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Welcome R1 MR and RHA  to Learning from Home – Day 1

Miss Andersen and Mrs Rodgers will be talking to all our families to see how you are all going and  also about learning from home. We look forward to checking in to see how you are all going, we miss seeing all of your smiling faces – please take care and stay safe.

We would love you to check in with us via Email or via a message on the blog by clicking the orange speech bubble as shown below.

Thank you

We would also love to see any of your child’s work so please send us any photos if you can and we will share it on the blog if you wish.

Getting ready for learning:

Can you find:

• Pencils or something to write and draw with.
• A book or paper
• Books to read
• Music (for listening, dancing, relaxing)

Good Morning

Why not start our day with one of our favourite songs:

Herman the Worm

Come Read with Me

We always make time for reading every morning in RHA and R1 MR so please do the same at home. Find a quiet space and a book to read with a family member or yourself.

Can you find these words in your book today:

the

that

went

looking

come

was

because

Learning Buddies

This is our first day of learning from home so we would like you to find a buddy to learn with:

Here is Miss Andersen’s Buddy called Ben.

Here is Mrs Rodgers’ Buddy called Roar.

Shared Text – Pete the cat

Find some brain food to eat while you watch Pete the Cat.

Book Making 

Literacy Focus:

Make a book with your learning buddy as the one of the characters.

Where did they go?

What did they see?

How does the story end?

OR

Make a book about your learning Buddy.

What is their name?

Where did you get it from?

OR

Free choice book making

We are all fantastic authors in R1MR and RHA so now is your time to show your families what book making is all about.

Go Noodle

Time to get our bodies moving  – Brain Break

RECESS TIME

Play Investigations Focus Today- Build a Cubby

Building a Cubby for your learning buddy – Ask your family what things you could use to build cubby with (chair, pillow, sheets)

We would love to see a picture of you and your learning buddy in your cubby.

Don’t forget to pack it all away.

Challenge Task: Design a house for your learning buddy. What rooms would they need. Draw a plan.

Numeracy Task

Writing Numbers – focus upon formation – watch the video and write.

Start by writing number from 0 to 9

Then you can write number from 10 – 20

Challenge: Can you skip count by 2, 5 and then 10.

Number House Hunt

Where do you see numbers around the house? Write or draw a list of all the places you see numbers.

LUNCH

Mindfulness

Find a quiet place and let do our rainbow breath

Let’s finish off our day with a reflection: Being Grateful

Trace around your hand

Can you write or draw five things you are grateful for.

Mrs Rodgers is grateful for:

My Family

My job teaching – I always have lots of fun.

My Health

My Friends

And Coffee

Have a lovely night and be safe.

Miss Andersen and Mrs Rodgers

Sports Day 2020!

The weather was perfect and we were all ready for lots of fun at Holy Family Catholic School Sports Day -2020

Everyone looked fantastic in their team colours and spirits were high.

Here are some photo highlights of the day.

Buddy Assembly

The day has finally arrived and it was R1 MR and 3HS Buddy assembly today!

Thank you to all the family and friends who came to support the children and thank you for your fantastic effort to help create your child’s costume – it was a wonderful display of colour and fun.

We were so proud of the children and their Buddies, they did an awesome job. They had so much fun on stage and that is what an assembly is all about.

We hope you had as much fun watching as we did performing for you all.

Here are some highlights

Reflective Drawing

Ishpreet: My favourite part was me dancing. I was using the character strength bravery.

Tina: I like doing the assembly, I liked dancing.

Adum: I liked being on the stage because it was fun.

Avelyn: I liked the Diwali dance and the Santa Claus song and the robots and the books.

Bior: I liked doing the assembly – I liked I music and being a clown.

Owen: I liked when the Santa was coming and I pointed and my Dad and he laughed.

Kalil: I liked being a book.

McKayla: I saw Helena and I saw Becky. I did very, very good at the dance.

Alexa: I was using bravery when my Mum was waving at me.

Jordan: I enjoyed when I was walking across the stage and I was brave.

Harper: When I was dancing I was brave and I was a little nervous but I got braver.

Annabelle: I like the Santa song.

Elnathan: When I was reading I messed up a little but I read it over again and kept trying.

Senay: I liked when Eann was a clown.

