Welcome to term three! I hope you enjoyed the holiday break. It’s been great to see the children back with such positive attitudes to their learning.
In maths, we started an investigation around counting and calculating. This included the children showing their thinking and explaining their working out by creating a poster to convey their learning. We have talked a lot about maths being about team work, creativity, conversations, sharing ideas, depth and connections, rather than about speed, ‘getting the right answer’ and a quiet classroom!
We’ve also explored estimating as an explicit mathematical skill to help us work out how many. The children have been practising estimating by visualising a previous collection and comparing to predict an amount (rather than simply guessing). We have thoroughly enjoyed using the website Estimation 180 to help practise estimating skills. Here is the address if you would like to explore estimating together at home: http://www.estimation180.com/
We’ve also started our geography inquiry into how and why places change.This week we looked at natural features around CLGPS. For health, we have been investigating the nature of fair play and team work. The children also participated in a road-safety presentation by the RAA.
For writing, we have been discussing this question: What makes a great story? We look forward to working with our teacher-librarian, Simone, to bring this question to life through rich, engrossing narratives.
Lapathon: Please keep collecting sponsors if possible for our school Lapathon next Friday (August 4).
Assembly reminder: A reminder that Room 23 and Room 24 will be hosting the lower-primary assembly next Friday (August 4), from 11:10 in Langley Hall.
School swimming: Just some ‘forward notice’ that school swimming will be held in week six. Please look out for more information and swimming consent forms, which will come home during the next few weeks.
School photos: Please note, the form for school photos was sent home this week. School photos will be taken on Tuesday 15th and Wednesday 16th of August (watch this space for confirmation of photo days for Readeville).
Specialist subject changes:
Tuesday 8:50am – 9:50 am PE
Wednesday 11:10 – 12:10 Japanese
Thursday 2:10 – 3:10 Art
Library borrowing is now on Thursday.
Listening to reading: I have stated reading assessments this week. Please keep an eye out over the next few weeks in your child’s take home note book for any updates with their reading.
Marie at training: This term I will be involved in a maths learning project with some other teachers from CLG and our partnership schools. I will be out of the classroom Tuesday mornings in week 2, 4, 6 and 8. Dawn Drewer will be in the classroom each of these mornings. Dawn will continue with the regular learning program.
Thanks for your ongoing support,
Marie 🙂
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