We respectfully acknowledge the past and present traditional owners of this land on which we are meeting – the Algnith people. We also acknowledge the contributions of First Nations peoples to the education of all children and people in our country Australia, in which we all live and share together.

This week our MTSSE focus was on our eating time expectations. Teachers gave out extra Joey tokens to those students who put their rubbish in the bin during eating time. Other things the teachers were looking for included sitting down during eating time, asking to go the toilet and turning our voices off to face the whistle blower before the beginning of play.  

Welcome to Term 4!  

It’s been a wonderful start to Term 4 easing back into our routine and getting back to some exciting new topics. Science sees us exploring the way things move and we’ve enjoyed exploring different types of movements we can make with our bodies and the different ways toys can move too. In Religion, we have been looking at different celebrations in the church and are very engaged in learning about Baptism and the special symbols that represent important parts of this special time. In Geography, we’ve started looking at maps and how these vary based on the different contexts they’re used in. Technologies has seen us collecting data and presenting this data in different ways. This week we used SeeSaw so stay tuned for our uploads showing different birthdays and eye colours of the students in Prep. We’ve jumped straight back into our reading, writing of story retells and speaking in English and in Maths, have continued building our number sense around numbers to 30 and beyond. Health will see us this term exploring respectful relationships and interactions with others while in The Arts, we are learning to create and narrate a digital story to share. Lastly, in PE we look forward to more work around movement and games with Mr Harrington.  

Such a busy and exciting term planned and we can’t wait to share some of the exciting things we are working on in class with you soon. Remember to keep an eye out regularly on SeeSaw for updates, important notices and photos. Enjoy the photos below of us planting a special Prep tree with Mr Jason on Wednesday of week 2. We had such a great time learning about what the plant will need to grow big and strong and look forward to watching it grow throughout our primary school journey just like we will be too.  

Many thanks,  

Prep. 

Dear Parents and Guardians,  

Welcome to Week 1 Term 4. The students have been working very hard during the past 2 weeks and have settled back into the school routine. We have welcomed three new students into our class and have enjoyed getting to know each other.  

Maths 

In Maths the past two weeks Year One have been looking Shape in Maths and lines of symmetry in 2D shapes. They have been identifying lines of symmetry in regular shapes, pictures and have enjoyed drawing in mirror reflections of images. 

Science 

This term in Year 1 we will be learning about Biological Science - Creatures and Habitats. The students will explore the external features of living things and how they live in different places where their needs are met. Yesterday we helped Mr Jason plant the new trees in the school grounds. Mr Jason told us how the plants need soil and water to grow, and we need the plants and trees to make fresh air for us to breath. 

Health 

This unit that will be taught this Term is from the Respect Program will be Respectful Interactions. There are 2 Topics in this unit - Friendship, inclusion, belonging and Gender respect. 

Friendship, inclusion and belonging teaches the students how to identify the qualities of a good friendship and how respect, care and kindness are qualities. Gender respect teaches the students how girls and boys should be afforded equal rights, respect and opportunities and gender inclusive behaviours build respect and inclusion. 

Social Emotional Learning  

In Term 4 in SEL in the Seconds Steps Program we will be focusing on Emotional Management and Problem Solving.  

The lessons focus on Social-Emotional Learning:   

• Mindsets & Goals  
•  Recognising Bullying & Harassment  
• Thoughts, Emotions, & Decisions  
• Managing Relationships & Social Conflict  

 Positive Behaviour for Learning   

Our school community has identified the following school wide expectations to teach and promote our high standards of responsible behaviour:   

• Be Respectful  
• Be Responsible  
• Be Resilient  
• Be Ready for Learning  

MTSS-E assemblies take place on Mondays at 1.45pm followed by Second Step lessons. 

Just a gentle reminder that: 

• Library - Wednesday 
• P.E. wear sports uniform - Friday 
• Assembly - Friday Morning 
• Mrs Gear teaching - Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday (am) 
• Mrs Turner teaching - Wednesday (pm), Thursday, Friday 
• Homework is sent out each Wednesday and collected and marked the following Tuesday.  

