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This week we have worked very hard in class.  We have revised the sounds “sh” and “th” and are all pretty good at recognising these sounds when we read.

We have begun looking at punctuation when we are reading and are trying to read like we are talking. We know that big words mean that we have use a big voice when we say them, question marks means we need to change our voice and full stops mean take a breath.

We have continued to look at a varity of shapes and discussed their properties.  I am including some of our fabulous shape pictures.

Hope all of the mums have a great day on Sunday.

Reminders, we are going to the  Museum of Childhood on Thursday and we are performing our robot dance on Friday.

A digital scrapbooking design by Smilebox

Wow, the end of week 2 already!

This week we  have looked at the “th” sound make by talking tess and harry hat man.  We are all trying hard to remember that when we say this sound our tongue needs to come out!   We went on a hunt around the room looking for th words and recording them.

This week we also made flat shapes, they are on display so have a look for them.  We are getting ready to learn about the seasons and the changes that they can have on the weather. In readiness for that we went hunting for symbols in the school yard.  This will  help us when it comes to recording the weather and reading weather maps.

Thank you for the baby/toddles photos, we  will be able to start work on our timelines soon.

Don’t forget to send along your money for the excursion to the museum (17th of May).  The school has a new system for excursions and invoices will not be sent home.  If you’d like to come, please let me know.

On the 18th of May, the day after our excursion, we will be performing our robot dance at the Junior Primary Assembly. It will begin at 11:10 if you’d like to come along…….bring your camera!

Entertainment books were sent home on Friday, please send payment as soon as possible. If you do not want the book, please return to class in it’s envelope as soon as possible.

Show and tell in week 4 is the mystery bag and the item is a toy. I have modelled this to the class so the children all have some idea of what to do.

A reminder that there is no school on Friday due to a pupil free day; staff are continuing  work in the area of formative assessment.

Welcome back after the Easter break and the school holidays.

Weren’t we lucky with that beautiful weather?

This week you should’ve received the following information..

• The show and tell information and proforma for the mystery bag, please leave the proforma in the communication book to avoid loosing it.
• Information about our learning this term.
• Information about our upcoming excursion, invoices will be coming home soon so please do not send your money until you receive it.

This week began learning the letter “t” and it’s sound.  You may’ve noticed the t….t…..turtles painted on the ground in the school yard.  This is a reminder to the children to go slow and remember to walk in these areas.

Reminders for this week..

• Please send along a baby and toddler photo of your child in an envelope, we will be using glue on them so please choose carefully
• Photographs or drawings of  numbers in your house and/or the local environment, photos do not need to labelled!  Again we will be cutting and gluing them onto paper.

Please send these items as soon as possible!

We missed our browse and borrow session in the Library this week due to ANZAC Day. If you have a Library book please return it on Wednesday.

Hello children, can you name these characters, their letter name and their sound?

Can you find some things at home that start with these sounds?

I hope that everyone had a very Happy Easter and that you were able to enjoy the long weekend.

I am pretty sure that we were all in need of a rest by the time week ten came around as term one was a extremely busy.

Firstly, I would like to thank everyone for making the time to come along to our parent/teacher interviews towards the end of the term. I really enjoyed the chance to chat to families and find out a little more information about the children in my class.

The last week of school was pretty hectic with Enterprise Day. Our lucky dip stall was a big success as always. The children seemed to enjoy the day and the feedback I received from parents in passing was also very positive.

During the last week of school we managed to look at our first digraph for the year. A digraph is when two letters make one sound. We put the sounds “s” and “h” together.

Here is the Letterland story that helps us to remember what sound these two  letters make when they are together in words.

Did you know that Harry Hatman doesn’t like noise?

That is why he doesn’t wear any shoes.  One day Sammy Snake comes up behind him making a terrible “sssssss” sound and he turns to him and says “sh!”

I am looking forward to another fun filled term of learning.

Show and tell in week one is all about your holidays, so please bring along something to share about the break; perhaps you could bring a photo of what you did, where  you  went.

This week has been a great week, crazy, but great!     

We have done so much this week . Here are a few highlights. We started the week observing snails as part of our focus on the letter “s”. The children had lots of fun observing snails. For some children it was the first time that they had had the chance to hold a snail, let alone have one crawl up their arms.

On Monday we took part in the Reading Mob, where we all took a book out into the park. We found a nice shady spot and sat down and read books whilst wearing four funky glasses. It was definitely a lovely way to spend part of the afternoon.

On Tuesday morning we went to the CSIRO’s presentation called Lab on Legs. The children and parents who stayed to help  all had a ball!  We learnt about electricity, circuits, lasers, kaleidoscopes and beams of light and of course robots in the form of the bee bots.

We were lucky enough to have a year 10 work experience student in our room this week who hopes to be a teacher in the not too distant future. he was an enormous help to me and the children loved having him in the room.   Our letter this week was “h”.

Thanks so much for the donations for Enterprise Day.  dare I say it…………..please keep them coming!!

I’d like to say thank you to everyone for attending parent/teacher interviews during the week. I appreciate you all giving up your time and I hope you found the interview informative. I certainly enjoyed the chance to chat  to you all.

Can you name this character? 

That’s right it’s Sammy Snake!  He makes a hissing sound like this “sssssssss”.

This week our science lesson has been around snails.  I have asked everyone to go on a snail hunt over the weekend and bring their snail to school on Monday.  

On Tuesday we will be attending Lab on Legs at 9-10:30.  So don’t be late for school, you might miss out on some of the fun. If you have not yet paid, please do so.

If you are free, we would love you to come along and help. We will be in the Art room in the Doolette building.  It should be great fun and there is always lots of great science learning at these sessions.

We have had a few more donations for the lucky dip stall on Enterprise Day.   Please keep them coming!!   This day is fast approaching and we really are desperate for more donations. Please send along any clean unwanted toys or books to help our stall be successful.  Your child will receive some “keys” for being organised.  Lucky dips will be priced at 20, and 50 cents.

On Tuesday I was released for the day to attend a Team Planning Day.  The Reception/One Team spent the day working on various aspects of our Literacy program. 

Parent teacher interviews are scheduled this coming week and I am looking forward to the chance for us to share information about your child. 

Today we talked about and recorded the life cycle of a butterfly. The children produced some great work, which is on display in the classroom so come along and have a look.  Can you find a caterpillar in your garden?

We have spent some time reading and viewing the story of The Very Hungry Caterpillar.   For maths this week, we have been labelling, recording numbers as well as matching and reading numbers presented in words.  We have also been patterning and sequencing the days of the week.

We received our first donation for our lucky dip stall on Enterprise Day.  If you get a chance to have a look for any unwanted items  in toy boxes over the long weekend we would really appreciate it!

Many classes have sent home interview forms this week.  We had quite a few people away yesterday and today due families taking advantage of the long weekend and going away.  In fairness to these families our notes will go home on Tuesday, giving everyone the same opportunity to choose a suitable time.