This week we have been busy making our collage books for an exhibition at the Edwardstown Baptist Church. The children put so much effort into their books I didn’t want to give them away.

  Most children made their books with a partner. I have colour photocopied the books so each child will be bringing home a copy soon.

Today we visited the Book Fair and children wrote down the name and cost of one book they would like to purchase. More details about the Book Fair are on the school website.

We have started to work on some plays that we will be performing when we host Assembly in week 8. Put Friday the 23rd June 11am in your diary.

This week in dance we practised doing warm up exercises, running and winning a race all in slow motion. The children tried so hard to use facial expression, it really was quite something to watch !

Keep an eye out for next week’s school newsletter as our class has a page about Nature Play.

In Maths we continued to skip count and practised the strategy of making a tally.

Have a lovely weekend

Karen

 

Nature Play was a huge success with students engaging in problem solving, exploring and observing. A group of students from our class built a shelter which they added to each day.

This week we started our inquiry with a focus on Jeannie Baker’s books. Thank you to everyone who has organised a photo of  a grandparent as a child and now.

3d stories

Our science lab is now up and running ready for playful learning next week. Thank you for the prompt response to our mortar and pestle request.

 

 

This week in maths we have been practising skip counting by 2s,5s & 10s. We counted all the pairs of shoes in Room 14 by 2’s and all our hands by 5’s. Next week we will use a number line to skip count.

Your child has written their spelling words in their diary. The children are tested on these words once a fortnight.

Karen

 

This week we used our Rainbow Facts to problem solve.

We focused on the double ‘ss’ and double ‘zz’. The children made a buzzing bee puzzle in computer. We learnt about the pronouns you, me, I, he, she, it, we and they.

Next week we begin our History, Science and Geography inquiry. We would like a photo of one of your child’s Grandparent, a photo of now and as a child. I am happy to print the photos if you would like to email them to me.

Next week we have Nature Play, please see note in your child’s diary. Due to Nature Play I will not be listening to reading or sight words.

I wish you a very special Mother’s Day with your cherubs.

 

 

Welcome to Term 2, I hope you had a relaxing holiday break. Thank you to all the families who washed our babies and dress ups.

This week we have been learning about words with double ‘ll’ eg bell, Ella, ball. We have practised plural words by adding an ‘s’ to the end.

Children were super engaged during partner reading and showed their partners respect by listening.

In Maths we have been revisiting Rainbow Facts, this is different amounts that add up to 10. The idea is that these facts become automatic without having to use counting on or touch counting.

When I told the children we are doing Nature Play in week 3 there was a big cheer ! more details next week.

This term we are working with the Year 1 team and Simone our librarian on a Geography topic, more details to follow.

On Thursdays this term we have 2 first year teaching students in our classroom.

We would appreciate any baby clothes for our activity set, triple 0 size fits our big babies.

Due to a technical glitch I can’t post my favourite photos of the week so I will upload some to see-saw.

Have a good weekend.