Parents

Dear Grade One Families,

Congratulations to all our students on participating in their Student-Parent-Teacher Conferences. They confidently shared their achievements and reflected on their goals for Semester 2.

In Reading, students have continued learning how to summarise fiction texts in their own words. They have been introduced to different graphic organisers to support them summarising only the important details of the story.

In Writing, students were inspired by the ‘Wheels to School’ experiences and drafted a variety of writing pieces from persuading others that bikes are better than scooters to explaining why wearing a helmet is so important. Students focused on their word choice and experimented with using topic specific language, as well as building their ability to use precise verbs and adjectives.

In Numeracy, students used their knowledge about counting collections and skip counting to count a collection of money. Students role played using money in the classroom shop where they counted their money accurately to purchase different items.

In Inquiry, students reflected on our central idea ‘People take on roles and responsibilities to build a community’. They have taken action by creating roles and responsibilities to make our classrooms function better.

Reminders:

• School returns on Monday 15 July. 
• There will be NO homework during the first week of term 3, however, we will continue with our take home reading program. Homework will begin in week 2.
• Olympics Dress Up Day will be held on Friday 26 July. Students can dress up in their country’s colours for a gold coin donation. There is also a special lunch order menu available for the day. Online orders will be only accepted and due by 17^th July.

We would like to say a huge thank you to all of our students and families for a successful term and semester. Now it is time to rest and recharge ourselves. 

The Grade One team would like to wish everyone a safe and wonderful holiday. We can’t wait to see you all in Term 3. 

Kind Regards,

Natalie (H10), Jasmine (H11), Abbey (H12), Ana (H13), Renee (H14), Amanda (H15), Laura (H15) and Jade (H16)

Dear Grade 2 families,

We are thrilled with how much the students have succeeded this term and we would like to express our gratitude for the hard work all families have put in this term. All of the Grade 2 teachers are extremely proud of our student’s hard work in preparing and presenting at the Student Led Conferences this week! We hope our families enjoyed this opportunity to gain an insight into your child’s learning.

This week through our Unit of Inquiry, we have reflected on the unit on light and sound; evaluating what worked, what could be improved and what the students want to see more of.

In Reading, the students commemorated NAIDOC week by reading dreamtime stories and discussing them.

In Writing, students have enjoyed innovating the story “Rainbow Bear”.

In Numeracy we have continued with data collection and investigated further into the importance of collecting data when conducting an experiment. Students have also used their data to explore the probabilities of different results.

A few reminders:

• Whilst homework is not distributed over the school holidays, we encourage you to use Mathletics, Reading Eggs etc
• Students will have a Wicked Weather incursion in Term 3. Please make payment on the compass by 17 July.

We wish you a wonderful and safe holiday and look forward to welcoming students back for Term 3 on the 15th of July.

From Cassie, Rebekah, Monique, Emily, Eleanor, Taylah and Preet.

Dear Families,

We would like to congratulate all students on a successful first semester of school. They have done exceptionally well throughout the semester, and we hope you were able to observe so during SLC.

Seeing you all at SLC and watching you be a part of your child’s learning journey was a joy. Thank you again for coming.

We wish everyone a happy and safe break and will see you all on Monday the 15th of July for the start of Term 3.

If you wish to do some revision tasks over the holidays such as Mathletics, Reading Eggs etc, all of your child’s passwords for the apps/websites they have access to at home are on Compass under the ‘Insights’ tab.

All the best, 

The Grade Three Team

Bianca, Anne, Giorgia, Jamila, Jayde, Kafa, Yasemin and Sam

Dear Families, 

 Thank you for a fabulous Term! We are so proud of all the efforts of our fabulous Year 4 students and loved seeing them shine in their student-led conferences this week.

We have concluded our ‘How the World Works’ unit and have seen the students develop into engineers, building designing and testing forces.

We have published our writing considering different layout choices. We can now show our understanding for fiction and non-fiction texts by synthesising.

Some Year 4 classes even celebrated a fantastic term of AiA points with a class party or reward. We are definitely now tired and ready for the holidays. 

School starts back Monday the 15th of July! Have a happy and safe holiday! See you then. 

 Kind regards,

The Year 4 Team 

Clayton (H32), Ashlee and Escher (H33), Gabriel (H34), Deanna (H35), Dharma (H36), Beth (H37), Krystal (H38) and Chloe and Romy (H39)

Dear parents and guardians,

The Grade 5’s has had an incredible week establishing themselves as learners and leaders. Throughout the ASPIRE incursion, students learnt all about different leadership skills, who they are as leaders, how they can set an example and influence others, and showcased these skills as they participated in numerous collaborative team games.

This week, the grade 5’s has been working hard to be transdisciplinary with our unit of inquiry and literacy. They have been experimenting with a variety of persuasive devices to appeal to a target audience by creating amazing ads through different mediums.

In numeracy, our mathematicians were using their prior knowledge to solve problems using various multiplicative thinking strategies and collaboratively sharing their thinking with others.

Reminders:

• SLPT conferences are held on Tuesday, 25th June from 3:45-5:30PM and Wednesday, 26th June from 12:00-6:15PM (Student free day)
• Reports sent out on Monday, 24th June.
• Last day of Term 2 is Friday, 28th June, 1:30PM.
• First day of Term 3 begins, Monday, 15th July.

We hope you all have an enjoyable weekend.

The Grade 5 Team

Dear families,

What a fantastic final week of Term 2 we have had in Grade 6. 

Thank you to all the families who attended our conferences this week. With your support, our Parent-Teacher-Student Conferences were a great success. The students worked very hard over the past few weeks to prepare and practise for these and were so excited to share their learning with you. 

Our current unit of inquiry is still taking place in our classrooms, with only a few more weeks remaining. Students have been exploring catalysts for the development of Australia as a nation and have been researching into areas of their personal interest. We will continue this work once returning to school in Term 3. 

In Literacy this week, we have celebrated NAIDOC week as this event is taking place over the school holidays. Students inquired into Indigenous Australians throughout history and created biographies to share with their peers. 

We hope all families have a safe and restful break. We are looking forward to an exciting term ahead.

Reminders:

• 15th July: First Day of Term 3
• Swimming will commence again next term. It is an expectation that students will participate in the swimming program. If there is a reason why your child cannot attend swimming for a week, please let your classroom teacher know.

From the Year 6 Team
Daniel, Simon, Mel, Sarah, Shannon, Shana, Bernadette, Elyse, Lauren and Bryoni