Welcome to Monday

Literacy Focus

Our mornings are spent engaging all the different aspects of literacy.

Comprehending texts through listening, reading and viewing; and Composing texts through speaking, writing and creating.

• Reading – Book Boxes, Shared Text, reflecting upon the calendar
• Oral Language – Come read with me, Responding to questions, connecting with peers upon arrival
• Writing – letter formation, book making, phonics
• Listening – Come read with me, Shared Text, Organisation

Character Strengths

We watched the Go Noodle – release your warrior and we talked about what character strengths we have inside us to be warrior learners. – click on the link below to have a go at home.

https://family.gonoodle.com/activities/release-your-warrior-1

Release Your Warrior

To be a strong focussed learning – I am

Adum: I am brave.

Harper: I am strong.

You might need to be strong to solve problems.

Kunal: I work hard

Edward: I am calm

Laura: I am determined

Kallil: I am brave

Abraham: I am compassionate

Jed: I am focused

Perseverance or Persistence

Other words include: Leader, creative, collaborative

The children then reflected and recorded

I am ..

R1MR – Music

R1 MR – Numeracy

Today we explored half past time and then created a human clock.

The children were given a time and then they had to work out how to show it on the human clock. First the two children had to measure their height to see who would be the hour hand and who would be the minute hand.

RHA – Music

Play Investigations

The children explore their interests with their peers through areas of choice.

It was nice to finish our day with specks of Gold, have a lovely night and we will see you tomorrow for laptops and bikes.

Specks of Gold

Jed: My sp0eck of gold is playing soccer with my friends.

Keth: My speck of gold is playing with Eann.

Tyler: My speck of gold is playing with Hendrix and Owen and Jed and playing soccer.

Mya: I had fun playing with my brother.

Jerry: I had fun playing with my friends.

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Time for Fun Friday

The sun is shining, which always brings a smile to our faces

Today we start our day with assembly.

After assembly we enjoyed some fitness at around the oval before heading back to reflect upon the assembly.

The assembly was told through a story book about a girl called Lacey Lou.

The children reflected:

Felipe: She was a naughty person

Jed: She didn’t share.

Abraham: She was greedy and she didn’t share with anyone.

Harper: Her grandma

Avelyn:I saw her grandma say to be kind.

Jed: I like the soccer player at the end.

Abraham: They (the soccer player) came from Spain.

Elnathan: It was the language for the fortnight.

Emily:  which was Spanish.

Kunal: Lacey Lou was a nice girl.

Jerry: The grandma said wash your hands.

Eann: I saw my friend on the stage.

Senay: In the morning you have to wash your hands.

Bior: After you have breakfast you have to wash your hands.

We finished our day with Book Boxes.

Book box time provides a time for the children to explore a range of books, to engage in reading and oral language exchange with others.

Today we had a quick sharing session at the end, where some of the children shared their favourite book and why.

Today ask your child a question to reflect upon their day:

For example:

What did you see at the fish farm?

Who did you play with during play Investigations?

What is a syllable?

Where did you play during recess and lunch time?

Enjoy the beautiful weather over the weekend and we will see you on Monday for week 7.

Hello Everyone and welcome to Thursday

Come Read with Me.

R1 MR were encouraged to find ‘contractions in their books this morning which is a follow on from our learning yesterday, as in our shared text there is the contraction  I’m. (I’m Green and I’m grumpy)

We enjoyed watching this clip as part of our learning for yesterday

The Calendar

Our Learning

Literacy

Today we explored syllables during brain break time.

Syllables are an important part of phonological awareness.

Why Teach Syllables:
1) It helps students decode words quicker because they will be chunking sounds rather than sounding out individual letters.
2) It can help students read more fluently and accurately.
3) There are positive benefits to oral language because it helps with the pronunciation of words.
4) Helps students spell during writing times because they are breaking the word into smaller parts.

The children had fun exploring syllables using the clip below (below are a few photos of us clapping along)

RHA – Phonics – ‘f’

R1MR – Book Making

R1MR – Sports

Today R1Mr had fun in the sun during PE playing footy.

RHA – Numeracy

HASS

We shared the Aboriginal Dreamtime story ‘Why the koala has a stumpy tail’  and then reflected about how it made us feel and what we thought about the story.

What is the story about?

Tesi – The koala doesn’t want to get down from the tree

Hendrix – It is an indigenous story

Avelyn – It is in the desert, the sand and trees and colours tell me this.

The two characters in this story are the koala and the tree kangaroo.

What was the story about? What was the message

Abraham – not to be greedy and never be lazy and wait for things to appear otherwise the next time it comes you might not see it and might not get it.

