Last week our class went on an excursion to the Zoo! We got
to participate in a lesson all about animal classification, which was fantastic
because it is what we have been learning about in class. We got to help
classify a new creature that was found at the zoo! We even got to touch a snake
and blue tongue lizard. We were all very brave, unlike Mrs S.
After we had our lesson we got to explore the Zoo and find
out many interesting facts about different animals.
We all had a brilliant day. A big thank you to Mel, Sharline, Krishelle and Julie for
being amazing parent helpers.
Tuesday, 5 December 2017
Class Breakfast
Dear
Parents,
As
we have swimming over the next 2 weeks, our class has decided that we will have
a class breakfast to celebrate the end of the year! This will be held on
Wednesday 13th of December and start at 9am, so please don’t have breakfast on
this day.
As
a class, we created a list of breakfast foods and have put the list up on the
class door. I will also put a copy on the blog for those parents who can’t make
it into our class. The list includes fruit salad, yoghurt, pancakes, waffles,
bacon, eggs, toasted sandwiches, bread, fruit toast, cereals, juice and milk.
If you could discuss with your child what breakfast item you will bring and
write it down on the list. This way we avoid double ups. As it is at the start
of the day, I am asking that all food be brought in hot as we have limited
heating facilities.
Thank
you for your ongoing support,
Mrs
Caris Szczepanik
Thursday, 30 November 2017
Book Return
Wednesday, 29 November 2017
Important Swimming Notes
Our class starts
swimming next week and we can't wait! To make sure we are all ready to go
please read the below notes very carefully.
- You are to come
to school with your bathers under your school uniform and with the correct
school shoes on. If board shorts need to be put on, these will have to stay in
your school bag until it is time to go swimming.
- In a plastic
bag labelled clearly with your name you need your towel, goggles and thongs. We
will change our shoes at school, so please remember to pack thongs in your bag.
- All
items must be clearly labelled with your name. It is your responsibility to
ensure you have all your belongings before we go to the pool and leaving the
pool.
- We will be
eating our lunch at recess time and then once we get back from the pool you
will eat your recess. This is so we have enough energy to swim our best.
If you have any
questions please some and see me prior to swimming starting.
Thank you,
Mrs Szczepanik
Sunday, 19 November 2017
Super Scientist Competition
A huge congratulations to all the incredible Year 3s of Room 16 for the ginormous effort that you all put into your Science presentations. I learnt so many incredible facts about your choosen animal. Well done!
I would also like to thank all the fabulous parents of Room 16 who helped prepare for these amazing presentations. Thank you for your ongoing support!
A special congratulations to Raj and Arisha, who were the Super Scientist Winners from our class. Raj did a magnificent presentation about Bengal Tiger and Arisha told us all about the Orca Whales. Impressive work Raj and Arisha!
I would also like to thank all the fabulous parents of Room 16 who helped prepare for these amazing presentations. Thank you for your ongoing support!
A special congratulations to Raj and Arisha, who were the Super Scientist Winners from our class. Raj did a magnificent presentation about Bengal Tiger and Arisha told us all about the Orca Whales. Impressive work Raj and Arisha!
Sharing a Hills Christmas
Dear
Parents and Carers,
Last year Wattle Grove Primary School families
were involved in providing food and gifts for Christmas parcels that where
distributed to needy local families. We are again asking for your help to
support this local endeavour by donating items needed to make up these
Christmas hampers.
Each
class will be asked to kindly donate items. The list is a guide line only. All donations will need to be in by Wednesday
6th December.
Rooms
1, 2&3: Biscuits/cereal/gifts for children (e.g. toys, books, games)
Rooms
4, 5&6: Wrapping paper/pasta and pasta sauce/condiments
Rooms
7, 8 &9: Tea/coffee, & presents for children (e.g. Toys, books, games)
Rooms
10, 11, &12: Christmas puddings/ tinned fruit/cool drinks
Rooms
13, 14, 15: lollies/candy cane/potato chips/nuts/fruit juice
Rooms
16, 17, 18: Custard (long life)/cream (long life)/milk (long life)/lollies
Rooms
19, 20, 21, 22, 23: Presents for teenagers and adults (e.g. toiletries, makeup,
books, chocolates, tea towels, notepaper, games)
Rooms
24, 25, 26,27,28,29 Christmas cakes/tinned meat/ tinned fruit tinned
vegetables/ cool drinks
Thank
you for your generosity,
Daphne
Bennett
Wattle Grove Primary School Chaplain
Tuesday, 7 November 2017
Homework Week 5
For those of you who would like to do Week 5 homework or have finished your Science Superstar Presentation, I have put the homework sheet below.
