Aussie Day Class Photo

Aussie Day Class Photo

Monday, 4 December 2017

Holidays

Holidays
It’s been an amazing year and I am so proud of what your children have achieved across all learning areas. Everyone has worked very hard to accomplish their personal best. I have had a wonderful time as their teacher and I have enjoyed getting to know the children and your families as the year has progressed.
I appreciate the support I have received from you as parents. It has been most beneficial for the children that we work together to achieve goals for them.
Summer holidays can be long when children are bored, so I encourage you to make sure they have plenty of books to read. Maybe a trip to the local library would be fun.
I know that many of you take special outings or even a holiday over the summer. It would be great practice for the children to write about their experiences. Maybe they could purchase a cheap exercise book that they can cover and decorate. I encourage them to use adjectives and adverbs in their writing and provide all the details of the experience. The children always re-read and edit their own writing. They may even wish to write a narrative or persuasive text.
They might like to allocate the back of the exercise book to maths practice. Some ideas include 2, 5, 10 and 3 times tables practise, addition and subtraction with regrouping, drawing maps and flipping, sliding and turning objects.
The children will still have access to Studyladder if they would like to do some activities online.
Holidays are always filled with great memories so I wish you all a very special and safe holiday period. I will miss you all very much and look forward to seeing you when school resumes in 2018.
All my love and best wishes
Mrs Harders


Sunday, 3 December 2017

Stem activity with Buddies

What a fantastic time we had with our Kindy Buddies today. Mrs Harders and Ms Harvey set a Stem task for the children to complete together.


 They all worked together to design and create their Christmas trees. Enjoy these pictures that show just how valuable this learning experience was.
































Tuesday, 21 November 2017

Week 7 Homework

In reading this week we are practicing the reading strategy of creating images. When reading with your child, please encourage them to create a picture of the story in their mind. Refer to touch, smell, taste, sight and hearing.

Children are currently being tested on 3 times tables.


Friday, 10 November 2017

Week 6 Homework

In reading this week we are practising the reading strategy of self-questioning. We encourage children to think of their own questions before, during and after reading. 

When reading with your child, please encourage them to ask questions such as 
I wonder…….? 
Who …….? 
What ……..? 
When ……? 
Why ………?


Children are currently being tested on 3 times tables.

Array City

Array City
We have been doing a unit in Mathematics on multiplication. We learnt to represent multiplication equations using arrays.




Tuesday, 7 November 2017

Blue Bots

Blue Bots!
We have been studying mapping in Mathematics this week. Part of this unit involves making pathways using left and right turns and steps forward and backwards. 
We have been using the blue bot robots to help us practice our mapping skills. The children have been drawing and then writing their own pathways (simple computer programs really). Once they have completed it they have been entering their pathway into the bot, then setting it off to see if the bots path matches their drawing. 
Sooooo much fun!!!!










Monday, 6 November 2017

Homework Week 5

In reading this week we are practising the reading strategy of monitoring? We need to make sure we understand what we are reading before we go on. When reading with your child please ask questions such as  
Please retell me what you have learnt so far? 
What does this word mean? 
Do we need to reread any sections? 
So we need to slow down?


Children are currently being tested on 3 times tables.

Sunday, 29 October 2017

Homework Week 4

Homework Week 4

In reading this week we are talking about how we can make connections to help us understand what we are reading.

When reading with your child please ask questions such as
What is the problem in this story?
What is the solution?
Can you make a text to self connection?
Can you make a text to text connection?
Can you make a text to world connection?


Children are currently being tested on 3 times tables.

Monday, 23 October 2017

Term 4

Term 4
Looking forward to a great final term to the year with dancing and swimming lessons. It’s going to be busy but loads of fun.

English
·       Reading Strategies such as predicting, connecting, summarising and main idea
·       Grammar - revision of pronouns, conjunctions, simple and compound sentences, adjectives, verbs and adverbs
·       Punctuation - full stops, question marks, exclamation marks, quotation marks, proper nouns, contractions and commas
·       Writing - narrative and persuasive text
·       Spelling - blends, diagraphs, vowel diagraphs, trigraphs, suffixes and prefixes

Maths
·       Number sequences and patterns - counting by 2s, 3s, 5s, and 10s
·       Multiplication and Division - Arrays, repeated addition, multiplication on a number line and word problems
·       Mapping - Interpreting simple maps, using directional and positional language
·       Location and Transformation - flip, slide, turn and half / quarter turns

Science
Chemical Science - a unit on matter including concepts on dissolving, separating materials, changes to materials under heat and pressure

HASS
Continuing investigations into changing technology

Health
Protective Behaviours unit with two major themes
1.    We all have the right to feel safe at all times

2.    We can talk with someone about anything no matter what it is

homework Week 3

Homework Week 3

In reading this week we are talking about characters in a story. 
When reading with your child please ask questions such as

What are some of the characters’ traits (outside & inside)?
Why did she/he say that?
Why did he/she do that?
After the end of the story, what will happen next?


Children are currently being tested on 3 times tables.

Super Scientist Semester 2

Super Scientist Competition


This semester children are asked to present a short (2 min) report on a topic for the Super Scientist Competition. A report is not an experiment. Reports should be an explanation of a topic from a scientific perspective such as an animal, life-cycle, planet, force (buoyancy, friction, magnetism, gravity) or any topic that your child chooses. Children will only have 2 mins to present their report. Children are asked to have their reports prepared by Week 4. The following roster will be available on the classroom door.
Week 4
Monday
30 Oct
Tuesday
31 Oct
Wednesday
1 Nov
Thursday
2 Nov
Friday
3 Nov
Paige
Charlotte
Emily
Noah
Danny
Tessa
Eisha
Alisina
Sahar
Grace
Lachlan
Aadidev
Isabel
Benjamin
Thomas
Edlyn
Aidan
Natasha
Leah

Sarthak
Christian



Monday, 18 September 2017

Learning Journey

Thank you to all the parents who were able to come and enjoy seeing your child's work. It was an exciting afternoon.