Hello RTH & RLY Families,

We are almost at the end of our first term, and we are so proud of how everyone has learn’t new things, grown, and developed within the first term!

Literacy:

This week we learnt the graphemes and phonemes of ‘Ll’ and ‘Uu’.  We looked back at last week’s graphemes and phonemes also as both this week and last were short. We continued with our book making each week and reached the end of our craft study focus, working towards using speech bubbles, giving characters emotions and so on. We continued with our focus on CVC and high frequency words; along with working on rhyme, syllables and blending of words.

Numeracy:

We continued position and location through applying ourselves throughout the school yard. This allowed for students to place themselves ‘next to’ objects, ‘under’ objects, ‘in between’ objects and so on. This allowed us to work on a position and location book where we were able to draw objects based on a verbal positional location.

Play Inquiry:

Students engaged in play inquiry each morning, with a strong focus on our literacy work. This supported students’ relationships in the classroom and connected with the focus on CVC words, our graphemes and phonemes of the week and building a love of reading through the use of books.

Technologies/HaSS:

We continued our work with iPads in technologies and began to make social stories through our ability to understand a text and take a relational photo. We used Holy Family’s behavioural plan and have begun to turn it into a social story as a reception cohort to add more meaning for all the students.

Science:

This week in science we applied our comprehension knowledge in our books. To do this we listened to a text about habitats, as this has been a large focus the past few weeks and then drew something we remembered from the story in our books. This helped reinforce our knowledge of habitats.

Health:

We continued with emergencies this week but had a focus on what an emergency may look like in school. We brainstormed different possible emergencies (a friend is hurt, a lockdown etc.) and once again drew a possible emergency and the resolution in our books (get a teacher, follow instructions etc.).

Religion:

This week we focused on celebrating Jesus’ resurrection through reflecting on Easter and reminding ourselves it’s the season where Jesus rose from the dead. We reflected on the story as a class and read a scripture to better understand Jesus’ resurrection and then drew a picture of Jesus resurrected in their books.

We look forward to a fun filled last week of term one together next week!

Ms. Tiana & Ms. Yeend