Monday, 30 October 2017
Homework
As we are focusing on the Science Superstar Competition, there will be no homework except for spelling Week 4 and 5. If you still want to complete your homework I have attached the sheet below. Good luck!
Tuesday, 17 October 2017
Literacy Pro Reading
Dear Parents,
Just a reminder that students need to complete 2 - 3 Literacy Pro quizzes per
week, as part of their homework. Reading is an extremely important skill to
develop, and Literacy Pro is a fantastic program, which allows students to not
only practise their reading skills but their comprehension skills too. If done
continuously, it has enormous positive effects on students reading, which I
have had the pleasure of witnessing this year.
As students Literacy Pro levels go up the books becoming more complex texts, such as chapter books. I understand that reading 3 chapter books a week can be a difficult task, so I have asked the students to aim for 2. It is their responsibility to select the books at their level from the Library during their session and/or the classroom book boxes. If they need to get new books from the Library, they can do this before school at 8.30am Tuesday - Friday.
Next week we will be resitting our final Literacy Pro Test to see how much our reading has improved from the start of the year.
Thank you for your ongoing support, as positive parent teacher partnerships lead to a successful education.
Kind regards,
Mrs Caris Szczepanik
As students Literacy Pro levels go up the books becoming more complex texts, such as chapter books. I understand that reading 3 chapter books a week can be a difficult task, so I have asked the students to aim for 2. It is their responsibility to select the books at their level from the Library during their session and/or the classroom book boxes. If they need to get new books from the Library, they can do this before school at 8.30am Tuesday - Friday.
Next week we will be resitting our final Literacy Pro Test to see how much our reading has improved from the start of the year.
Thank you for your ongoing support, as positive parent teacher partnerships lead to a successful education.
Kind regards,
Mrs Caris Szczepanik
Thursday, 12 October 2017
Term 4 Overview
Welcome back to Term 4! It is so hard to believe that we have just started our last term of Year 3. I hope you all had a wonderful, relaxing holiday. This term, there is going to be a big focus on consolidating previous learning to ensure that relevant concepts are understood and mastered. We have a very busy term ahead of us with weekly dance lessons and swimming lessons too. This term we are also going to focus on Computer Skills, in particular, typing and publishing our work.
Below, I have broken down the key concepts that we will be focusing on this term for each Learning Area, to give you an understanding of what we will be doing throughout this term. As you can see, we are going to be very busy this term!
Maths:
- Four operations: Addition, subtraction, multiplication and division
- Long division
- Money
- Time
- Mental Maths Strategies
- Mass
- Perpendicular and Parallel Lines
- Learning our 6, 7, 8, 9 times tables with related division facts
Literacy:
- Review yearly content
- Using higher level punctuation, sentence structure and vocabulary
- Figurative language
- Persuasive and Narrative Writing
- Reading Comprehension
Science:
We are going to focus on Biological Science and the classification of animals.
HASS:
Our focus this term is on History. We will be studying our local community and how it has changed and/or stayed the same over time.
Health:
For the whole term we will be focusing on protective behaviors. More information about this will be provided to parents later in the term.
If you have any queries please feel free to come and see me. I am looking forward to another fantastic term together!
Thank you for your ongoing support,
Mrs Caris Szczepanik
Wednesday, 13 September 2017
Special Day Presentation
Last week, Miss Atterton sent home a research sheet for you to complete for your Special Day Presentation. Thank you to all the Super Stars who have already completed this. Your hard work and determination has been incredible to see.
You will be presenting your researched information throughout Week 10. Please look at the table below to find what day you will be presenting on. There is also a copy on our classroom door.
We look forward to listening to your incredible presentations.
Happy practising!
Happy practising!
