Week 9 – Learning Update | RTH & RLY’s Class Blog

Hello RTH & RLY Families,

We are only one week away from holidays, so here is our week of learning that recapped our term…

Literacy:

This week in word study we began to reflect on what we have learnt throughout the term. This involved connecting starting sounds to words, writing previously learnt sounds on whiteboards, constructing sentences and writing CVC, CCVC & CVCC words that we have learnt. In book making we focused on suing big and bold writing in our books for important information, looked at fact boxes and the importance of using accurate colour in our drawings to ensure our pictures are accurate.

Mathematics:

In mathematics this week we looked at shapes, focusing on 2D shapes. We reviewed what we know about shapes, we sorted shapes, went for a shape nature walk, constructed our own shapes and then were able to create pictures with shapes.

Health:

In health, we reviewed personal skills, social skills, protective behaviours, children’s rights and help-seeking strategies. We discussed respectful social skills when interacting, understanding the purpose of protective behaviours and applying this health focused information in our lives.

Religion:

This week we looked at different faiths and traditions again, focusing on other holy books. We discussed why different religions have different holy books, the importance of them and why they are special to their given religion.

HaSS:

In HaSS this week we focused on the fact that we are living on Indigenous land that holds significance to First Nations Australians. We discussed our noticing’s of Kaurna Land and looked at a First Nations Australians map of Australia.

Technologies/Arts:

This week in technologies in arts we completed STEAM challenges. We applied our technologies and arts knowledge to different STEAM challenges, ranging from testing strengths, gravity, ability to build and so on.

Science:

In science, we looked at students’ knowledge about materials and properties of clothing. We spoke about the different benefits of different materials and then selected items that we would pack in our suitcase if we were going camping.

REMINDERS:

Reading at home:

Please don’t feel pressured to read with your children at home as we would like this to be a fun experience for you both however, if you are able to, it would support your children’s learning greatly if you could find some time to enjoy a picture book together or work on their readers.

Nuts:

We have children with anaphylaxis in our classrooms and Nutella poses a danger to their health. We are strictly a nut free environment so please be mindful of this when packing lunch boxes.

Colour Run:

Colour run is next week on Thursday, students are asked to wear a white t-shirt as they will be sprayed with washable paint during the colour run.

Spring Fair Donations:

We have our spring fair upcoming, and the reception cohort are seeking donations for our cookie decorating stall. Families are not expected nor required to provide a donation, but if you are able to it would be greatly appreciated. Items we are after are: