Hello RCC families and children, welcome to our weekly blog!

This week, in English, students used descriptive words to create sentences. We also reviewed heart words, sounds, digraphs, CVC,  sentence structures. Children also explored:

• Greeting cards – purpose and reader  – noticing differences between cards
• Crafting illustrations and borders
• Letter writing – to different people in school
• Letter writing – to Santa
• Post cards
• Class letter box
• Salutations – greetings/sign offs for letters and cards

In Maths, children learned to

• identify left and right.
• name positions in a race and queue using first, second, third
• use the words ‘in front’ and ‘behind’ to label a position in a race or queue
• they used small world play and blocks to create their town and enjoyed to program the beebot to move in different directions
• as the beebot is moving, they narrated its position
• said a sentence about its position once it has stopped moving

In Technology, the children finished off 3D model of a playground using recycled materials.

The Arts: The children created their own set of dinosaur movements. They turned these movements into short motifs which linked together to create a dance, performed to a piece of music. They also continued practicing songs for Carol’s Night.

Students are able to:

• Develop the ability to create movements to music;
• Practise movements and join them together to create a motif;
• Practise and improve a dance motif;
• Work as a team to create a short dance;
• Remember and perform a short dance.

In Religious Education, we discussed that Christmas day is celebrated by Christians all over the world as the day of the birth of Jesus. We watched a video and discussed about the different people involved in the birth of Jesus.

Have a wonderful weekend !

Dear RCC families and children, welcome to our weekly blog!

This week in English, we learned and reviewed :

• Poem: Daisy the Snail, The Coin & Donkey and Monkey 

• Heart Words: or, see, saw, do, did, not, day, play & from 

• NEW HEART WORDS: look, back, all, make, made & like 

• Digraphs: /e/ (ee) & (-y), /oi/ (oi) & (oy), /a/ (ai) & (ay) 

• Blending Words (ee): see, bee, eel, free, feed, seed, queen, green, three 

• Blending Words (-y): very, happy, windy, body, tricky, funny, sunny 

• Blending Words (ai): tail, snail, rain, rail, pain, train, nail, main 

• Blending Words (ay): play, pray, stay, may, way, day, say, spray 

• Blending Words (oi): boil, oink, voice, joint, coin, soil, point, oil, join, spoil 

• Blending Words (oy): boy, toy, ploy, enjoy, decoy, destroy, oyster, joy 

• We began every lesson with a quick game of: rhyming, blending or initial/last sounds 
• Reading workshop regularly implemented when possible: e.g. morning, fruit snack time etc. 

Children also learned to

• write cards. We discussed about different cards we can write and the importance of cards. 

In Maths, Students learned about Duration and Sequencing. They enjoyed connecting the topic to their everyday tasks.

In The Arts, children learned that a motif is a few movements joined together. They loved creating their dinosaur dance motif sequencing !

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In Health, children learned strategies to keep safe and resilient. We discussed about

• Say ‘No’ or ‘Stop’.
• Remember my details.
• Use my Network.
• Go to a safe place.
• Move away.

In Religious Education, we revisited and brainstormed of how we try to be like Jesus. Discussed how we do these things daily and always embody Jesus’ teachings. Children drew a picture of how they have been like Jesus today.

In Science, students identified and described patterns in nature; they also communicated their findings effectively.

Dear families and children, hello and welcome to our weekly Blog!

This week in English, we learned and reviewed:

• Poem: Daisy the Snail, The Coin & Donkey and Monkey
• Heart Words: or, see, saw, do, did, not, day, play & from
• Digraphs: /e/ (ee) & (-y), /oi/ (oi) & (oy), /a/ (ai) & (ay)
• Blending Words (ee): see, bee, eel, free, feed, seed, queen, green, three
• Blending Words (-y): very, happy, windy, body, tricky, funny, sunny
• Blending Words (ai): tail, snail, rain, rail, pain, train, nail, main
• Blending Words (ay): play, pray, stay, may, way, day, say, spray
• Blending Words (oi): boil, oink, voice, joint, coin, soil, point, oil, join, spoil
• Blending Words (oy): boy, toy, ploy, enjoy, decoy, destroy, oyster, joy
• Began every lesson with a quick game of: rhyming, blending or initial/last sounds
• Reading workshop were implemented when possible: e.g. morning, fruit snack time etc.

In Maths, we learned that capacity is measuring how much something can hold, to compare two or more objects based on their Capacity, and to use topic specific language.

In Science, we worked on our Weather Journal. We also learned the importance of observations in scientific inquiry and how observations help us make sense of the world around us.

In HASS, students explored how Places provide our basic Needs.

