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Welcome to the final week of the school year. Merry Christmas to all our families! We have thoroughly enjoyed spending the past year with your child. There have been so many highlights, most importantly the growth and development of every student. Thank you for your support and being the wonderful parents that you all are. Take care over the Christmas break and we wish you peace and joy!
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Our Elf Buddy, decided to move around over the weekend! This is what he sent to us today.
Some more photos from last Friday’s incursion.
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Health – fixed vs. growth mindsets
After exploring the above terms, students discovered the ‘magical yet’, which is a way that they can change their mindsets just by using the term YET… e.g. I can’t do it …. YET, I don’t know that … YET. With the word YET, you’ll be able to achieve incredible things. Students then created Yet – i book marks to remind them to change their mindsets.
This Friday the Reception classes will be part of a mini – festival of fun!! Nature Play SA is visiting our school and will be conducting some great activities with the children.
Due to the incursion being held outdoors for 90 minutes we ask that your child attends school in their Sports uniform and hat on Friday 2nd December.
The students have continued to consolidate their subtilising skills.
Technologies
This week the students enjoyed using their plans and designs to make their Christmas floats. They can’t wait to have a parade next week showing all their creativity, team work and hard work.
Students thought about a person who may or may not be on their network. They created a wall of trust – listing qualities of that person that make them trustworthy.
Maths
Today we worked on our subitising skills. Some children worked with a partner and played a board game by matching the dots and others worked in pairs on subitising dots and objects.
Subitising – looking at dot patterns for a short period of time. You might like to try this at home.
The children played subitising games.
Design and Technology
The children worked in small groups to share their ideas and design a Christmas Pageant float.
English and Rhyme Time
Today we read the book Tabby McTat and looked for rhyming words.
HASS and Toys (old and new)
The children played with some ‘old’ toys (and many that Mrs Martin brought from her home.)
Book making
Here are some page samples from our books, composed by our reception students.
A page from Vanessa’s book about a family holiday.
A page from Antonio’s book called Jordan D’s Birthday.
Well done to James for reaching 100 nights of reading!
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English | Phonics, word study and handwriting
Maths
This week the children are investigating Australian money.
Design and Technology
The children constructed their robots today based on last week’s designs.
Book making in our classroom on Wednesday
The children each shared a page from their book today.
Maths and shopping.
Religion – Advent Wreaths
Advent is the time before Christmas. It begins four Sundays before Christmas Day and ends on Christmas Day. The Advent wreath is made from leaves which are twisted to form a circle. Candles are put into the wreath. A candle is lit each Sunday before Christmas Day. Students explored what each candle represented and then they created their own wreaths.
Friday morning Rhyme Time
This morning we read another story by Julia Donaldson called The Snail and the Whale and listened for the rhyming words.
The Catholic tradition of celebrating All Saints Day.
All Saints’ Day is a solemn holy day of the Catholic Church celebrated annually on November 1. The day is dedicated to the saints of the Church, that is, all those who have attained heaven. It should not be confused with All Souls’ Day, which is observed on November 2, and is dedicated to those who have died and not yet reached heaven.
Although millions, or even billions of people may already be saints, All Saints’ Day observances tend to focus on known saints –that is those recognized in the canon of the saints by the Catholic Church.
All Saints’ Day is also commemorated by members of the Eastern Orthodox Church as well as some protestant churches, such as Lutheran and Anglican churches.
COME READ WITH ME
English | Handwriting, Phonics and Word Study
This week the children are revisiting the digraphs and sounds ch and qu. The children have been asked to look for words in their readers that contain these sounds.
Mrs Norris read the book The Chilli Challenge.
Mrs Norris read the book The Very Quiet Cricket.
Health
Today the children made their own phones and learnt about the emergency phone number 000 and the school phone number.
Maths
The children searched for, identified, described and drew some of the patterns in the school environment today.
The next day the children made patterns using materials from the classroom.
Design and Technology
The children designed a robot today. They labelled it, showing what materials they will need to make it.
Book Making
The children are making books with the intention to write a story from their life.
A page form Yom’s book about a puppy.
The front cover of Lovenne’s book about parrots.
A page from Emily’s book about Halloween.
Nixon’s book about the holidays.
Religion
Advent was the topic of conversation today and what it feels like to wait for something you are really looking forward to. We viewed a story about Mary waiting to give birth to baby Jesus.
Maths and Patterns
On Wednesday the children created movement patterns using stomps, claps, twirls, hops and so on.
Next, the children discussed the rangoli designs. Their aim was to look carefully at the shapes and colour them in repeating colours.
Welcome to week 2 everyone! We hope you enjoyed the fabulous Spring Fair.
Happy Diwali!
Diya Lamps made by the Reception Students.
Shared Reading
English | Phonics | Handwriting
We revised the letters Yy and Zz this week.
Maths
The children continued with activities based around the concept of number this week.
Design and Technology
The children used their design to work from to create a Spoon Superhero today. Well done everyone!
HASS
The children added their pictures 9from last week’s expedition around the perimeter of the school) to a big map of a town today. Here is a video to show you all (please click on the link).
Welcome back to a brand new term everyone! There is a busy term ahead and we are looking forward to getting started. It is also the Spring Fair this Sunday and we hope to see you all there!
Happy Birthday to the holiday birthday boys!
Congratulations to our wonderful readers, well done!
English | Phonics
Today we revised the letter sound and name w.
Letter Xx – sound and letter name.
MATHS
We have started the term with a range of activities based on number (counting, number sums, story problems).
Book Making
Religion
Today the students listened to ‘The Annunciation’ from Luke’s Gospel. We discussed how Mary would have felt when the angel appeared, why God might have chosen Mary and why the angel told Mary not to be afraid. The students drew their representation of the event and reflected on what happened in the gospel story.
Science | Physical Science
The students investigated objects that could and could not roll. The class made a book about rolling objects.
Art
The children used Picasso’s famous paintings of faces as their inspiration today. They used play dough to fashion their creations.
Rhyme Time
The children listened to the story Room on the Broom and listened for rhyming words.
