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.

Wow – can you believe we are halfway through the term already? And what a great term it has been!  

We have loved our Religion unit this term learning all about special celebrations in the church. Our favourite so far which sparked a lot of interest was Baptism and of course we are very excited to be moving into learning about Christmas and how it is celebrated in the Church.  

Science has been exciting with lots of learning about the way things move. We have been carrying out some investigations about how a range of different objects move and have loved our hands on learning experiences each week. Technologies links beautifully with Maths this term as we’ve been exploring data collection and interpreting information. We’ve loved creating graphs in lots of different ways and incorporating technology to share this information.  

We’ve been so proud watching how far the children have come since the start of Prep! They’ve been working hard and are definitely on their way to being ready for Year One. Thank you for your continued support every week helping us to give your little ones the best opportunities for learning in their first year of school.  

We look forward to sharing more learning with you over the coming weeks as well as participating in the exciting upcoming events.  

Many thanks,  

Prep team.  

Dear Parents and Guardians,

Welcome to Week 4 Term 4. The students have been working extremely hard and getting ready to complete assessments and beginning to practice for the end of year celebrations. Today we also wore Red for Day for Daniel. Many of the students walked to school in remembrance of Daniel Morcombe and to raise awareness and money for the Daniel Morcombe Foundation.

Maths

In Maths the past two weeks Year One have learning about place value. We have been using place value charts and MAB to make groups of tens and ones. The students have been working with 2 digit numbers but there have been many wanting a challenge so we have also used three digit numbers. Next week we will start to look at Capacity and the amount of liquid a container holds. You may want to start some disucssion at home about containers and how much water/liquid they hold.

Religion

In Religion the past two weeks Year One have been learning about Old Testament stories. One of their favourite has been Noah’s Ark. They have loved hearing the story in different ways, through the scripture, picture talks and through art. Each child created their own ark and have included pairs of animals which God asked Noah to do. The students have been wonderful at retelling the story, feel free to ask your child to tell you their own version.

Science

This week in Year 1 we learnt about Biological Science - Creatures and Habitats. The students created Animal Galleries this week and shared these with the class. They also identified living and non-living things and were able  to paste the different features in the correct places.

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.

This week we Introduced the term ‘gender stereotypes’ and ask students if they know what this word means. We then defined the term and read a story that helped them understand the meaning. We prompted the students to think how they can change the impact of gender stereotypes by always behaving in self-respecting and respectful ways and treating each other equally and in inclusive ways. Perspective is an important skill to develop and understand. We encourage students to think about how to treat others by invoking the golden rule.

Just a gentle reminder that:

• Library - Wednesday
• 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, 

It’s been a great start to Term 4! With such a short term we have lots to do and so much to learn. We have been exploring Earth’s natural resources, finding out about our connections to places, developing our ability to work out more complex mathematics problems and spelling patterns, and learning about forgiveness in the parable of Zacchaeus the tax collector. 

In reading this term we continue to work on building fluency and comprehension. Students identify letter patterns in recognising consonant and vowels in words. The students also enjoy recording themselves reading. They can replay the reading and identify where they are fluently reading. 

In Maths we have learnt a how to identify word problems, get an answer, and then double the answer. We have learned that there are many ways to identify, represent, and solve a math problem. During our Maths lessons, we consolidate our learning by refreshing math facts and times tables and extend our understanding by representing and solving new problems. 

In Science this term we are learning about Earth’s natural resources. Students have been thinking about what kinds of natural resources Earth has and the importance of conserving our natural resources. We have just started to learn about the natural resource of water, how important it is, and how the water cycle works.  

In Geography this term we are learning about places far and near. We are learning to identify how and why we are connected to places, and how connecting to places that are near to us can be different than connecting to places far away. 

Kind Regards, 

Mrs Tapper, Mrs Barber and Mrs Hamilton, 

Year 2 Team. 

Hello families and friends of Year 3, 

We are right in the middle of Term 4 and getting a lot of things done! The students have worked super hard in their learning areas, please see below for a summary: 

English – We have been exploring poetry and the different poetic devices that can be used to tell a narrative. The students looked at different images and chose one as a stimulus. We then brainstormed different problems our dinosaur might come across and how he could solve them using some alliteration and rhyme.  

Maths – We have been looking at positions and space. This involved students designing a space to fit objects and furniture. They had to sketch a plan and design the space, keeping in mind the size of the room. Students also needed to draw a legend and key to represent the different items in the space.  

Religion – Students have been exploring the Beatitudes and the powerful message Jesus portrayed on the hill. They have had to match up different values and rights to the Beatitudes.  

Science – In science the students have explored different solids, liquids and gases. Next week we are going to be doing some small experiments on melting and changing states.  

Geography – This has tied in neatly with maths, where the students have been looking at BOLTSS and different mapping conventions. The students are now going to compare the similarities and differences between Australian schools and schools across the globe.  

Thank you to everyone who has purchased a recipe book so far! They are at the printers so please get your order in via flexischools as soon as possible.  

Thanks, 

Emily 

These past two weeks we have had a large focus on us belonging to communities and how to take care of creation. Exploring a variety of creation stories and the impact it has on our world has further developed our understanding of how the world needs our support, now, more than ever. We have also established that small acts of kindness can also make a big difference when everyone contributes.  

In Maths we have looked at temperatures and how to read thermometers as well as a bit of learning around our orders of operations (BOMDAS). We were definitely challenged but when we stuck to the order, we showed we could work these tricky equations out. We have also been revising all four operations.  

We have continued to learn about nutritional information by reading labels on food items. We are making connections with the technical terms and our everyday words for food. In History lessons we are exploring how contact in Australia from the Europeans had consequences, both positive and negative.  

Important dates to remember: 

Week 7- Starry Starry Night: Thursday 

Week 8- End of Year Mass: Monday, Awards Night: Wednesday, Last day of school: Friday.  

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