They also learned that Places have different meanings for different people, and some places have special significance for First Nations Australians.

In Art, We learned different dance moves, most interestingly we learned a Dinosaur dance with some dinosaur-like moves!

In Design and Technology, students explored different types of construction materials to build the longest bridge !

Reminders:

• Please ensure that your child has ‘Take -home’ folder in their bag.
• Hat for outdoor play during recess and lunch.

Have a wonderful weekend !

Dear families, welcome to our weekly blog!

In English, we learned –

• Poem: Donkey and Monkey
• Heart Words: or, see, saw
• Digraphs: /e/ (ee) &
• (-y)
• Blending Words (ee): see, bee, eel, free, feed, seed, queen, green, three
• Blending Words (-y): very, happy, windy, body, tricky, funny, sunny
• We started every lesson with a quick game of: rhyming, blending or initial/last sounds
• Reading workshop were implemented everyday, especially during morning fruit & snack time etc.

In Maths, we learned about- MASS. We used various items to compare the MASS.

– students learned what mass means

-they practiced the process of hefting

-they collected their own data on objects within the classroom.

– they used correct words as they compared a collection of items based on their mass.

– students worked in partners

-they ordered 5 or more logs in the Log park – from lightest to heaviest through the process of hefting

-they labeled the lightest and heaviest log

In Health, students learned about

‘What if…?’ scenarios and practised being assertive.

In Religion,we discussed about – Nature is God’s gift for all to love and enjoy. We also discussed about

• God creates and loves nature and the universe
• The beauty and wonder of nature are a reflection of God’s love
• When someone gives you a gift, it is because they love and care for you.
• Caring for a gift shows that you are grateful.

‘We have a responsibility to love and care for God’s ongoing gift of nature. (Laudato Si n.14)’

Children then completed a drawing to demonstrate how we care for God’s gift of nature.

In Science, students drew their pictures in their weather journals based on their observations and used symbols from the weather chart to represent the conditions.

Students, watched a video about Diwali and how it is celebrated. They enjoyed creating Diya with clay and used a range of materials to decorate them.

Speck of Gold !

Have a wonderful weekend!

Dear families and students, welcome to our weekly blog!

This week in English, we learned –

• Poem: The Coin
• Heart Words: day, play, from
• Digraphs: /oy/ (oi) & (oy)
• Blending Words (oi): boil, oink, voice, joint, coin, soil, point, oil, join, spoil
• Blending Words (oy): boy, toy, ploy, enjoy, decoy, destroy, oyster, joy
• Rhyming, blending or initial/last sounds
• Reading books everyday

In Book Making we are working on –

STORIES FROM OUR LIVES – GENRE STUDY

Focusing on –

• Ideas – things that happened to us; when I …; the time we…; first time/day…
• Eg: birthday, holiday, getting haircut, new shoes, playing soccer…
• Planning – across pages, across hand, with partner
• Lots of oral story telling
• Craft illustrations – background details (place, time of day, weather); movement; emotions
• Layout – double page spread, multiple or single pic on page, words and illustrations separate
• Craft words – thinking and speech bubbles, big and bold. Repeating word or line.

In Maths, we learned to compare heights of 2 or more objects. Students used language when describing and comparing height. They also enjoyed collecting data from our outdoor environment and represented comparisons through drawings, shared their ideas and justified their thoughts.

In Science, students observed and shared patterns in the natural world, focusing on weather, and recorded their observations in their weather journal.

In Religious Education, we discussed about –

Nature is God’s gift for all to love and enjoy

We started with prayer time – discussed the importance of prayer as being a time to be reverent and respectful. It is our time to sit with God and thank him or ask for support when we need it.

Prayer:

Dear God, 

Thank you for the trees, the flowers, and the skies so blue. 

Thank you for the animals, and the rivers that flow too. 

Help us to care for nature, to keep it clean and bright, 

So all your gifts can grow and shine, and fill our hearts with light. 

Amen.

We talked about caring for God’s creations includes caring for the animals, people, land and sea, we also talked about ways we can care for and look after all of these things.

In HASS, students learned to sort and record information by creating pictorial maps based on observation from a community walk. They

1. Created a pictorial map to present information about a familiar place.
2. Identified different buildings located in our school.
3. Used terms to indicate why places are special.
4. Identified different reasons why places are special to them.

In Art, students moved, jumped and danced like animals to the group and their peers guessed what animal they are.

In Design and Technology, students used their prior knowledge of structures and developed an idea of a structure they could make.

They made a really strong stable wall for Humpty Dumpty so he doesn’t have any more accidents!