Monday 18th
of Sept
Diya
Natalina Jonathan Raj Mevindu Arisha |
Tuesday 19th
of Sept
Bella
Sohail Leo Shirlina Yingxin Oliver |
Wednesday 20th
of Sept
Calvin
Layla Samantha Pari Isabelle Blayd |
Thursday 21st
of Sept
Tane
Steve Harry Mia Charlie Albert |
Thursday, 7 September 2017
Special Event Presentation
We
are concluding our Humanities and Social Sciences unit of work this term with
some short presentations. We have been busy learning all about special days and
weeks that are celebrated or commemorated in Australia and around the world.
The
students will choose a celebration or commemoration event to research at home
and they will fill out their own presentation plan in dot-point form. It is
recommended that students use information texts or the ‘Kiddle’ search engine
to source their information. During Week 10, students will use their
presentation plan to deliver a short talk to the class about their chosen
special event.
Please
see the attached task outline and assessment rubric.
Kind
Regards,
Miss
Atterton
Monday, 4 September 2017
Fire Brigade Incursion
Today we had Platoon A from the Welshpool Fire Station come and visit all Year 3 classes to discuss the very important issue of Fire Safety. Our incursion started with a fire safety talk, where we looked at different images and had to pick the fire hazard out of the pictures. Jayden was very impressed with our knowledge about fire safety and we were able to point out many different fire hazards.
Once we learnt all about different fire hazards, we then learnt what to do if there is a fire at home and at school. Over the next few weeks at school, we will be creating a fire action plan to implement at home if there is a fire!
After we learnt all about fire safety, we got to explore the fire trucks. We were very lucky as we had 3 fire trucks come to our school. Mrs S even got to dress up as a fire fighter, but she found the suit was very heavy. We all laughed at her because she looked very funny! The fire fighters were very nice and let us squirt the water from the hoses. It was so much fun!
Some of the main messages we got form this incursion were:
- Call 000 if there is a fire emergency
- If you hear the smoke alarm going off at home, the most important thing is to get out of the house and away from the fire. Don't try to get your favourite toy or your family. They will be waiting for you outside.
- You must keep everything a meter from the heater.
- If there is a fire, drop down low and go go go.
- Matches and lighters aren't toys they are tools.
- Firefighters don't just put out fires they do many, many different jobs. Some of these include rescuing people from car crashes, saving animals, helping people who get locked out of their cars.
We had such a great incursion! Thank you Platoon A!
Once we learnt all about different fire hazards, we then learnt what to do if there is a fire at home and at school. Over the next few weeks at school, we will be creating a fire action plan to implement at home if there is a fire!
After we learnt all about fire safety, we got to explore the fire trucks. We were very lucky as we had 3 fire trucks come to our school. Mrs S even got to dress up as a fire fighter, but she found the suit was very heavy. We all laughed at her because she looked very funny! The fire fighters were very nice and let us squirt the water from the hoses. It was so much fun!
Some of the main messages we got form this incursion were:
- Call 000 if there is a fire emergency
- If you hear the smoke alarm going off at home, the most important thing is to get out of the house and away from the fire. Don't try to get your favourite toy or your family. They will be waiting for you outside.
- You must keep everything a meter from the heater.
- If there is a fire, drop down low and go go go.
- Matches and lighters aren't toys they are tools.
- Firefighters don't just put out fires they do many, many different jobs. Some of these include rescuing people from car crashes, saving animals, helping people who get locked out of their cars.
We had such a great incursion! Thank you Platoon A!
Book Week
During Week 6 our
school celebrated Book Week by having a Book Week Parade. We all looked amazing
dressed up as book characters! Throughout the week, our class also participated
in some really fun Book Week activities. We had to choose our favourite book and
redesign a cover for that book. We also had to write a book report to tell others
in our class what that book was about. We think they look amazing and we hope
you will come and see our Book Week activity at our Learning Journey in Week 10.
After our Book
Week Parade, we met with our buddy class, Mrs McIlwraith's Year 5 class, and
read them our favourite book. We had a great afternoon reading with our
buddies!
Wednesday, 30 August 2017
Fractions
Over
the last few weeks in Mathematics we have been busy learning all about
fractions! We have learnt how to identify numerators and denominators, compare
and order fractions, find equivalent fractions, express fractions in their
simplest form, find the lowest common denominator and how to add and subtract
fractions.
