Hello RTH & RLY Families,

Welcome to the end of week 7 and the completion of our very first on stage whole school assembly!

We were all beaming with pride at these amazing people on stage and the school was buzzing afterwards! What an excellent job they all did standing up there on stage dancing, singing and smiling! Our next assembly will be next semester and with our buddy classes!

Literacy:

This week we focused on the graphemes and phonemes of ‘Ff’ and ‘Ee’. We reflected on our past graphemes and phonemes to help us continue blending sounds to make CVC words. We were able to reflect on our weekly poem to support the understandings of our graphemes and phonemes, along with support the ability to rhyme. We worked towards the high frequency word ‘and’ and reflected on the previous weeks word of ‘that’ to support our reading and spelling in class.

Numeracy:

This week we started our new unit of work on shapes! We looked at some basic shapes, what makes a shape, the different attributes they have, and engaged in playful numeracy as we get used to our new materials and showed off what we already know! Next week we will be looking at shapes in our lives and nature and linking to some real world examples.

Play Inquiry:

Students continued with their play inquiry each morning, supporting the transition into the classroom, and supporting the growing connections within the class. We have had a strong focus on ensuring play inquiry is meaningful and has connections to their other learning areas.

Technologies/Science:

This week we didn’t have iPads as our day to have them fell on the public holiday. However next week we will have them on Tuesday and we will be exploring new educational apps that have been downloaded and that link to what we are currently learning in class. We’re always careful to ensure technology is used to extend our learning and not replace what we could be doing in class with our peers and hands on materials.

Within science we continued our focus on living things and began observations/investigation about an animal of their choice from the MUDLA. We will create a piece of work over the coming weeks showcasing what their chosen animal needs to survive.

HaSS:

This week we looked at likes and dislikes and created an identity map that explored the things we do like!

Health:

This week we talked about warning signs in our body, especially the ones we experience when there is danger or we feel unsafe. We mapped these physiological feelings on a big outline of our bodies and then transferred this learning to our learning journals.

Religion:

This week we looked at the different ways and places in which people choose to pray to God and next week we will be looking at the different types of songs people sing that help them to praise their Lord.

We can’t wait to see what week 8 brings – can’t believe we only have 4 weeks until the school holidays! This is also a good time to remind families to book any vacation care needed as it does book out during school holidays!

Thanks!

Ms. Yeend and Ms. Tiana