Emily: I liked the Diwali dance.

Keth: I liked when I was on the stage and when I was walking and waving to the people.

Jed: I liked when we were walking up and down and my Dad was watching.

Felipe: The assembly was fun because I haven’t been on a assembly.

Jerry: I liked walking on the stage.

Enjoy your weekend and see you on Monday for another busy week.

Monday: Sport’s Day

Thursday: Dining Hall

The children have been practising the sports day events during PE and the chants with their teams – so the time has come for the Big Events

SPORTS DAY 2020

Monday – Week 6

PLEASE MAKE ANY SPORTS DAY LUNCH FOOD ORDERS BY :

Friday 13th on Qrk app or at canteen

Earlier this year, the Sports Day was cancelled due to the COVID-19 restrictions.  It has now been rescheduled to Monday 16 November 2020 and be held on the school oval.

School will commence at the normal time of 8.50am and finish at 3pm.  Students will need to wear their sports uniform but may wear a coloured shirt for their sports house.

The program will be run in 3 stages with classes returning to their classrooms for their normal lessons when not required to be at the oval.

Parents are welcome to attend to watch their child participate.

Adults needs to continue physical distancing of 1.5 metres whenever and wherever possible.  This requirement does not apply to people who live together.

A reminder that any person who is unwell or symptomatic must not attend the school.

If you are a registered volunteer and able to assist the class teacher with the sports day activities, please advise your child’s teacher.

PROGRAM

The canteen will be open during the sports day program.  There will be a special lunch menu for the day.  Please pre-order at the canteen or through the Qkr app by Friday 13 November.  Parents are also welcome to make purchases from the canteen.

Welcome to Thursday

Tomorrow is the Buddy assembly for R1 MR and 3HS – Please make sure all children are here by 8:45 and go to the hall on the first bell. Please email me if you have any questions Michelle.Rodgers@holyfamily.catholic.edu.au

Come Read with Me

A time to connect with literature, our friends and our learning space.

Esrom: One more day until R1MR Assembly.

Adum: It is the 12th day of November.

Laura: Today is Thursday.

Gurleen: Two  more days until it is Diwali.

Esrom: My sports Day is on Monday and my sports day is on laptop day.

Kunal: Tomorrow is my cousin’s birthday.

Literacy Learning

Shared Text – Focus upon alliteration

R1 MR – wrote some alliterations together.

Seven, slimes, scary snakes are swimming and the swamp.

Lazy lions are late for the library.

Tyler the tiger played tabletop soccer with Thomas.

Book Making

Transferring our skills and understandings as authors.

Play Investigations

Building upon the learning dispositions of creativity, collaboration, leadership, flexibility and love of learning.

Buddies

R1 MR – Had one last practise before the big event – Buddy assembly tomorrow – sleep well R1 MR

Today is Remembrance Day

We shared in a whole school service at 10:50am

Harper – Why were the soldiers and then the people from school next to them?

Alexa – because it might be their parents.

Ishpreet – I know one of my fiends and her Dad was a soldier.

From the calendar today, RHA noticed:

Esrom – Yesterday was my sisters birthday. Today is Remembrance day. 2 more days until R1MR assembly and our sports day is on Monday week 6!

Kevin – Happy Diwali for Saturday.

Gurleen – 2 more days until Diwali.

Noah – On Friday it will be R1MR’s assembly.

Thanks for a lovely day and best wishes to any family members who have served for Australia.

Miss Andersen will be finishing her Berry Street Training for Thursday and Friday this week, Ms. Michelon will be in RHA for the end of the week. Miss Andersen will return after the weekend on Monday.

Our Terrific Tuesday!

Come Read with Me

What’s your favorite thing about Come Read with Me?

Edward – reading with my friends.

Esrom – I read with Jordan.

Gurleen – reading with my family.

Alice – reading with Lexi.

Kunal – I read with Avelyn and Edward.

Mason H – I like reading with my Mum and Dad.

Avelyn – I read with my Mum and Dad and Brother.

Kevin – I like reading with my friends.

Arianna – You can read and play with puppets.

Roman – I like come read with me.

Our Calendar

From the calendar today, we noticed:

Esrom – Tomorrow is Remembrance Day. Today is the 10th November. Today is also Naomi’s birthday. 3 More days until Elnathan’s assembly.