During
our class discussions, we have really enjoyed connecting our fractions learning
to real-life experiences. We have talked about the importance of fractions in
our daily lives, such as cutting a cake or pizza into fractions! We have played
some fun games together in our groups, such as fractions bingo and completed
multiple fractions challenges.
Mrs
Szczepanik and Miss Atterton have been so impressed
with our persistence and determination to master fractions! We are excited to
move onto our next Mathematics focus, which will be area.
Thursday, 17 August 2017
Assembly
This morning our class hosted the Senior Assembly with Room
19. Our assembly was all about Poetry and we took an exciting trip to Poetry
Land. We performed 3 short plays which were really funny! We had a great time
performing and used brilliant expression. Mrs S and Miss Atterton are so proud
of us and can’t believe we could remember all of those poems off by heart! Thank
you to all our parents for helping us with our costumes and getting us to school
earlier. We hope you enjoyed our assembly as much as we did.
Not only did we do a brilliant job reciting our poems, but
our class also took out the Literacy Pro award for having the highest quiz pass
rate. We have been working so hard on reading books at our level and
understanding what they mean. It is great to see all our hard work paying off!
Huge congratulations must go to Jonathan for winning the
Science Award and Samantha for winning the Values Award. We are all very proud
of you. Layla, Blayd, Sohail and Calvin also received Merit Certificates which
are very well deserved, so well done to you all.
Our Science Award winner! Well done Jonathan! |
Our Merit Award winners! |
Literacy Pro Certificate winners! |
Values Award winner. Well done Sam! |
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Congratulations on winning the Literacy Pro trophy Room 16! |
Thursday, 10 August 2017
Science - Fossil Fuels
Last week in Science, Miss Atterton taught us about Fossil Fuels and how important they are to our survival. There are three types of Fossil Fuels which are coal, oil and natural gas. Without these we wouldn't have heating and cooling which is vital to our survival and health.
Mining and extracting these fossil Fuels from the Earth can have devastating effects to nature. We got to mine for coal using chocolate chip biscuits. The chocolate chips were the coal and the biscuits were the Earth. We had to extract the chocolate chips out of the biscuit using tooth picks and then examine the biscuit without the choc chips in it. It was very interesting to see what mining for coal can do to the Earth.
Mining and extracting these fossil Fuels from the Earth can have devastating effects to nature. We got to mine for coal using chocolate chip biscuits. The chocolate chips were the coal and the biscuits were the Earth. We had to extract the chocolate chips out of the biscuit using tooth picks and then examine the biscuit without the choc chips in it. It was very interesting to see what mining for coal can do to the Earth.
Wednesday, 9 August 2017
Our Assembly
Dear Parents,
Our class is hosting an assembly, which will
be held Friday 18th of August at 8:45am. Please ensure your
child is at their class dressed in their costume at 8:20am that morning. We
will be performing an item based on our love of poetry.
Your child needs to come dressed up according
to the play they are in.
My Brother On His Birthday -
Party dresses with hair down so we can put party hats on our heads.
My Mother Does My Homework - Jeans, a
shirt and enclosed shoes.
The World’s Biggest Burp
- Jeans, a blue shirt and enclosed shoes.
Please ensure these costumes are easy to move
around in! We will be checking costumes on Wednesday, 16th August, so
please ensure these are brought to school for this day.
Children are to bring their school uniform in
their school bag to change into after the assembly.
Your child will be bringing home a copy of
their lines each night to rehearse, along with a link to the song and lyrics.
Thank you for ongoing support and we are looking forward to seeing you all
there!
Kind regards
Mrs Caris Szczepanik and Miss Atterton
Wednesday, 2 August 2017
Volume and Capacity
Over the past few weeks our focus in Mathematics has been volume and capacity. We have learned that volume is the amount of liquid actually in the container and capacity is how much the container can hold when completely full. We have had so much fun using water and different containers to measure the volume and capacity!
Miss Atterton taught us that if we pour the same amount of liquid into a container with greater width, the water level will appear less. If we pour the same amount of liquid into a container that has a smaller width, the water level will appear higher. How cool is that!
Miss Atterton taught us that if we pour the same amount of liquid into a container with greater width, the water level will appear less. If we pour the same amount of liquid into a container that has a smaller width, the water level will appear higher. How cool is that!
