Term 2 Week 10

Enjoy the holidays everyone.  Thank you to all my parents and students for a wonderful term.

Term 2 Week 8

This week is the final week that the students can work on their History, Science and Geography.  It is a busy week with compiling all the assessment tasks that the children have done and collating them to be ready for their portfolios. 


Please contact me or the school office if you have not made a parent teacher interview yet.  Interviews take place on Tuesday and Wednesday this week. 


Please ensure your child completes their homework.  It is very minimal - spelling words and times tables.


Enjoy your week and I look forward to seeing you at the Parent Teacher Interviews.


Have a good week.
Felicity

Term 2 Week 6

Hi all and welcome to another busy week.  This week will mark the start of writing assessment tasks in history and science.  The class will do their term 2 maths test during the week.  Please keep asking your child what they are doing for their assessment tasks and help them remain on task. 
Enjoy the week.
Felicity

Team 2 Week 4

This week is NAPLAN.  On Tuesday the children will be doing 2 tests.  The first will be the language test and then a writing task.  These tasks will be during the morning session.  Wednesday will be a reading test in the morning session. The final test is on Thursday with the maths test.


Please check with y0our child that they have the materials required for these tests eg pencil, rubber and ruler.


A healthy breakfast is also very important on these few mornings.  It is important every morning but particularly on these NAPLAN days.


Any questions please see me......


Felicity

Term 2 Week 3

Welcome to week 3!! 
This week the children will have a mother's day stall on Tuesday and the prices for the gifts vary from $1 - $5. 
The school will also be holding the Mother's Day Liturgy on Friday morning at 7.15am.  A BBQ breakfast will be supplied after.  Please RSVP for catering purposes.
Enjoy your week.


Felicity

Term 2 Week 2

Welcome to week 2.

Outlined below is an exert from the term newsletter.  The newsletter will be handed out on Monday.  Our class is coordinating the Parish mass this week.  Wednesday 29th April 9.00 am.  Hope to see you there.

TERM FOCUS

 

RELIGION – Our Religion unit for the term is Sacramental Celebration. In this unit the children will learn about the sacraments, what they mean, symbols used and why. At the end of the unit, the children will have a greater understanding of the sacraments and how they fit in with our faith journey.

 

HISTORY – COLONIAL AUSTRALIA:. The children will be learning about the early colonisation of Australia. In this unit, the children will be looking at penal and free settlements, focussing on the penal settlements of Port Arthur and St Helena Island and the free settlements of Adelaide and Melbourne. This unit will also include an excursion to Saint Helena Island on the Thursday 21 May, 2015. The children will then write an illustrated fact sheet on Saint Helena Island.

 

GEOGRAPHY: The children will be learning about the States, Capitals, Population Density and Climatic regions of Australia.

 

SCIENCE – BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE. The children will explore how different creatures adapt to their different environments.

 

SIGNPOST MATHS

We use Signpost Maths on a daily or almost daily basis. We also use Signpost Maths Mentals - used to help with mental computation. 

 

LITERACY

In Literacy, we are focussing on the writing genre of Narrative. We will also be doing practise for Naplan. The children will also be focussing continually on grammar and punctuation.

 

We can not stress enough the importance of your child reading for at least 15 minutes every day.

 

DANCE FEVER:

This term the children will be participating in Dance Fever which is an exciting 40 minute dance session every Tuesday.

 

SPORT:  During this term, the children have Interschool Sports Practice every Thursday from 8.00am to 9.00am. The Interschool Sport Competition is every Friday from 12.00pm – 2.55pm

 

BIRTHDAYS
Just a reminder that birthdays are a special thing for children and we are happy to celebrate them at school. If you would like to bring something for the children to share please bring individual patty cakes or other things that are easy to hand out.

Enjoy the coming week.

Felicity

Term 2 Week 1

Hi and welcome to term 2!  I hope you all had an enjoyable break and lovely Easter celebrations with your family. 




This will be another busy term with lots of things happening.  I will send home a letter soon.  Our class will be celebrating Parish Mass next week on Wednesday the 29th April.  Hope you can join us.




The ANZAC March will be held on Saturday and we are meeting at 9.45am.  I will be there and participating in the march so please encourage your child to attend.


Homework will occur each week but will remain minimal..... Spelling and times tables are what is expected each Friday.


Enjoy your week.


Felicity