Elnathan – the tree kangaroo thought of something that his mother did when he was young, so he did it too. The koala said I need a rest and he had a rest then the tree kangaroo said come and help me. Then a thorn got stuck in his leg and then he needed more sleep then the kangaroo said get up then he was dizzy and he slept again. The last time he slept the water came out and the koala got all the water and the tree kangaroo pulled his tail. Don’t be greedy because then you will not do things in your life and you won’t know how to do things in your life.

Kunal – Koala was drinking the water and the tree kangaroo was pushing him

Jed – The tree kangaroo kept digging and found water

Ishpreet – Maybe when the koala said that I’m so dizzy he was pretending because he didn’t want to do the digging
Arianna – The koala was drinking all the water and he was greedy

Alexa – The koala was faking being tired and making excuses

Then we explore the medium of collage to represent the story in a visual form.

Play Investigations – A time to engage with other through important learning dispositions, such as:

• Collaboration
• Problem Solving
• Curiosity
• Leadership
• Communication
• Creativity

Have a wonderful night – see you tomorrow for a fun Friday.

Welcome to another Wonderful Wednesday

Come Read with Me

A great way to get our day started and share reading with friends.

Our Calendar

From the Calendar today, we noticed:

Edward – Today is cycle and laptop day.

Kunal – Today is bike day and laptop day.

Bior – On Thursday R1MR has PE.

Laura – Today is library day.

Tesi – 6 more days until laptop day and bike day again. It will be Tuesday.

Eann – Today is Wednesday.

Senay – Tomorrow is Thursday.

This year,  Book Week will be in Term 4 Week 2, October the 19th – 23rd.

Our Timetable

Literacy – Shared Text

Today we had Mr. Bartold read our shared text, how lucky!

HA – Numeracy

Today for numeracy, RHA went over to the MUDLA and Fish Farm. While over there, we took the opportunity to count the animals and count how many legs / eyes some animals have.

Tyler – I can see 3 big fish! 

Alice – I can see 9 fish! 

Arianna – I can see 10 fish!

Karam – 3 big fish!

Lucas – This turtle has 4 legs! 

Gurleen – I counted 9 fish in this tank!

Kevin – This turtle has 4 legs! 

Omelia – Look, this bearded dragon has 4 legs.

Tanvi – I counted 2 fish in this tank.  

There are 3 little birds!

Avelyn – this turtle has 4 legs!

Andreas – I just counted 5 fish in the tank over there!  \

We counted that the bearded dragon has 3 legs! \ 

Quan – the turtle has 4 legs.

Omelia – this frog has 4 legs.

Alexis – I counted 3 chicks.

Edward – I can count its legs, 1, 2, 3, 4. 

Mason – he has 4 legs.

100 Languages

Today we again used 100 languages to share the story we have been reading this week – I’m Green and I’m Grumpy. We experimented with the special feature of this book – making flaps. We also created some of the characters in the book using paper and made costumes.

Bikes

Science

For science today we concentrated on the different sounds we could hear inside and outside the classroom. We could hear people talking, airplanes, cars, velcro on someone’s show, the gate being closed.. We recorded all these things in our books.

Specks of Gold

Jed – My Speck of Gold was helping people write.

Adum – I enjoyed playing sharks with my friends.

Bior – Playing chasey with my friends.

Kallil – I enjoyed playing soccer with my friends.

Kunal – Playing hide and seek and chasey and drinking water.

Mya – I enjoyed playing superheros with my friends.

Keth – I enjoyed playing with my friends.

Arianna – I liked playing with Lexi at lunch and recess.

Thanks for a lovely day, see you in the morning – hopefully this sun stays out!

Welcome to Terrific Tuesday

Miss Andersen was away today – we did miss her and we look forward to her returning tomorrow.

Come and Read with Me

Starting the day with ‘come read with me’ enables conversation and connection to others and the learning space.

It is a wonderful way to start our day.

What did we notice on the calendar –

Emily: Today is Tuesday

Laura: Tomorrow is laptop day and bike day.

Tyler: Tomorrow is Wednesday.

Eann: Tomorrow is library day for R1 MR.

Jerry: Yesterday was Monday.

Shared Text

Who are the creatures in the dress-up cupboard?

Full of surprises, this warm and funny book will delight young children as they turn the page to discover who is hiding behind each door.

Another classic from Alison Lester, the creator of many much-loved and award-winning picture books, including Are We There Yet?

Literacy

RHA – Phonics – letter ‘b’ exploration today.

R1 MR – Book Making

The children continued writing their books today.

Focus:

Speech Bubbles

Sentence structure and punctuation

And other influences from the shared text.

Play Investigations

Playing with Purpose – some of the experiences the children explored:

How to draw books?

