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Dear Families,
Welcome back to Term Two. We hope you have had a very happy, holy and restful Easter break.
We have a very busy term ahead, filled with lots of scientific exploration and discovery. Our overarching theme for term 2 is ‘How to Flourish’. We will be looking at how plants grow and what they need to flourish. We will compare this to ourselves and investigate what we need to live a flourishing life. We will be using the Parable of the Sower as a basis for this unit.
We look forward to having Parent Helpers in the classroom this term. Thank you to those who have already volunteered.
Tuesday 2D – PE2M – Performing Arts
Important Days Monday
Home reading folder to school please!
Library Assembly
Wednesday2M – PE2D – Performing ArtsArt SustainabilityItalian
\FridaySports Uniform Please!Sport
Homework each fortnight
Dates to RememberWeek 12D SwimmingWeek 225th April ANZAC DayWeek 3School Photos MondayWeek 4Mother’s Day stall FridayWeek 62M SwimmingWeek 72M SwimmingWeek 8School Closure Thursday and FridayWeek 9Queen’s Birthday MondayWeek 11Parent Teacher Chats - Early finishStudents Early Finish Friday 1:50pm
Term 2 Newsletter
LiteracyThis term we will be continuing with CAFÉ Reading routines in the classroom. Most students will be reading chapter books now and these can be used as home readers. Please write a comment on how they are reading in relation to the CAFE strategies: Comprehension, Accuracy, Fluency and Expanding Vocabulary.
For writing we will continue to focus on the Vocabulary, Connectives, Openers and Punctuation (VCOP) strategies. We take some time to write on our own to practise these strategies in our Big Write sessions each Friday.
Our big skills f
ocus for ICT this
term is coding. We will be u
sing the
CS First program
to support t
his.
We will also continue
to use
Seesaw to upl
oad student
work
and share ou
r wonderful learn
ing.
ICT This term we will be using the Parable of the Sower as a basis for us to look at our lives today and how we
can live a flourishing life. Students will also explore how plants grow and
flourish. We will be starting the term off with planting some veggies in the John Ash garden.
Faith Life Inquiry
We are looking forward to continuing to work in partnership with all of you! Please feel free to email us any time.
Mr Wayne [email protected] Jo Fraser (Tuesdays)[email protected] Peggy [email protected]
In Mathematics we will be exploring time and different ways we measure it.
We will also be looking at using arrays to solve multiplication problems, division facts and strategies, graphing data, exploring 2D shapes and 3D objects and understanding how to measure volume and capacity.
Things to Remember! School Uniform - Full correct winter uniform is to be worn each day. Full sports uniform, including plain white socks, is to be worn on sports days. a
Late notices/absences - Parents are required to sign a late notice in the school office if their child is late to school. An email explaining absences is required to be sent to the teacher and Yvette on the day of absence. aa
Birthdays - If you would like to celebrate your child’s birthday, you are welcome to provide lemonade icy poles or a fruit platter to be shared. Birthday invitations are not to be given out at school.a
Diaries- Diaries are to be filled in each night after reading with a comment on how your child has read. This can be done by either yourself or your child but please sign off on it. These are to be handed in on a Monday morning each week. There is an expectation that at least 4 nights are filled in each week.a
Mathematics
