Week 5 in RCC | RCC & REB’s Class Blog

Happy week 5! Have a look at what we got up to this week in RCC 🙂

LITEARCY

Team RCC are doing an amazing job with their phonemic awareness and understanding! With the development of these skills, the children have started to blend CVC words together, create sentences, and learn about ‘heart words’. We are developing a love for literacy and literature, which is transferring to amazing book making authors/illustrators. We have really homed in on the creation of a book and focused on different text conventions which children can explore in their books. We discussed the impact that an eye-catching front cover can have, and highlighted the importance of outlining who the author and illustrator is! The children have developed in their creativity and independence in book making, and have confidently shared their books with friends, teachers, and the class.

CONNECTION TO COUNTRY

We have been focusing on a book titled ‘Welcome to Country’, written by Aunty Joy Murphy and Lisa Kennedy. Aunty Joy is an Elder of the Wurundjeri People of Melbourne, and Lisa is a descendant of the Trawlwoolway People on the north-east coast of Tasmania. Through the teaching of the importance of including the name of authors and illustrators on books, we have explored the importance of Aboriginal people’s names and tribes – highlighting the special connections to country and community aboriginal tribes hold.

MATHEMATICS

In strengthening our counting we have explored cardinality and conservation. Developing rich counting skills supports further mathematics learning and development, building foundational skills. The children have explored counting using a range of materials, and created their own number lines with natural materials.

SCIENCE

We have continued watching our grass heads grow (slowly) and discussed the ways in which we can help them grow. As a class we decided that the plants need more sunlight and water – we will assess next week if this was the right decision! We were so lucky to see some real-life caterpillars and cocoons, learning about the life cycle of a butterfly. We connected this learning to The Very Hungry Caterpillar – wondering, inquiring, and investigating living things.

HASS

Students identified places that make them feel safe! It is important for each individual to have areas and places where they identify they are safe. We discussed why and how these places make them feel safe. Children shared their safe places with others, and drew a picture of their own unique safe place.

HEALTH

Following on from highlighting all of our unique identities, we read a beautiful book titled ‘The Best You Can Be’. Students identified their individual strength or something that makes them special.
I AM IMPORTANT
I AM UNIQUE
I HAVE MANY TALENTS
I HAVE MANY STRENGTHS
We have a strong team of unique individuals in RCC – and every person is valued and loved.

RELIGION

This week we explored the practice of gratitude with the teachings of project compassion. The theme for project compassion this year is For All Generations, and we are looking at how we can care for this beautiful world to ensure God’s beautiful creations are cared for. When we take care of each other and the NOW, the future is hopeful for everyone: for us and for all future generations. We discussed how we can best look after the world and each other every day.

Colossians 3:16

Let the message about Christ, in all its richness, fill your lives. Teach and counsel each other with all the wisdom he gives. Sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs to God with thankful hearts. NLT

ART / TECHNOLOGY

We are exploring abstract art!! Abstract art is unique, fascinating, and super creative! This week children looked at abstract art and discussed the elements of these art works that make them unique and ABSTRACT. We then created our own abstract artwork, the process was marvellous and inquired children’s creativity and imagination. Across the rest of the term children will begin to acquire their own portfolio of artworks – we are all artists at heart!

The children then transferred their artistic knowledge to creating sketched and designs on the iPad’s, exploring sketch school to create digital art prints.