Wednesday, 26 July 2017
Damper Making
Yesterday in class we made Damper as part of our NAIDOC Day celebrations. We learned how Aboriginals made Damper using traditional methods then we had a go at making our own.
We needed to use:
- 1 cup of plain flour
- 1 cup of self raising flour
- 1 cup of water
- 1 tablespoon of salt
Once you have all the ingredients you just mix them together, form little buns and then cook them on 180 degrees for about 20 minutes.
They were so simple to make and tasted delicious! We put some butter and jam on ours. Some of us wanted to make more at home it was that delicious.
Have a look at our pictures below.
We needed to use:
- 1 cup of plain flour
- 1 cup of self raising flour
- 1 cup of water
- 1 tablespoon of salt
Once you have all the ingredients you just mix them together, form little buns and then cook them on 180 degrees for about 20 minutes.
They were so simple to make and tasted delicious! We put some butter and jam on ours. Some of us wanted to make more at home it was that delicious.
Have a look at our pictures below.
Congratulations!
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We even had 2 students get 100% in Principals Challenge, which is very difficult to do, so congratulations to Diya and Raj!
Keep up the amazing work everyone.
Student Councillors
Classroom Plant
As part of our sustainability program, our class now has it's very own pot plant!
Our Student Councillors will be responsible for watering our plant and if we can successfully grow our plant we will get some more.
It is vital that we take care of our environment!
Our Student Councillors will be responsible for watering our plant and if we can successfully grow our plant we will get some more.
It is vital that we take care of our environment!
Thursday, 20 July 2017
A Note From Miss Atterton
Dear Families,
My name is
Katie Atterton and I will be working as a student teacher in your child’s
classroom for the next ten weeks. I am in the fourth and final year of my
Bachelor of Education Degree and I will be graduating this December from the
University of Notre Dame in Fremantle.
I’m so
grateful for the opportunity to complete my final placement at Wattle Grove
Primary School alongside Mrs Szczepanik in her wonderful year three class. I will be working with the
students in your child's class in various capacities with both small group and
whole class teaching across various learning areas. My teaching load and
responsibilities with the students will gradually increase over the course of
the term.
During
my previous student teaching placements I have taught kindergarten and
pre-primary aged children, I’m eager to gain experience working with year three
students. My background includes many years working in childcare and tutoring
high school students who were behind in their literacy skills. Throughout my
placement at Wattle Grove I hope to create a learning environment that fosters
imagination and creativity, a space where students feel safe, supported and
experience a sense of belonging. I’m passionate about building a community of
learners that facilitates student’s collaborative engagement together and
encourages them to reach their fullest potential.
I am truly looking forward to beginning my student teaching position at
Wattle Grove Primary School. I believe this term will be full of learning, not only
for the students but for myself as well! Thank you for this opportunity.
Sincerely,
Katie Atterton
Tuesday, 18 July 2017
Term 3 Overview
Welcome back to Term 3! It is hard to believe that we are already half way through Year 3 already. This term we welcome Miss Katie Atterton into our class for her final teaching practice. We are very lucky to have such a committed and enthusiastic student joining Room 16 for the next 10 weeks. Please help us to make her feel very welcome.
Below, I have broken down the key concepts that we will be focusing on this term for each Learning Area, to give you an understanding of what we will be doing throughout this term. As you can see, we are going to be very busy this term!
Maths:
- Multiplying and dividing 3 digit numbers
- Long division
- Adding and subtracting fractions
- Comparing fractions
- Calculating area
- Calculating capacity
- Learning our 6, 7, 8, 9 times tables with related division facts
Literacy:
- Figurative language such as similes, metaphors, idioms, personification, hyperbole and alliteration.
- A wide range of poetry writing
- Narrative writing
- Use a wide range of punctuation correctly
- Spelling rules and phonics sounds
- Reading comprehension
Science:
We are going to focus of Physical Science and how heat is produce and how heat can transfer from one object to another.
HASS:
Our focus this term is on History. We will be studying different commemorations around the world. At the end of the term we will be presenting a speech based on a commemoration around the world.
Health:
For the whole term we will be investigating the question, 'What makes a balanced, healthy lifestyle?' We will be focusing on healthy eating habits, exercising and healthy relationships.
