Hello RCC families and children, welcome to week 8 blog!

In English,

Students reviewed all phonemes & graphemes, we used books,  flash cards, writing on board. They enjoyed reading the  poem – I Have a Little Frog! We revised heart words and created sentences together with the heart words. (interactive writing on board). Children practiced writing the letters and heart words on their white boards, creating words with a range of materials and resources, continued to write their books.

In Maths, we started our New unit – measurement . We compared Length, height, worked on sequencing events and duration with real life experiences and objects.

In Health, students developed the  understanding of what is fair/unfair. They also discriminated fair/unfair situations.

In Religion, students learned about varying components of religions. they talked about the importance of religion and how it helps us to make decisions and live a life that follows our religion, as God would want. They also learned about a range of different religions and must allow people to talk about their God freely.

In Arts, the students learned the five parts of a retell.

1. Who – characters/ key figures.
2. What – conflict/ key event.
3. Where – setting.
4. When – setting.
5. Why – resolution/motives

They chose to retell a part/scene of the story – The Three Little Pigs.

In Technologies, the students built a house from the story – The Three Little Pigs. They used a range of materials depending on the type of house they wanted to build.

In Science, the students investigated to understand that the material an object is made from, affects it movement.

Hello RCC families and children, welcome to week 7 blog.

This week, in English – Children reviewed and wrote uppercase and lower case letters on  white boards. They also learned to add words in various ways such as big and bold texts, fancy writing, speech and thinking bubbles in their story writing.

In Maths, students enthusiastically explored what and how information from the environment is collected and used by First Nations Australians to predict weather events. They sat by the  billabongs and wrote down their data. They listened with interest and and discussed about which season we are in. Then they illustrated what they can observe in this season.

They collected data from each other in RCC classroom to know about the most favourite colour of the students and counted up their data at the end. They also identified which colour has the most ticks and least and what that might mean.

In Health,

Students discussed and discovered who they trust the most. They also drew/wrote who they trust the most in their lives.

In Religion, students were introduced to various religions. They also drew cross, Jesus from their imagination and about various other religions.

In Science,

Students explored and developed an understanding that bouncing is a form of movement and depends on the material that the object is made from.

In Technology, the students continued to build a house from the story The Three Little Pigs, with different materials such as wooden blocks, lego.

Hello RCC families and children. Welcome to our week 6 blog!

This week, in English we continued book making. The students added words to tell their reader more. Children used big and bold and fancy writing as well as speech and thinking bubbles in their writing.

We have regularly revised phonemes and graphemes, used the letters to learn new words, and recorded them on the white board.

The students also learnt to edit their books when it is almost finished.

In Maths,  we learned about Data, a new unit. Children learned the importance of collecting and using data in our lives. They developed the understanding of creating T Chart and Picture graph. Children went on a walk around the school and came up with three things they wanted to count and record (example: benches, tables, birds, flowers etc). Then, they counted how many are in each data group and decided which one has the most and which one has the least.

In Health, the children learned about Bullying. They also discovered different forms of bullying.

In HASS, children illustrated different celebrations of their choice, efficiently incorporating several distinctive features such as attires, decorations, and food.

In Arts, the students learned to retell a part/scene of the story – The Three Little Pigs. They also learned about the five parts of a retell:

1. Who – characters/ key figures.
2. What – conflict/ key event.
3. Where – setting.
4. When – setting.
5. Why – resolution/motive.

In Technology, the students used the design (Created in week 5) to build a house.

In Science, Students to completed Summative Assessment: Movement of Things.

Hello RCC families and children, welcome to our weekly blog. What an eventful week this has been! Reconciliation week, Mission week and assembly brought so much excitement to our school. The students were thrilled to take part and learn about these special events.

In our everyday English learning, we

• revised all the heart words learnt so far
  
• all graphemes/phonemes have been learnt
  
• Poem for the week was – Hey Diddle Diddle
• interactive writing on board: creating a sentence with the heart word
• revisited checklist of what makes a book finished.
  

In Maths,

The students learned about

Part, whole, add, addition, subtraction, equation, equals, number bonds etc.

In Health, the students learned – Language Safety , developed an understanding about what non-blaming language is. 

In Religion, the students gained knowledge about the history of Jesus’ miracles. 

We watched videos and discussed about different significant events in different cultures in HASS lesson. 

Mission Week

Hello RCC families and children. Welcome to our weekly blog!

This week was very special for us. RCC participated in the assembly on Friday. The students’ enthusiasm and excitement were clearly visible in their preparations all week.

In Literacy lessons, we continued to work on different heart words, the letters Y and J. Students continued to write their stories and adapted some writing/drawing techniques which were inspired by the author Mo Willems, such as motion lines, big and bold, speech bubbles.