Gurleen – 3 more days until Diwali. Today is R1MR’s library day.

Helena – today is laptop day.

Noah – Today is sports day for RHA.

Our Timetable

Bookmaking

Today we continued our week’s focus on alliteration – the repeating of a same sound in every or most words in a sentence.

We listened to the song Wishy Washy Washer Woman and talked about the repeating of the ‘w’ sound.

We co-authored our own alliteration sentence with the ‘o’ sound – first we thought of ‘o’ words then put them together in a sentence.

Omelia turned into an octopus at OSHC!

Play Investigations

Today for Play Investigations after recess we were lucky to have some children from the ELC who will be starting in reception at Holy Family in 2021!

We had a range of provocations set out including NAIDOC week and Remembrance Day themed tables set out.

Don’t forget – tomorrow is Remembrance Day.

We will be having our service at 10.50am in the hall.

RHA will also be sharing class prayer after lunch on Wednesday.

Thanks for a lovely day, enjoy the night with your family and we will see you in the morning 🙂

The story of

Betty the Butterfly

Yesterday, we witnessed the final stage to the life-cycle of the Monarch Butterfly visitor we have had in class.

Just as we were starting to sit down ready to listen to our shared text, she decided it was time to emerge out of her chrysalis and prepare to fly into the world.

For the first few weeks of this term, we watched a little caterpillar eat lots and leaves and get very fat.

Then, over the quiet of the weekend she made herself a chrysalis and stayed in there for more than 2 weeks.

On Monday morning, Miss. Andersen and Mrs. Rodgers noticed that the chrysalis had turned translucent and they knew that meant it was time for a butterfly soon but they didn’t know HOW soon!

We watched the new butterfly emerge out of the chrysalis and then stretch her wings for a while. Her wings went from floppy and squashed to stiff and strong and lucky we put her outside because when she was ready she flew away and into the Holy Family gardens to start the life cycle again!

Here is a video of the complete cycle that we have witnessed this term, can you recognise each of the stages?

The next time you see a butterfly fly past, you will know the journey they have been on to get to fly!

Welcome to a Marvellous Monday

It is going to be a very Busy week 5

This week we celebrate NAIDOC week

NAIDOC Week is celebrated from the 8^th – 15^th of November

The theme for NAIDOC Week 2020 is ‘Always Was, Always Will Be’. Recognises that First Nations people have occupied and cared for this continent for over 65,000 years

Wednesday is Remembrance Day

Remembrance Day is on the 11th of November. It marks the day World War One ended, at 11am on the 11th day of the 11th month, in 1918. A two-minute silence is held at 11am to remember the people who have died in wars, to remember their courage, bravery and sacrifice.

Diwali

Diwali Festival is celebrated on November 14^th

Diwali is a five day Hindu festival known as the ‘festival of lights’. It is celebrated during October or November and is one of the most popular festivals in India. During this festival, people worship Ganesha, the elephant-headed God, and Lakshmi, the goddess of light, wisdom and fortune. People celebrate by lighting small oil lamps and candles to represent good winning over evil. Firecrackers are also let off to ward off evil spirits.

AND!!!

Friday is R1 MR Buddy Assembly

(In between time we will also be practising chants ready for Sports Day on Monday – week 6)

Come Read with Me

We were super excited today when the butterfly hatched  – we watched on the big screen the butterfly hanging upside down stretching it’s wings and getting ready to fly.

The Calendar

Eann – It’s past my birthday. My birthday was on Sunday November 9^th.

Annabelle – 4 more days until our assembly.

Tesi – tomorrow is laptop day and bike day.

Gurleen – tomorrow is laptop day.

Our learning

Literacy Focus

Book Making – transferring knowledge of letters, words, language functions, how to convey meaning, illustrations and concepts of print into their books today.

Alliteration

Today we explored alliteration – it was fun to make up own alliterations as a group. Alliterations is another crafting technique used in book making to make writing fun.

Shared Text

Play Investigations

Building upon the learning disposition for life long learning:

Communication

Problem Solving

Collaboration

Creativity

Leadership

Independence

R1 MR –  Had assembly practise this afternoon and RHA enjoyed music.

Have a lovely night and we will see you tomorrow