Loom Bands

Painting

Lego and duple

X-ray on the light table

Chef hat and costumes in the kitchen area

Collage – Coloured paper

Card games and puzzles

Trucks – in block area with brown paper to draw a city

Map making – inspired by Jed

Numeracy – R1MR

Exploring Time using analogue and digital clocks.

The children investigated tell O’clock and  half past time using various materials.

The small group work enabled children to share ideas and discuss understandings

RHA – Sports and Library

Religion

Grateful Prayer at the end of the day

Harper: Dear God I am thankful for the teachers. Amen

Jed: Dear God thank you for the world. Amen

Avelyn: Dear God thank you for making a school for us to learn. Amen

Jerry: Dear God I am grateful for my friends. Amen

Laura: Dear God Thank you fro brining everyone to life, Amen.

Felipe: Dear God I am grateful for the land. Amen

Edward: Dear God Thank you for making the world. Amen

Eann: Dear God thank you for the trees and the buildings. Amen

Have a wonderful night – see you tomorrow

Welcome to Monday and Week 6!

Come Read with Me

Time to share story reading with friends.

Our Calendar

From the calendar today, we noticed:

Jerry – Today is Monday.

Bior – Two more days until laptop and bike day. That day will be Wednesday.

Laura – It is past my birthday. My birthday was on Saturday the 22nd.

Eann – On Saturday it was my Mum’s birthday.

Adum – 16 more days until my birthday.

Edward – Yesterday was Sunday.

Anabelle – We had Dining Hall on Friday.

Gurleen – Tomorrow is my sister’s birthday.

Our Timetable

Shared Text – I’m Green and I’m Grumpy

This week our shared text is called I’m Green and I’m Grumpy. This book is a great book to look at while we are doing bookmaking as it has lots of fun elements to explore!

Literacy – Book Making / Phonics

This is Me! I can…

Listening to the song below, we thought about:

What are you good at?

What is special about you?

Mrs. Rodgers draw herself as an example. She thought of some things that celebrate who she is and wrote them around a drawing of herself.

R1MR Numeracy

Today in numeracy, R1MR used clocks to create o’clock and half past times.

What’s the time Mr. Wolf?

To finish the day, we went to the oval to play what’s the time mr wolf, a game that was suggested during numeracy with R1MR.

Thanks for a lovely day, see you in the morning.

Welcome to our Super Fun-Filled Friday!

Our Calendar

Our Timetable

Assembly Reflection

Adum: I saw my brother on the stair.

Emily: It was about Pokes

Jerry: I saw everyone dancing

Owen: I saw my sister and she had a wig.

Ishpreet: I saw my friends.

Abraham: I saw Johnny on the stage

Miss Andersen: It shows us so many ways we could be kind.

Gurleen: I like the video.

Eann: I saw Bior’s sister and she was dancing.

Buddies

Today, RHA got the chance to go upstairs and meet our 5/6 buddies! It was very exciting and we had a great time reading stories to each other and looking at what our big buddies have been learning on their laptops.

We will share our assembly with them in week 9, so we will be working closely with them over the next few weeks to put that together with them!

Thanks for a lovely day, the our Dining Hall experience was great to share together and we have had a fabulous day! Have a nice weekend with your families.

Welcome to Terrific Thursday!

Mrs. Rodgers is home looking after a family member today so we wish her all the best.

Come Read With Me

Our Calendar

From the calendar today, we noticed:

Jed – it’s laptop and bicycle day.

Adum – tomorrow its Emily’s birthday!

Bior – tomorrow is dining hall!

Jerry – tomorrow is Emily’s birthday.

Tina – after Emily’s birthday it’s Laura’s birthday.

Anabelle – its week 5 this week.

Tyler – today is Thursday.

Abraham – yesterday was photo day.

Our Timetable

Literacy

For our Phonics workshop today, RHA learned 2 letters! ‘r’ and ‘u’. Receptions – show your families what the actions are that go with these letters today!

R1MR had some book making time where they used their creative writing skills and put together more of their books.

HA – Numeracy

For numeracy today, RHA played bingo! It helped us practice our quick number recall and recognition.

100 Languages – Retelling the story of The Very Sleepy Bear

What is 100 languages?

Anabelle – writing.

Emily – using a lot of writing.

Abraham – when you retell a story by creating on the laptop or make a video or reading a book or making something about it.

Adum – when you find lots of words in one book.

Tesi – it could be making book.

Jordan – retelling everything in the book using anything you like.

Who are the Characters in this book?

Avelyn – the bear

Andreas – bats

Tyler – fox

Jerry – rabbit

Jed – fox tricks the bear and all his friends go in his cave

Ellara – the other fox

Play Investigations + Bikes

Gratitude

We finished the day with sharing things we were grateful for from today.

Thanks for another lovely day, we will see you in the morning and look forward to welcoming Mrs. Rodgers back and assembly in the morning.