Hello REB Families, welcome to our week 4 blog.

Please note the following reminders/announcements:

-BOOK WEEK: week 5 (this coming week) is book week. We invite students to dress up as their favourite book character. A book week parade/assembly will take place on Thursday from 2:10pm.

-PUPIL FREE DAY: No school this Friday (22nd August)

-ASSEMBLY: REB will be hosting assembly with our yr 6 buddy class in week 6 (29th August 2025)

-MATERNITY LEAVE:  From week 7 Mrs Foster will be teaching Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Miss Pisani will be teaching Thursday and Friday.

Welcome to Week 4!

In English:

– we focused on the letters C and D, paying special attention to the sound /d/ at the beginning and end of words.

– worked on distinguishing the middle sounds /a/, /o/, and /i/ in words, such as “cat,” “hot,” and “sit.”

– introduced and practiced some tricky words: I, my, the, is, a.

– Book making: informational text – contents page, page number, diagram

In Math:

we’ve been diving into addition and solving simple problems. The children explored how to combine numbers to find a total and practiced writing number sentences (e.g., 2 + 3 = 5)

In Arts, we explored Aboriginal dot painting.

In HASS,we explored a beautiful Dreamtime story about the Rainbow Serpent, a significant part of Aboriginal culture.

In Health, we focused on personal boundaries, teaching the children about respecting their own space and the space of others.

On Friday, we came together as a school community to celebrate the Feast of the Assumption of Mary with a special Mass.

TRY AT HOME:

– when you see the tricky words in a story, pause and ask your child to read it aloud. This makes reading fun and helps them recognise these words in context.

– Choose a favorite bedtime story and see how many tricky words (I, my, the, is, a) your child can spot.

– talk about words with middle sounds of /a/, /o/, and /i/.

– talk about words start with ‘c’ and words start or end with ‘d’

Welcome to week 3!

In English we focused on the letters R and O and their corresponding sounds. Our book-making sessions continued with a deeper dive into diagrams. This week, we introduced different types of diagrams.

In Maths, we kept building on our skills with counting up to 100. We also introduced addition with single and double-digit numbers, using hands-on activities and games.

In Health, we discussed the important topic of safe and unsafe secrets.

In Science, we explored objects and their materials.

In HASS and Arts, we continued our focus on Aboriginal art, diving deeper into its cultural significance. We tried dot painting and storytelling.

In Religion, we celebrated Mary MacKillop’s Feast Day, honoring Australia’s first saint.

Try at Home: Help your child practice reading words with the letters R and O, such as map, rap, rim, ram, fit, top, rot, tip, it, at, if and am. Encourage them to sound out each word and use them in simple sentences for extra practice!

Welcome to week 2!

In English, we dove into the world of the letter i and letter f, we also focused on reading words. in our book-making session was all about diagrams. We introduced the concept of using simple diagrams to represent ideas visually.

In Maths, we took a big step forward by introducing double-digit numbers. The children explored how to read, write, and understand numbers like 10, 20, and beyond. We also practiced counting up to 100.

In religion, we learned about Noah’s Ark.

In health, we learned about hygiene and self-care.

In science, we focused on objects and their purposes.

Hello REB Families, welcome to our week 2 Blog.

This week in English we:

-focused on the our new letter/sound ‘b’. We used this sound to build and write words.

-participated in independent writing, where we wrote sentence independently, ensuring we had capital letters, full stops and spaces between words.

-learnt new tricky words ‘her’ and ‘his’

-read decodable books in our literacy groups

-read the poem ‘Beehive’ in our shared reading sessions

-learnt about/created diagrams for our information books.

This week in Maths we:

-created number lines (0-20)

-played games looking at what is 1 more than and one less than

-discovered patterns in 100 charts.

This week HASS/Art & technologies we began our artist study on ‘Jimmy Pike’ an Aboriginal artist. We researched the land that Jimmy Pike came from and learnt the significance of land and nature to Aboriginal people. We used Jimmy Pike’s work to inspire our self portraits.

TRY AT HOME:

-SET 1-5 tricky words in home reading diary. Read and write words.

-find things that start with the sound ‘b’

-can you sound out and write the words ‘bat’  ‘bop’  ‘bit’

Welcome to week 1 in Term 3!

In English, we focused on the letters and sounds p and i, learning how they come together to form words. We also explored informational texts, discovering how they provide facts and knowledge in an exciting way.

In Maths, we worked on ordering numbers from 1 to 20, strengthening our understanding of number sequences and patterns through hands-on activities.

In religion, we focused on the creation story.

In health, we learned about body parts and their functions.

More photos:

TRY AT HOME

– Encourage your child to share words that start with the sounds p and i.

– Practice writing and reading words like Sam, mat, map, sit, tap, pat, at, am, it, pit, and tip together.

Welcome back to Term 3!

This week in English we:

-focused on the letters/sounds ‘u’ and ‘k’, using these sounds in our reading and writing.

-became Brave Spellers. Doing ‘brave spelling’ will be a big focus this term. Students are encouraged to stretch out the word they are wanting to write and use their letter/sound knowledge and tricky words to write sentence. We are also adding capital letters and full stops to our sentences

-began writing our information texts.

-read decodable readers that feature our learnt sounds and tricky words

In maths we are revising numbers 0-20 (with a challenge to 100). We participated in group investigations and applied our knowledge to create number lines.

TRY AT HOME

-read and write the new tricky words ‘has’ and ‘were’ and say sentences with these words

-ask your child what words start with the sounds ‘u’ and ‘k’

-write and read the words  ‘kip’ ‘kid’  ‘kit’ ‘up’ ‘rug’ ‘tug’

Welcome to week 10!

In English, we dove deep into the letter A and its sound. The children practiced blending three sounds together to form words, like /m/a/t/ to make mat.

Across other subjects, we focused on wrapping up the term. The students completed their final assessments and enjoyed some fun activities with our buddy class.

Try at home:

Encourage your child to keep practicing their phonics skills! Try blending three sounds together to make words at home, like /l/e/g/ to form leg.

We hope you all have a wonderful and restful holiday! Thank you for an amazing Term 2, and we can’t wait to see everyone back for Term 3!

Welcome to Week 9!

In English,we dove into the letters M, S, and T, practicing their sounds and shapes. The kids also worked on stretching words into three sounds, like breaking “cat” into /c/ /a/ /t/. In book making, We studied Mo Willems’ books, noticing how he crafts engaging beginnings and endings. The children tried writing their own words to create mini-stories, inspired by his style.

In maths, our focus was on duration—understanding how long things take.

In health, we discussed rules in games and why they matter for fair play.

In science, we explore push and pull forces.

In religion, we learned about different types of prayers, focusing on thanksgiving.

photos of disco night

Try at Home:

Help your child practice stretching words into three sounds! Pick simple words like log, moon, fish, or house, and say each sound slowly (/l/ /o/ /g/). Make it a game to see how many words they can stretch!

Hello REB Families, welcome to our week 9 blog.

This week in English we:

-engaged with activities with a focus on the letter/sound ‘g’

-discussed what is a capital letter? and when do we use them?

-introduced the new tricky words ‘said’ and ‘you’.

-used the sounds and tricky words learnt so far to create sentences.

-played bingo bus in our literacy groups

This week in Maths we learnt about duration and how it measures time.

Some photos from Mission day…..

TRY AT HOME:

-reading/writing tricky words: they, that, said, are

-say a sentence with tricky words: they, that, said, are

-find/say some things that say start with the sound ‘g’

-ask your child to stretch out the sounds in the words: get    gap   fig   pig   (Challenge…write these words)