Week 5 Updates

Welcome Back!

It is so lovely to see everyone back in the classroom. Thank you very much to all the parents for your continued support over the past few weeks. We understand that it has been a challenging time and could not have made it through without you all doing your part.

Thank you to the parents and students who completed the online work packages. I can see that for the majority of the students, they have been working hard whilst not at school.

I want to congratulate all the Room 2 students. They have demonstrated amazing independence with the new arrangements in place for school drop off and pick up. In the classroom it is like they never left, getting straight back into the routine of school. Thanks to all the parents for their patience at drop off and pick up we appreciate it.

As we are still not able to have face to face parent meetings at this time, feel free to email me or call the school and leave a message for me to give you a call. School reports will come out at the end of term so you will receive updates through this too.

No trash Tuesday

Just a reminder that on Tuesdays, we are encouraging students to come to school with waste free lunch boxes. This means no rubbish that will end up in landfill (Fruit scraps are fine, as we need them to feed the worms). No trash Tuesday is a whole school approach as part of our Sustainability program.

School Uniform

With colder mornings now in place, we understand that the students have been wearing warmer clothes. Just a reminder if your child wishes to wear items like coats, jumpers, tights, beanies, scarves or gloves, these need to be green in line with the school uniform. Shoes still need to be black or white. The school uniform shop remains open via the School App. If you go online you can order items, which will be delivered to your child's classroom and sent home with them. Thank you for your support in ensuring your child wears the correct school uniform.

Kindy 

Week 4 was been a fun-filled week full of crafts and activities that celebrate the Cc phonic sound. We have also been learning the following sight words- mum, a, I, can, am. It has been great to see students settling back into our classroom routines, and we have enjoyed having all of our friends back at school!

In Literacy this week, students have been learning the initial letter sound Kk, for example kite starts with k, k, k.  Students have also been practising how to use their bodies to count the syllables in words and have loved singing along to The Syllable Song. 

In Numeracy, our number of this week was the number 10. To reinforce the sound of the week and the number of the week, students will be making kites and will be counting 10 colourful tails to attach to their kites.

We encourage you to use these flashcards in their folders to revise letter sounds with your child at home whenever possible, they are updated Monday and Tuesday with new letters.

Pre-primary

Week 4 was been a busy week full of activities that celebrate the Ck sound. It has been great to see students settling back into our classroom routines, and we have enjoyed having all of our friends back at school!

In Literacy this week, students have been learning 'l' blends, such as bl for black, cl for clown, pl for plane, sl for slug, fl for flag and gl for glue.  Students have also been learning the blue list of sight words. 

In Numeracy, our number of this week was the number 17. We have also been learning about breaking apart numbers and number bonds. This helps us in completing addition stories, which are also a focus this week. 

We encourage you to continue to read the children's home readers every night with them and to revise their sight word lists, they will be they are updated on Wednesday and Thursday.