Welcome to week 5 and the checkpoint for half way through Term 3 – time really does fly when you’re having fun!

It’s been a great start to the term and we have enjoyed our new units of learning in all subject areas.

In Religion, we’ve been learning all about ‘the golden rule’. We’ve been discussing the rule of treating others the way we would like to be treated and how this applies to our everyday lives. We’ve also been reading stories from the bible including the Good Samaritan and Jesus Heals 10 Men and how there were people in these stories who made good choices and people who did not.

In Maths, we’ve been working on building our number skills to 30 including modelling, sequencing, writing, partitioning and equal sharing. We’ve also been looking at measurement and how we can measure using informal units. These lessons have seen us working both inside the classroom as well as making the most of the cooler weather and sunshine outside.

English has us looking at lots of procedural texts and how we can create them ourselves also. This includes recipes and we’ve been lucky enough to make a chocolate cake. Next up we will be exploring the recipes of fairy bread, playdough and pizzas and of course will get a chance to make these as well ? We continue building our reading and speaking skills through learning new letters and sounds, tricky words, and practising our decoding skills. It’s been very exciting watching the growth in the children in these areas and I’m sure you’ve noticed at home too.

Science is an exciting unit this term looking at materials and their properties. We are enjoying exploring lots of different materials and discussing with the class how they could be used.

Technologies has introduced us this term to the concepts of software and hardware. We are enjoying looking at all the different types of software and hardware relevant to our lives and also intrigued learning about ones we didn’t even know existed.

HPE this term has had us exploring different games we can play and how we follow the rules of a game for enjoyment, fairness and safety. We have been practising our throwing, hitting, catching and running skills and are looking forward to moving into skipping very soon. Health sees us moving into our Daniel Morcombe safety units soon where we explore personal safety both at home, at school and out in the community.

Our focus in HASS this term is History. We have been enjoying learning all about how things and places change over time and have had a great time looking at toys and objects from the past (and making Miss Backhouse and Miss Rachael feel really old!!!!). We’ve also been looking at different celebrations that are celebrated by ourselves and others in our class.

In addition to our busy learning, we’ve also enjoyed other exciting things such as celebrating birthdays, special things happening for our families and our school dance night. We look forward to more exciting things coming up in the term too.

As per usual, we appreciate your support and commitment to your little one’s education and if you ever need, please don’t hesitate to reach out with any questions or concerns you may have.

Many thanks,

Miss Backhouse and Miss Rachael.