Parents

Dear Families, 

This week in Reading, students worked on answering ‘on my own’ questions, which require them to rely on their own knowledge and experience rather than information directly from the text. They also practised identifying syllables in words to enhance their reading fluency and began exploring how to summarise by distinguishing important information from interesting details.

In Writing, we focused on revising letters to add detail using descriptive noun groups and precise verbs. Students practised editing their letters by using classroom resources to ensure correct spelling. We also investigated spelling through building on base words with suffixes.

In Numeracy, students continue to develop their skills in measuring capacity. Students are learning to accurately measure and order the capacity of containers using a number line.

In Inquiry, Grade Ones are researching information about two holidays of their choice. Once they collected their information about the holidays, students used a Venn diagram to compare the similarities and differences in the celebrations.

Reminders:

– As we are now in Spring, students are required to wear their hats at lunch and recess. If you need a new hat, they can be purchased from the office for $10.

Kind Regards, 

Natalie, Jasmine, Abbey, Ana, Renee, Amanda, Laura and Jade

Dear Parents,

We have had another inspiring week in Grade 2!

This week, in our Unit of Inquiry, we focused on identifying problems within our school community and brainstorming solutions. The pupils noticed an issue with litter in the schoolyard, so we gathered information, collected data, listened to others’ opinions, and evaluated various solutions. This process helped us see how different perspectives can influence the actions we take to address issues in our community.

In Numeracy, we continued our exploration of fractions. This week, we extended our knowledge by applying fractions to collections, dividing amounts, and working with money totals. The students enjoyed using real-world examples to understand how fractions are present in everyday scenarios.

During Writing, we worked on refining our transactional writing skills. The students followed a letter structure and focused on sentence fluency and accurate spelling to communicate clearly for a specific purpose. It’s wonderful to see their progress in crafting thoughtful and purposeful letters!

In Reading, we continued building our summarising skills. The students practised summarising parts of a text, which helped them locate information relevant to specific questions. This skill is helping them become effective communicators who can confidently share main ideas and key details.

A few reminders:

• Book Fair is next week, please see Compass for further information. 
• The students will be participating in an incursion organised by the wellbeing team ‘Stick and Stones’ on Friday 22^nd November. 
• Next week we will begin Christmas concert practice. Please inform your child’s classroom teacher if there are any concerns around this. 
• As the weather becomes warmer, please check with your child if they have a hat at school and are wearing it as well as coming to school prepared with a water bottle, wearing sunscreen and appropriate clothing. 
• This is also a reminder that students should not be bringing toys or Pokémon cards to school. We have recently seen many issues that have arisen due to toys getting lost or destroyed or students bringing them into the classroom during learning time. 

We are looking forward to more learning and fun next week!

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

Hello Grade 3 Families,

Reminders: 

• Book Fair next week 
• Grade 3 Incursions, please view Compass
• Materials request 

Numeracy: Grade 3’s have continued to expand their conceptual understanding of angles and turns by applying it to various tasks including angles in their names, sports and in art like Kadinsky’s artwork. 

Literacy:

This week we have moved into a question and answer focus in reader’s workshop, exploring right there, think and search, author and you and on my own questions. In writing grade 3’s have been working through the writing cycle authoring a recount and making sure they use the text features of a recount as well as they are mindfully working on their writing trait’s goal. 

Unit of Inquiry: 

This week in our unit of inquiry (Living things and what they are dependent on to survive) students are going through the finding out and sorting out phase of the inquiry cycle utilising their note taking and organising skills to organise information on their chosen living thing they are investigating.  

Materials Request: To support our activities, please continue sending in empty shoe boxes or cardboard boxes. These will be used for hands-on projects in our Unit of Inquiry.

Thank you for your ongoing support! As always, if you have any questions, feel free to reach out.

Warm regards,
The Grade Three Team
Bianca, Anne, Giorgia, Jamila, Jayde, Kafa, Yasemin, and Sam

Hello Families, 

It has been an eventful week this week in the grade 4 cohort! 

In numeracy, we have completed our unit of financial maths, applying our knowledge to real-world scenarios, and begun our unit on area and perimeter. 

In literacy, we have been making connections to texts, understanding character motivations, and thinking about how we might take action in similar or different ways. 

In unit of inquiry, students have continued to engage with a range of real-world issues that we face today, focusing on topics that interest us. 

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 Grade 5 Families,

We have nearly finished week 6 with a bang, with some fantastic learning done by our grade 5 students. They have been exploring our new unit of Sharing the Planet. They have been exploring how humans manage disasters and hazards and ways to respond to them. 

In literacy, students have been working on understanding the importance of implied and explicit whilst reading a text, where they are able to transfer these skills throughout their writing. The grade 5’s have been exploring creating geographical reports. 

In numeracy, students have been using grid coordinates to locate positions and describe movement. They have been creating their own battleship fields and using directional language to verse their peers!

Reminders:

• Leadership applications are due to the homeroom teacher by Thursday 21st. No late submissions will be accepted.
• Book Fair is next week
• Full school uniform
• Hats!
• Charged iPads for learning

Have a fantastic weekend!

The grade 5 Team.

Dear Families,

It has been another exciting week in Grade 6!

In Numeracy, students have been exploring transformations. We have been working on recognising and using combinations of transformations to create tessellations and other geometric patterns.

In Literacy, we have been continuing to explore different forms of energy by watching videos and reading a variety of texts. Students have been practising the skills of visualising whilst reading to help them make connections and understand text features. 

Finally, congratulations to our boy’s AFL district team who played against numerous schools on Monday at St Albans Sports Club. They did not win the grand final but ended up a close 2nd place. Well done. 

Reminders:

• Camp medication forms were handed out this week. Please ensure your child brings these forms and the medication to their homeroom teacher by the 22nd November. 
• Camp dates: 25th – 27th November. The packing list is attached to the post.
• Grade 6 graduation is coming up, ticket information will be released shortly.
• Baby photos need to be uploaded onto Seesaw for Graduation as soon as possible. 

From the Year 6 Team 

Daniel, Simon, Mel, Sarah, Shannon, Shana, Bernadette, Elyse, Lauren and Bryoni