Week 5 gossip..

Book week sure was a lot of fun for all in 02.

We thoroughly enjoyed our visit and chat with the illustrator/author  Sally Heinrich. She shared how she got her ideas for illustrations and  asked the children about how emotions can help us to develop the look of a character as well as reading some of her books.

Sally has done some fantastic work and when she spoke about her drawings the children were amazed to learn just how much time and effort it took for her to produce one drawing.

We also enjoyed a performance that incorporated the themes of the shortlisted bookweek books called Super Duper.

The children enjoyed the opportunity to go to the Library and make sticker books during lunchtime activities and our class visited Simone in the Library to produce the character “Chip” from a shortlisted book.

Then of course there was the parade on Friday morning. It was great to see everyone dress up for the day.

 

Week six sees us off to the swimming centre for lessons. Please refer to my recent seesaw posts for information. Please refer to your excursion concent form for bus departure and lesson times. We will not be at school for recess playtime or lunch eating times. We will need to have our food breaks at times that are convenient to us and our schedule during the week, therefore, no lunch orders or spending money this week please.

We have had changes to our timetable for this week only, many specialist lessons have been scheduled for first thing in the morning. Please help your child to be organised and ready for learning by being on time for school.

Children are asked to put their swimming bag on their chair when they arrive at school each mornings well as completing their other jobs.

I hope that you have had a look through the sound books that have come home this week. We have been looking at how the letter y can behave like a vowel on the end of words. We are  continuing to look at the sounds made by the vowels and the Magic “e”  and trying to remember to add Magic “e” to our writing. Of course, this is tricky because not every “e” at the end of a the word is magic!

Our latest reading strategy of Flippy Dolphin helps us when reading vowels in words.

This week we have continued to talk about our body parts as well as discussing our Early Warning Signs. These are the feelings or sensations we get in various parts of our body that tell us when something isn’t quite right, when we are frightened or nervous, perhaps when we are excited. These signs range from having a sore tummy to legs feeling wobbly like jelly. All children were asked to identify their early warning signs and record them. When we get these feelings we need to talk to an adult.

It’s going to be another busy week. Early nights will probably be needed tonight and during this week with all of the energy the children will be using in the pool. If you have any questions about swimming, please feel free to post here or onseesaw,chances are if you have a query…others do too!

See you Monday. 🏊🏽‍♀️🏊🏽‍♀️🏊🏽‍♀️

 

 

 

 

 

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