If you have any questions, please feel free to make contact with us at a convenient time that suits  

Our email addresses are:  

Michelle Gear mgear@cns.catholic.edu.au  

Melanie Turner mturner@cns.catholic.edu.au   
 

Kind regards,  

Michelle Gear and Melanie Turner.  

Dear Families and Caregivers of Year Two, 

Welcome back to Term 4! It really is hard to believe we only have a few more short weeks together before our Year 2’s become big Year 3’s. Students have settled back into their routines and are ready for an exciting and busy term ahead.    

In reading this term we have continued working in our reading groups building fluency and comprehension. Students use base words from their books to word build to help them understand spelling patterns. We also enjoy the unjumble activity where students unjumble sentences from their reading books. 

In Maths we have learnt a new strategy called “string addition” which helps us to add two and three-digit numbers. During our Maths lessons, we have been using our whiteboard to represent number sentences in different ways. We have also been enjoying playing spinner games to help build our double numbers knowledge.  

In Religion this term we are learning about different bible stories including Zacchaeus. Students are learning the important message of forgiveness and saying sorry and to live like Jesus did. 

This term you may have noticed the beautification of our school thanks to the wonderful Mr Jason. On Wednesday each class in the school got to plant their very own tree with the help of Mr Jason. During our planting time we were lucky enough to help water our plant and will continue to visit and sing to it throughout our time at St Joeys.  

 Kind Regards, 

Mrs Tapper, Mrs Barber and Mrs Hamilton, 

Year 2 Team. 

Hello families of Year 3, 

We have had a great but busy start back to the term. Our curriculum note will be going our shortly with a description of the different key learning areas that we are going to be exploring this term.  

In English we are looking at poetry and the different forms of poetry. The students have been working on their alliteration and rhyme and finding both in different poems.  

For maths, the students are using clocks to tell time and duration, as well as mass and the weight of different objects. We will be using scales to measure different amounts and hiding some boxes to order from heaviest to lightest without seeing the items. 

A reminder that Year 3 homework is given out on a Monday and is to be given back on a Friday. We will borrow books on a Friday and theses will be sent home with homework folders.  

Thank you to everyone who has sent in some recipes so far, the book is looking great! If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask.  

Kind Regards, 

Emily 

This past week we have been so excited to help Mr Jason with planting trees around our school. Students were able to make the connection between scripture in Religion to watch we were doing by understanding that we as humans are here to care and love those living things around us. We also placed ourselves from the perspective of Adam and Eve seeing the world created after all the work of God. Students were asked to tap into their five senses and share their experiences with others in the class. We will continue our journey of stewards of creation over the coming weeks.  

In our Math lessons students have had the chance to create graphs and explore the data collected by answering a variety of analysis questions. We will also look at how to read temperatures and base units of measurement next week.  

Direct and Indirect speech has been a focus this week with students knowing the difference between the two and how to use them in a sentence and paragraph. We also are showing we can recognise nouns and noun groups with ease. The next week we are comparing and contrasting between 2 animal informative texts. This will allow us to analyse texts easier as we move into First Nation stories.  

Important Dates to remember:  

Fridays- Homework, Library and PE uniforms 

Week 7- Thursday- Starry Starry Night 

Week 8- Tuesday- Awards Night 

Hi Families, 

What a great start back into Term 4. In the senior Learning Hub we have been consolidating our learning of The Voice and how we can share our opinion respectfully and consider other people's point of view. Students had the opportunity to create their own poster on their opinion and they really thought about their work, choosing high modality language, engage colours and fonts as well as the placement of their designs too.  

In Year 5, students designed and constructed a pencil case out of paper. They used their knowledge of 3D shapes and nets and their developed knowledge of perimeter and area to construct their design. There were many design fails and lots of learning occurred throughout the lessons where students improved their designs and tried again.  

Congratulations on Week 2 Award Winners!