This term we also have our assembly, book week, NAIDOC Day, sports carnival and learning journeys.
If you have any queries please feel free to come and see me. I am looking forward to another fantastic term together!
Thank you for your ongoing support,
Mrs Caris Szczepanik
Sunday, 25 June 2017
Congratulations
A huge congratulations to Harry, Pari, Yingxin and Sohail for receiving a Merit Award at the last senior assembly. Your hard work, dedication and determination has been amazing to see and you are all fantastic role models for Room 16. Well done to you all!
Monday, 12 June 2017
STEM Challenge
Last week Mrs
S gave us a challenge to design and make a spaghetti tower using only 20 pieces
of spaghetti, a meter of tape, some string and a marshmallow. Our spaghetti
towers had to hold the marshmallow on top for at least 1 minute to be
successful.
Before we started planning our towers we researched
different tall towers of the world like the Eifel Tower, Leaning Tower of Pisa
and the Space Needle. We figured out that to be successful the tower would need
a strong, wide base and a thin top so it would balance. Once we gathered this
information we then began to plan and sketch our tower with the person next to
us. We had to make sure our diagrams were clear and labelled.
We then had 30 minutes to create the tallest spaghetti
tower we could! It was really difficult as the sticky tape wouldn't stick tot
eh spaghetti, some of the spaghetti broke and some groups run out of materials.
We had to use our problem solving skills and think of ways to over come these
problems while using team work.
Some towers
were successful and some weren’t but that is a part of Design and technology.
Once the challenge was complete we then had to reflect on our design and think
about what worked well and what we could improve next time. Next term, Mrs S is
going to give us the same challenge again to see if our skills have improved.
Congratulations to Layla and Sam who built the tallest
tower which was nearly 60cm tall and could hold the marshmallow for over 1
minute. Amazing work girls!
Stem from carisheppener
Wednesday, 7 June 2017
Sundial Experiment
On Wednesday, we conducted a Sundial Experiment to finish off our
Science unit all about light. We have learnt some seriously interesting facts
about how the sun, moon and Earth all work together. We conducted an
investigation about how shadows move and why. Did you know…. that although
shadows move it is actually the Earth that is moving as it is spinning on it
axis.
In order to conduct our
experiments we needed to come up with an aim, materials, method and document
our results at the end of it. We had so much fun and are turning into fantastic
Scientists.
Sundial from carisheppener
Tuesday, 6 June 2017
Super Scientist Competition
A huge congratulations to all the incredible Year 3s of Room 16 for
the ginormous effort that you all put into your Science presentations. I
learnt so many incredible Science facts and your explanations about
your experiments and presentations were outstanding. Well done!
I would also like to thank all the fabulous parents of Room 16 who helped prepare for these amazing presentations. Thank you for your ongoing support!
A special congratulations to Pari and Mevindu, who were the Super Scientist Winners from our class. Pari did a magnificent presentation about fire and water. Her explanation about why the fire went out and the water rose in the glass was outstanding! Mevindu told us all about the atmosphere in great detail, which was so interesting and he even made a book. Impressive work Pari and Mevindu!
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A special congratulations to Pari and Mevindu, who were the Super Scientist Winners from our class. Pari did a magnificent presentation about fire and water. Her explanation about why the fire went out and the water rose in the glass was outstanding! Mevindu told us all about the atmosphere in great detail, which was so interesting and he even made a book. Impressive work Pari and Mevindu!
Planet Show Bags
As I am sure you have all heard by now (due to the overwhelming excitement!) we are mid way through completing our Planet Show Bags! This project has been an amazing opportunity for students to take control of their own learning and develop their research and questioning skills. As part of our Science and Design and Technology program, students were asked to pick a planet, create their own questions to research using the computers and record their information and references. From this information they have collected we will be completing Information Reports in class. Not only do students need to create a report but they also need to provide some fun activities which a show bag would usually have. These activities will need to be completed at home.
To break down the assignment we will:
- Complete our Information Reports at school
- Design and create our show bags at school
- Provide at least one activity from list one and from list two to go into our showbags. This will be done at home.
A copy of the assignment outline and rubric which they will be marked upon are attached below. I am so excited to see the final products in Week 9! If you have any questions please come and see me.
