Welcome to a busy Week 5. 

This week is designated NAIDOC Week (8-15 November). This year’s theme is ‘Always was, Always Will Be’. NAIDOC Week celebrations are normally held around the country each July to celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Due to Covid, this year’s festival is being held in November.

On Wednesday we celebrate Remembrance Day (11 November) with a special ceremony in the hall at 11 a.m.

Saturday (14 November) also marks the festival of Diwali, which is celebrated in India and by Indian communities worldwide, including by some of our families here at Holy Family.

 

NUMERACY

Our new topic for numeracy this week is TIME.  We began by reading a story about a man who couldn’t understand why all the clocks in his house were showing different times.

Next, the students explored clocks and drew a clock in their numeracy books.  Spacing the numerals around the clock’s face was a bit tricky to begin with but everyone had a try.  

 

Ebony used some magnetic letters to make words this morning. 

SHARED READING

As a number of our students and their families are celebrating Diwali this weekend, our literacy this week focuses on Indian tales. Today, we shared the story of Rama and the Demon King from a book of Indian Tales. We then watched an animation of the same story. This story is at the heart of Diwali – the festival of light, the triumph of good over evil and light over darkness.

The children chose a couple of activities to do this morning, including Diya lamp making with salt dough and Rangoli patterns.  

 

PLAY INVESTIGATIONS

Remembrance Day

This afternoon the class discussed the meaning behind Remembrance Day.  The students made a poppy each to wear to the hall for a special Remembrance Day service this Wednesday at 11am ( 11/11/20).

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