Grass Heads

In Week Two we planted some grass and micro greens. Look at our great Grass Head Monsters.

Magazine Writing - Emergent Writers

Ruby's Writing

Felicity's Writing

Gabrielle's Writing

Andre's Writing

Jaxon's Writing

Writing about Ice Cream

Mrs Melrose our Graduate Teacher brought in some delicious ice cream for us to taste and then write   about.

Zac's story

Newsletter 23 October 2015

Room 8 Weekly Newsletter

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23rd October, 2015

Dear Parents and Caregivers,

There was a huge pile of sweat shirts and polar fleeces that we took to the office this week.  None of them had names on them and we are at a loss as to who they belong to.  If you are missing any uniform, please let us know.  It is important that all items of clothing are named, especially now that the weather is warming up and children are discarding their polar fleeces etc.

Please do not send your child to school wearing jandals.  We are doing athletics on a daily basis and jandals are unsafe.

A named drink bottle should be sent to school each day please.  We do not let children go outside for a drink during class hours, but they are free to use their drink bottle anytime inside.

This week we began a buddy reading system to give everyone more "reading mileage".  The children are taught how to prompt each other and in so doing, are reminded of strategies they can use when reading.

Have a good weekend.

Kind regards,

Pip and Jolanta

Parents signature: ______________________________________

Newsletter 19 October 2015

Room 8 Weekly Newsletter

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16th October, 2015

Dear Parents and Caregivers,

This week we welcome Samara who has transferred from another school.  Lucy joined us at the start of the term.

Four days a week we have news.  Your child has to address the whole class with a news item which needs to be prepared for the morning.  They may bring an item from home, provided that it is not a soft toy.  The item gets looked after during the day by the teachers and handed back at the end of the day.  We have noticed lately that very few children come prepared.  Just as a reminder, your child's newsday is:

Please remember to send a named school sunhat to school which must be worn at playtime and lunch time.

Some chidren have word lists at the back of this book to learn to read.  Please tick as they are learned.  

There is a letter about accessing our CORE 5 programme included in this newsletter.

This week we started our plants topic by visiting the school garden, sorting pictures into groups of vegetables or fruit, and placing some mung beans into water waiting for them to sprout. 

Have a good weekend.

Kind regards,

Pip and Jolanta

Parents signature: ______________________________________

Newsletter 18 September 2015

Room 8 Weekly Newsletter

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Dear Parents and Caregivers,

We have been assessing reading levels this week.  It has become very clear that the children who get a lot of home support are the ones who are making the most progress.  Please can you make sure that you allow a few uninterrupted minutes each afternoon/evening to sit with your child and encourage them to read the book that has been sent home.  Following this, you will need to sign the notebook.  Please find attached to the reading notebook, some information relating to the importance of reading every night.

Next term we are starting on a science topic about growing plants.  We need empty, cleaned soft drink bottles  that we can cut down to size.  Also, empty yoghurt pottles would be useful.  We are planning a picnic to the Botatnic Gardens near the end of the year to tie in with this topic.  (There will be a busfare cost involved).

Thank you to all those parents who come in every morning to get their children settled and help them write a sentence on their whiteboards.  We are seeing some good outcomes.

Have a good weekend.

Kind regards,

Pip and Jolanta

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