Welcome Back
Welcome back to Term 3. We hope you all enjoyed a lovely
break. This term is set to be another busy one, so please keep an eye on the
classroom notice board and the blog. Just a reminder that student work sample
books that were sent home with reports at the end of last term need to be
returned.
Literacy
Our focus for literacy for the coming weeks is:
Week 1: Initial blends: tw and qu and revision of initial
blends. Sight words: them, then, made. Spelling: a, I, can, see.
Week 2: End blends: ft. Sight words: when, which, water.
Spelling: is, it, the at.
Week 3: End blends: mp. Sight words: make, only, into.
Spelling: look, dad, in, like.
Numeracy
Week 1: Ways to make 6 e.g. 3 and 3 make 6, 4 and 2 make 6.
Addition within 5. Naming 2 dimensional shapes e.g. circle, square, triangle,
rectangle.
Week 2: Ways to make 7 e.g. 3 and 4 make 7, 5 and 2 make 7.
Counting the sides and corners on 2 dimensional shapes e.g. a square has 4
sides and 4 corners.
Week 3: Ways to make 8 e.g. 4 and 4 make 8, 5 and 3 make 8.
Sorting 2 dimensional shapes based on their attributes e.g. size and colour
Other Learning Areas
Our focus in Science this term is Physical Sciences. This
involves learning about how the size and shape of an object affects how it moves
e.g. roll, spin, slide, bounce.
Our focus in Health this term is Protective Behaviours. The
students will learn about their feelings and how to recognise safe and unsafe
situations.
Our focus in Physical Education this term is learning how to
control an object such as a ball through catching, throwing and kicking. This
term, the students will also participate in a Kindy and Pre-primary tabloid day
and running races at the Whole School Sports Carnival.
NAIDOC Week
During week 2, the whole school will be celebrating NAIDOC
Week. There will be an assembly and the students will also participate in a
range of activities in the classroom and with our buddy classes.
P&C Disco
The P&C are commencing preparations for the upcoming
school disco. Events like this require a lot of support and the disco will not
be able to go ahead without parent volunteers. At this stage, the disco is
scheduled for Friday 13th September. If you can help out on the
night, please let your classroom teacher know and we can pass your information
on to the P&C.
Faction T-shirts
This term, students are allowed to wear their coloured
faction t-shirts to school on a Friday. If your child does not have a faction
t-shirt, these are available for purchase from the uniform shop. If you do not
know what faction your child is in, please see your classroom teacher.
‘No Throw’ Tuesday
Wattle Grove is a sustainable school. For this reason, we
try and encourage the students to have minimal waste. Every Tuesday is ‘No
Throw’ Tuesday. Each class gets a point for every student that brings a lunch
box with no plastic rubbish. Please help to support your child to have a waster
free lunch box.
