Wow – Our last blog for Term 2.
What a fantastic term of learning. We are very proud of all the children – their persistence, kindness and growth.
Reading achievements
Congratulations Ojasvi for achieving 50 nights of reading – well done.
Congratulations Allison for achieving 100 nights of reading – well done.
Congratulations Kabir for achieving 125 nights of reading – well done.
Congratulations Riley for achieving 125 nights of reading – well done.
Congratulations Harry for achieving 75 nights of reading – well done.
Congratulations Riya for achieving 100 nights of reading – well done.
Congratulations Hudson for achieving 150 nights of reading – well done.
The children have made incredible progress with their independent reading this term. Remember to keep reading over the holidays and also enjoy watching some YouTube alphabet or sight word videos 🙂
Word Study – Literacy focus
- Formation of letters
- Exploring the structure of a sentence (capital letters, spaces between words, full stops)
- Comprehension
- Detailed drawings
- Word building – initial sounds, blending sounds
Book Making
- Creative Authors
- Brave spellers
- Detailed illustrators
- Expressing ideas through book creation
Reading our books to a friend
HASS – Refugee Week
Shared a Meal – Share a Story
On Monday we had a special lunch around the tables to enable conversations with our peers.
Lubna and Pebble
After we shared the story we created our own rock friends –
Rock friends- a simple gesture to spread joy and happiness to others. The children were able to keep their rock friend or give it to someone.
Play Investigations
- Leading learning
- Sharing ideas and resources
- Creativity
- Problem solving
- Negotiation
- Collaboration
Numeracy
Number formation – we focused upon the correct formation (which will be continued next term) – you might like to practice in the holidays 🙂
Addition – This week we started to exploring the concept of addition, the symbols, equation and the process.
We created addition sums by:
- Rolling 2 dice and adding the numbers together
- Adding the two numbers on a domino tile.
We wish everyone a safe and happy holiday. We look forward to seeing all of your smiling faces, ready for lots of fun learning in term 3.
In Kindness
Michelle and Paul