Dear RLY and RUF families and children, welcome to our weekly blog!

We’ve had an engaging and exciting week in our classrooms! Our students have been actively participating in a variety of hands- on learning experiences, building their skills and confidence in different areas. From interactive group activities to independent exploration, it has been wonderful to see their curiosity and enthusiasm shine!

This week, children demonstrated their progress through assessments, showcasing their understanding in creative and meaningful ways. We are so proud of their efforts and the way they are growing in their learning journey.

The highlights of our week:

In English, the children are actively engaged in the InitiaLit program, confidently participating in various movements and actions embedded in their learning activities. They have quickly embraced the rhythm of these routines, enhancing their understanding through interactive experiences. Additionally, they are becoming familiar with our bookmaking and are beginning to think creatively about their own book making , developing their early literacy skills in an exciting way. We commenced learning about our first letter/sound combination! This week we learnt about the letter ‘m’ making an /m/ sound. Ask your children about Maggie Mouse and what she likes to munch on!

In Maths, students continue their work on subtilising and introduced equal parts. We ended the week with another assessment that allowed the children to show their new developing understanding.

In HASS, students discussed their families and who is in them. We then spoke about how we could find out more about our families by interviewing our parents. We then chose one person from our family to draw in our learning journal. 

In Health, we discussed warning signs in our bodies when we are feeling certain emotions and mapped them on an outline of a body.

In Religion, we learnt about Lent through various activities. We ate delicious pancakes on Tuesday and held our own liturgy in class for Ash Wednesday.

In Science we continued to discuss living beings and what they need to survive whilst also monitoring our bean seeds we germinated that are really starting to grow!

Reminders:

• Kindly ensure that your child brings fruits, snacks, and lunch as we have three meal times each day.
• Hats need to be brought to school each day or students will not be able to play outside and will need to stay in the shade.
• We will be hosting our assembly next Friday 14th March at 2:10pm in the hall and all are welcome!

Have a wonderful weekend!