets like the books we shared today.

Numeracy Challenge: Chance

As a group we looked at the fish in the bowl and then we answered the following questions.

Looking at the fish below which fish might I catch?

Look at the two fish below: Which fish do you have the most chance of catching ? Why?

Which two fish do you have the same chance of catching?

Which fish do you have the least chance of catching?

Which fish won’t you catch? Why ?

Draw the fish in a fish bowl to make this sentence true:

I will catch a blue fish.

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Have a lovely night  – Miss Andersen and Mrs Rodgers

We love sharing your photos from home as it is a way to connect with each other.

Great learning at home Kalil. Looks like you have Dangler helping you again.

Here is Jordan with his learning buddy and completed mapping and scavenger hunt task. Yesterday Jordan was busy writing a book – he was up to page 25. I can’t wait to see how his story ends !

Felipe has been busy colouring at home. Felipe has also got the new series of DogMan Books which has been enjoying reading.

Owen had been busy at home. He made a book about a day trip to the waterpark with spongebob square pants. He completed his numeracy booklet on numbers, made a lego motorbike track and a thank you card for Grandma for letting him eat her icecream when he goes to visit.

Here is Alexis doing some writing at home. Her story was about her learning buddy Rapunzel climbing down a tower.

Here is Lucas with some of his numeracy learning, he made a number book and a tower of number blocks.

Here is Noah doing some writing with his Learning Buddy keeping him company.

Elnathan sent through the scavenger hunt he did around the house and some mapping tasks:

Fantastic Work everyone