In Numeracy, we worked on part-whole and operations. Students enjoyed learning about the big words such as part, whole, add, addition, subtraction, equation, equals, number bonds etc.

Religion: Catholic History 

Students worked on catholic history after they watched a video – God’s story – Jesus. 

Children loved to listen to the story ‘Bowerbird Blues” written by Aura Parker at the hall for National Simultaneus story time.

Hello RCC families and children. Welcome to our weekly blog!

This week, in English we read the book: We’re going on a bear hunt.

We learned the Heart word of the week: it

Explored different words with the Letters: J & V

Blending words: jet, jab, jug, jog, job, jump, just

Students used a range of books,materials,resources, puzzles and tools to be engaged in their learning experiences.

In Maths – students were introduced to part-whole operations – gaining insights.

Numbers bonds to 5, Addition and subtraction with materials within 5.

In Art and religion They continued to practice for the assembly.

In technology, students learned how to use the app – sketch school and drew a picture of their choice from the book – The very hungry caterpillar.

Science

Students developed an understanding that the body can move in a variety of ways. They participated in a a group discussion around what type of movements students think they do at recess or lunch time.

HASS

Students identified and name the different members of their family.
They also gained the understanding of their family members from the past to the present on a family tree.

Announcement:

Our Assembly is on 24th of May, Friday at 9:00am. All families are welcome to attend!

New unit in your child’s Try at Home packs will be updated fortnightly.

Hello RCC families and children. Welcome to week 2 blog!

This week, we worked on different words, focused on the letter ‘W’ and new heart word ‘she/he’. The interactive writing lessons were fun experiences. Each child participated with enthusiasm and their contribution was beneficial for others. We revisited the checklist of what makes a book finished in our Bookmaking sessions. We read other books by Mo Willems. We had a visual walk through text and made comparisons to his other text. Some students were able to include something in their books that is influenced by Mo Willems.

In Maths, we focused on AABB and AAB patterns. Children used a range of materials and resources, including natural items to learn about patterning.

In Art, we made props and learned to draw caterpillar, butterfly and other pictures from ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’ book. Children loved some action songs for their music and movement time.

In HASS, students learned about different groups of people in their lives. They also identified people in our community who keep us safe, help us, or keep places tidy.

Outdoor play

Announcement:

• Mother’s Day Liturgy – Next Monday, 13th May. Our school community will be celebrating Mother’s Day with a liturgy to be held in House teams. Please see flyer below for details

Mother’s Day

• Holy Family are running a free Kickstart (AFL) program for studentsfrom 3:30 – 4:30 on Tuesdays. See flyer below for more details

Holy Family catholic School – Crows Kickstart Flyer 2024 A4[2]

• Try at Home packs (with books) are to be returned each day. This is so we can add more things to the booklet and can send home any notes or art work.
• Our Assembly is on the 24th May at 9:00am

Hello RCC families and welcome to term two! We’ve missed children’s smiling face!  Now, we are ready for an amazing term filled with fun activities, friends and exciting learning opportunities. This week:

In English we:

• revisited graphemes and phonemes that we have learnt so far
• engaged with and learned the Rhyme ‘Humpty Dumpty’
• began writing sentences through interactive writing workshops
• began our book making spotlight: a Author Study on Mo Willems

In Maths we:

• Revisited numbers and shapes
• Introduced Pattern where we engaged with playful rotations creating AB and ABC patterns

In HASS we:

• Discussed who and what is important to us

In Religion we:

• Discussed other ways to pray and be present with God.

In Arts we:

• Created puppets to re-tell the narrative ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’

In Science we:

• Began our unit of ‘movement’. We experimented with loose-parts and then shared our thinking and observations with each other about how they move.

Interest in construction experiences !

REMINDERS and ANNOUNCEMENTS:

• Our Assembly will be in week 4 this term
• You will find a ‘try at home’ pack in your child’s bag next week. There are instructions included. Please ensure these packs are kept in their bags.
• Please remember to know your Child’s belongings. Any jumpers or jackets without names will be placed on lockers each night.

Thank you for the amazing first week !

Welcome from Farah

Hello everyone! My name is Farah, and I’m so excited to be joining the RCC Reception class as the new teacher.

About me

I have a Master of Teaching (Early Childhood) Degree from Flinders University and seven years of experience as an educator in Early Learning. For the past three terms, I have been working as an Early Childhood Teacher at Holy Family Preschool.

I am living in Australia since October, 2009. I live with my husband and two children. My favourites include spending time with my family, reading books, gardening, hands-on learning, cooking, indulging in sweet food and sipping on coffee.

Being a teacher has always been my dream, and I am grateful for the opportunity to fulfill it. I can’t wait to meet all of you and have a fantastic time of learning and fun together.