What a fantastic week we’ve had! You’ve all done so much amazing work and learned so much. Have a wonderful weekend, every one !

Dear students and families, welcome back to Term 4! I hope you all had a wonderful break and are feeling ready for an exciting term ahead. This term we will embark on new adventures in our learning journey, exploring interesting topics and engaging in fun activities. Together, we will dive into  our lessons, work on projects, and continue to grow as learners.

In English, this week we learned –

• Poem: Daisy the Snail
• Heart Words: do, did, not
• Digraphs: /a/ (ai) & (ay)
• Blending Words (ai): tail, snail, rain, rail, pain, train, nail, main
• Blending Words (ay): play, pray, stay, may, way, day, say, spray
• Every day a lesson with a quick game of: rhyming, blending or initial/last sounds
• Reading

In Maths, we worked on learning about various items to compare (mass, capacity, length, height). We used paper strips, ribbon, pantry items, play materials, wooden blocks etc. Students were able to

– make connections to real life contexts

– learn topic specific language

– learn about direct comparisons

– make accurate comparisons

In Technology, students gained an understanding of what is meant by the term ‘structures’ by looking for them in our environment. They made different types of cylinders that all stand up.

In Science, we discussed about  what Science is and the role of Scientists.

Reminders

• Please ensure that your child brings a sun-safe hat for outdoor play during recess and lunch.
• Monday,  21st of October is a Pupil Free Day
• Reports will be emailed in week 9

Reminder: Casual Day tomorrow, Friday 20/09/2024

Dress in football colours.

Please bring a brand new item to donate for hampers (ie. toiletries, kitchen, car, etc).

Splatacular Colour Run – Thursday 26th September.

There’s still time to win amazing prizes! Be sure to take the opportunity. Please follow the link below to complete your registration.

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Dear RCC families and children, welcome to our weekly blog!

This week, in English

we learned Grapheme ‘ng’ and ‘wh’, and the spelling rule.

Children also practiced Blending and Segmenting the words with ‘ng’ and ‘wh’ in it- hang, wing, king, long, sing, thing, stung, string, strong, fishing, ending, when, whip, whisk, which, whizz, whips.

They practiced reading and writing all the heart words along with copying a sentence.

In reading workshop, the learners were engaged with a shared text, they used pointers to read.

It was ensured that the learners become familiar with text.

Intentional teaching focus during Shared reading:

• What is the title?
• Who are the characters?
• Do you like the story? -why
• Punctuation, capital letters
• Highlight – crafting techniques – for example speech bubbles, big and bold
• How does the story make you feel?
• What information is the book telling us?
• Predicting rhyme while reading.
• What happened in the story?
• Noticing the lay out of the book.

Phonological Awareness:

• Rhyme- singing and playing with nursery rhymes.
• Initial and end sounds
• Blending and segmenting
• Reviewed learnt letter names and sounds

In Bookmaking, children worked on organisation – Headings, titles. How are headings used in information books.

Page numbers – how this helps the reader to follow the book.

In Maths, we continued Part-Whole Operations. Children used ten frames, and different strategies to do addition, and subtraction.

In Health, we reviewed

• Identifying basic body parts and how every part of our body is important, and how it’s our job to take care of it.
• Understand the concept of personal boundaries and the body is private
• Demonstrating respect for others’ boundaries through discussions and activities.

In religion, we had Assessment – Understanding and Expressing a Bible Story through Artwork.

Hass: Drawing a birds eye view of log park that is accurate and names the features that already exist.

Design: Designing their own nature play area in log park and explaining their reasoning and design ideas.

Arts: Creating a 3D model from their 2D design of a re-imagined nature play area in log park.

Reminder to Students

As the weather is getting warmer, please remember to bring your hats to school. Wearing a hat will help protect you from the sun during outdoor activities, especially during recess and lunch. Let’s stay sun safe!

Dear families and children , welcome to our weekly blog !

What a fun filled week we had in our classroom!

In English, the children learned new digraphs -‘th’ and ‘ch’, they also read new books to gather information for writing their information books.

In Maths, we practiced addition and subtraction. we used number lines and number bond strategies to work out problems. We explored our outdoor environment to collect natural items to help with our number works.

In Health, we reviewed

1. Identifying different parts of the body.
2. Understanding the concept of personal boundaries and body safety
3. Recognizing safe and unsafe secrets and who to talk to when feeling uncomfortable.

In Religion, we learned about special celebrations in the Catholic faith, such as Christmas, Easter, and understand how the Bible helps us celebrate these events.

In HASS, the children created their drawing, a birds eye view of log park that is accurate and names the features that already exist.