To break down the assignment we will:
- Complete our Information Reports at school
- Design and create our show bags at school
- Provide at least one activity from list one and from list two to go into our showbags. This will be done at home.
A copy of the assignment outline and rubric which they will be marked upon are attached below. I am so excited to see the final products in Week 9! If you have any questions please come and see me.
Wednesday, 17 May 2017
Science
The Importance of Home Reading
Dear Parents,
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A research study on independent reading and young students by Nagy and Herman shows that simply reading for 20 minutes every day can significantly increase the chances of your child’s educational success in the future.
Learning to read is about listening and understanding as well as working out what’s printed on the page. Through hearing stories, children are exposed to a wide range of words. This helps them build their own vocabulary and improve their understanding when they listen, which is vital as they start to read. It’s important for them to understand how stories work too. Even if your child doesn’t understand every word, they’ll hear new sounds, words and phrases which they can then try out, copying what they have heard.
As children start to learn to read at school, you can play an important role in helping to keep them interested in books. Find out what interests them, help them to find books that will be engaging and fun, and spend time reading the books they bring home from school together.
For more information please go to https://www.pearson.com/uk/learners/primary-parents/learn-at-home/help-your-child-to-enjoy-reading/why-is-reading-so-important.html
Thank you and happy reading!
Mrs Caris Szczepanik
Literacy Pro
This week we resat our
Literacy Pro test to see if our reading has improved. We have loved doing
Literacy Pro and earning many certificates. We have been working very hard on
our comprehension skills this year with great success.
Mrs Szczepanik can’t believe that we have done nearly 1,000 quizzes and read nearly 700,000 words!
Have a look at us completing our Literacy Pro test.
Mrs Szczepanik can’t believe that we have done nearly 1,000 quizzes and read nearly 700,000 words!
Have a look at us completing our Literacy Pro test.
Thursday, 4 May 2017
Homework - Week 3
Due to NAPLAN being held next week, students will not be receiving homework throughout Week 3 or spelling words. They will still be required to do home reading. If students would like some further practice over the week they can also log in to Study Ladder.
Monday, 1 May 2017
NAPLAN
Dear Parents,
As I am sure you're aware of by now, NAPLAN testing will be conducted next week. During this somewhat intense time for your child, there are a few things you can do to assist them at home.
- In the mornings having a healthy, nutritious breakfast is also beneficial
- They need to be at school by the first siren at 8.30am so they are relaxed and can prepare for the test calmly as the tests are timetabled to start at 8.50am
- Encourage them to give it their absolute best
- Discuss any feeling and emotions they have coming up to and after the tests
Below is the NAPLAN timetable.
Tuesday 9th of May
8.50am Language Conventions
10.50am Writing
Wednesday 10th of May
8.50am Reading
Thursday 11th of May
8.50am Mathematics
Catch up tests will be done on Friday, but please try and ensure your child is there to complete their assessment.
If I can assist you or your child in any way, please come and see me.
Thank you,
Caris Szczepanik
Term 2 Overview
I hope you and your family had a relaxing holiday and took the time to unwind from a busy term. This term our main focus will once again be on developing strong Literacy and Numeracy skills.
Below, I have broken down the key concepts that we will be focusing on this term for each Learning Area, to give you an understanding of what we will be doing throughout this term. As you can see, we are going to be very busy this term!
Maths:
- Addition and subtraction with regrouping
- Mental maths
- Multiplying and dividing 3 digit numbers
- Place value to 10 000
- 6 and 7 times tables
- 2D and 3D shapes
- Measuring length and converting measurements
- Money
Literacy:
- Procedure writing
- Report writing
- Homophones and homographs
- Using a variety of punctuation when writing
- Building vocabulary
- Collective nouns
- Spelling rules and phonics sounds
- Reading comprehension
Science:
- We are going to continue to learn about the Solar System, light and shadows. We will be doing lots of investigations.
- Super Scientific Competition will be held again this term.
- Students will also have a speaking and listening project about the planets.
HASS:
Our focus this term is on Geography
- Naming the states and capitals of Australia
- Looking at regional centers of Australia
- Identifying major natural landmarks and features
If you have any queries please feel free to come and see me. I am looking forward to another fantastic term together!
Thank you for your ongoing support,
Mrs Caris Szczepanik
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