Week 8

We begun our week with: Harmony Day

Everyone belongs – Together we are a team – which is our focus every day  in R MR and R PN

We enjoyed sharing stories, a picnic lunch, making badges, online assembly and wearing orange and our cultural dress.

Here our some photos of Play Investigations which demonstrates everyone working together as a team.

Reading

The importance of reading every day at school and at home:

• The children get to know the sounds, rhythms and words used in different ways.
• Children think about feelings of characters and ideas in books. This helps them understand their world.
• Sharing books with others builds positive interactions.

Literacy

Word study focus:

• Letter formation
• Sound association
• Word building
• Sentences and creating meaning
• Visual representation
• Fine motor skills

This week our focus was the letter ‘Ee’ and the digraph – ck.

Book Making

The children were busy being authors on Wednesday and Thursday morning, adding words and detailed illustrations to their books.

Science

This week we explored the parts of a plant. Then we drew a labelled diagram.

HASS

During HASS we shared the story “Just the way we are” we talked about our families all being different and drew a picture of our families.

Technology

During technology we made puppets using paper bags. The children used paper to add ears, arms, legs, whiskers, eyes and tails. Wonderful creativity was demonstrated by all.

Numeracy Rotations

Today we explored mathematics through different rotations, activities included:

• Writing numerals
• Number towers
• Counting the value
• Board game
• Numbers before and after

Rhyme Time

Here is a bee hive…..

After we listened to the rhyme we made a list of all the words we could think of that rhyme with bee:

me, she, he , tee, pea, flee

Then the children drew a pictorial representation of the rhyme.

Have a wonderful weekend – see you next week.

A busy, short week – filled with writing, reading, drawing, playing and making.

A quick reminder – Don’t forget next Monday is Harmony Day

• Harmony Day will be held in Week 8 of this term on Monday 21^st March. Harmony Day is a day to celebrate Australia’s diversity. It is a day of cultural respect for everyone who calls Australia home. The ongoing theme of Harmony Day is “everyone belongs”. Students are encouraged to wear traditional cultural clothing or orange clothes.

Celebrating 25 nights of reading – well done to Riley, Riya, Ruby, Jaylah and Allison for achieving 25 nights of reading.

Come Read with me

The students have been using their black bags during ‘Come Read with Me’ – to read and revisit their learning/reading.

During, come read with me the students have been finding the letters of the week in their books. This week the student have been finding the letter ‘c’ and ‘k’ .

Word Study

Letter ‘Cc’

Letter ‘Kk’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqduxpaiaBM

Mathematics

Patterns – throughout the week we have been creating, continuing and recording patterns.

Book Making

The children have been busy constructing books this week. The children have included different aspects such as:

• Their name on the front cover, as they are the authors
• Detailed illustrations
• Brave 5 year old spelling
• A consistent characters
• The weather

Play Investigations – A time to explore areas of interest with zest.

During play with children continue to build upon the skills of:

• Collaboration
• Problem solving
• Creativity
• Leadership

Religion

“The Good Samaritan”

After the story we reflected upon who and how we help at school or at home. Then we recorded in our learning journals.

Some of the children’s reflections included:

Mason: I help at home

Soliana: I help me Mum to do massage.

Mattia: I help my dad cut the grass.

Wyatt: I help people when they fall down.

Ceara: I help my dad when he mows the lawn, when he is finished I help sweep up.

Matilda: I help my sister clean up her room.

Sofia: I help my Daddy make eggs sometimes.

Kimying: I help my Mum cleaning up in my toy room.

Emmanuel: I help people clean up.

An Moc: I help my dad clean up the house.

Kur: I help me Mum with the paper.

Ava: I help my grandma bake cookies.

Elden: I help me Mum when my Mum is sick.

Agam: I help my Mum when she drops somethings.

Have a fantastic weekend – See you on Monday for Harmony Day

Good Afternoon Everyone.

I was having a problem uploading photos (it was only letting me upload 3-5 photos at a time) – so I will continue working on the blog tonight and it will hopefully be ready to go tomorrow.

Thank you for understanding and your patience.

Have a wonderful weekend – see you on Monday.

Michelle

We have had a great week of learning in RPN and RMR.

Highlights from the week:

Reading Achievements- Congratulations to the following students for achieving 25 nights of reading. Well done!

-Ceara

-Rubi

-Hudson

-Sofia

-Soliana

-Eva

-Annika

-Emily

Word Study- This week we focused on the letters “Gg” and “Oo”. The students practised writing these letters and came up with lists of words beginning with the letter sounds. They then used many fine motor skills to create a goldfish for the letter g and an octopus for the letter o.

The letter Gg-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMcyHy1lRCM

The letter Oo-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIh9qOY22kM

Book Making- This week, during book making sessions, the students have been focusing on adding details to the pictures that they have been drawing in their books. It may be something, like adding more colour to their drawings, or more little detailed pictures in their scenes that they have created.

Reading- Each morning this week, we spent time reading in the classroom. It was wonderful to see the students reading by themselves or with a friend.

Mathematics- This week we have been exploring patterns with the students. Students used different materials in the classroom to create their own patterns.

Technologies- Since the start of the term, we have been practising cutting skills, gluing skills, folding skills and twisting skills, using paper and pipe cleaners. The students created their own picture on a piece of card using the techniques that we have been exploring.

Have a great long weekend and we will see you on Tuesday.

Paul and Michelle

A marvelous week of learning in

R MR and R PN.

Enjoy this snapshot of learning from week 5. Please use the photos to spark conversation  with your child about the tasks and their learning.

Congratulations to Mattia who achieved 25 nights of reading – well done.

We all enjoy beginning our day with literacy and connections though conversation. After the children put their backpacks away they transition into the room through literacy games and activities. The children also use this time to read books and talk with their friends.

Word Study

Letter ‘Mm’ and Letter ‘Dd’

We engage in ‘word study’ tasks on Monday and Tuesday mornings. During this time the children explore letter sounds, formation and word building.

Word Study

After our hand writing task, the children engage in a fine motor task centered around the focus letter. This week we made paper mats and drew a cat sitting on the mat. On Tuesday we made mini dog books.

Book Making

On Wednesday and Thursday we are authors, busy creating books. The children add detailed drawings and brave 4 & 5 year old spelling and of course their names on the front (as the author).

Numeracy

This week the children have been sorting objects into groups using the characteristics of shapes, colour and size. We used a range of materials across the week and also worked independently and in small groups.

Play Investigations

The children enjoyed exploring favourite areas of play – marble run, duplo, craft and the home corner. The children also had the opportunity to use the laptop to explore numeracy games.

Art

On Wednesday we read the story – The artist who painted a blue horse by Eric Carle.

Then we watched a clip about the painting which inspired Eric Carle to write the book. Then we created our own art work – starting with our favourite colour and favourite animal.

Religion

This week we had a liturgy on Wednesday for Ash Wednesday and on Friday we each made a Lenten promise.

Have a wonderful weekend – see you on Monday.

Michelle and Paul