What's happening in Room 5

Literacy

Phonics:

This term, we are focusing on developing our phonics knowledge.

We have learnt double consonants and the consonant digraph ‘ck’, as in duck.

This week we are beginning to learning about letter blends.  Each letter is pronounced individually, but quickly, so the letters blend together.  We say...

“2 consonants the blend together, you hear both sounds”

You can see how important it is for our students to have a solid grasp of their single sounds as we transition into the next phase of our phonics teaching.    

Sight Words: 

We are now teaching the ‘blue’ set of words.  So far we have taught:

on, her, was, have, you, by

Mathematics

The students are enjoying learning mathematical concepts and skills through many hands-on experiences using objects and counters as well as the engaging PRIME Big Books.  These big books provide our students with visual representations and explore problem solving strategies too. 

Recently we have been measuring the capacity of containers and learning how to partition the numbers 4 and 5. 

Number bonds are the ways in which a whole number can be split into parts.  We are exploring and recording the different combinations.  For example:

Dress Fancy Day

Many thanks to everyone for dressing Fancy on Friday 10th May.  It was a fundraiser for our graduating classes this year.

 

    

WGPS App

If you have an iphone or android phone, you may be interested in downloading our school app.  Search ‘Wattle Grove Primary School’ on the Apple App Store or Google Play and download for free!  Features of the app include:

· Link to the school blog

· Term planners

· School newsletter

· Canteen orders

· Absentee form

· Contact the school

Being Resilient 

Recently we’ve started discussing ways and strategies to develop resilience when things get us down or don’t go our way. 

Being resilient means that you are able to bounce back from adversity in order to lead a happy lifestyle.  Resiliency strategies are not only important for children but for adults as well, as there are many situations on a day to day basis that can present a challenge or effect your mood. 

Strategies that we’ve talked about include:

· Talking to someone about your feelings or problem

· Walk away and come back to it later

· Laugh and shake it off

· Take deep breaths

· Think about what you could do differently next time

· Think positively

Having a variety of resiliency strategies allows children to develop some good social skills and the ability to deal with challenging situations.