News Roster Term 2

Please see below for the Term 2 news topics. Your childs news day will remain the same as Term 1.

welcome back to Term 2!

Well, it is hard to believe that Week 1 of Term 2 is already over! 

 

I would like to personally thank parents for welcoming me back. I am happy to be back! I know many of you may wish to discuss your child and how they have settled with me. I can say that the students have all taken the teacher change very well and we even had a visit from Miss 'S' this week. 

 

ANZAC Day

This week we held a special ceremony for ANZAC day. The students were very respectful and showed maturity during the ceremony. We buddied up with our older buddy class on the Thursday afternoon to make a wreath for the ceremony. Sonya and Qihang did a great job of walking it to the flagpole with the Student Councillors of Room 32.

TERM 1 LEARNING

In Term 1, the focus was on sounds and numbers (recognition and counting).

 

The Kindy ‘golden words’ were covered explicitly again, and it would be appreciated if parents could ensure these words have been consolidated and students can recognise them instantly. This will aid in their reading fluency in Term 2. 

 

It was our aim for students to have a grasp on their letter sounds and numbers to 20 in this term, as it is required as a foundation for our learning in Term 2. 

 

TERM 2 LEARNING

This term, we are starting to extend students’ skills and understanding of how sounds can be blended to make a word. We are starting with simple two and three letter words that are decodable (VC and CVC). Later in the term we will move to four letter decodable words.

 

We will be working through the red and blue sight words explicitly as a whole class. Your child's achievement of these words in their individual folders will be determined by their ability to instantly recognise the word in a range of formats e.g in a book, on a flashcard etc. Some students may be ahead of the "whole class explicit words," however, it is important that they not only learn to recognise the word, but also how to use it in the correct context in spoken and written texts. We will continue to support all students to work towards their achievements. Please ensure you are also practising these to reinforce and consolidate their learning.

 

In Mathematics, we are moving beyond basic number recognition and sequences. We will now be introducing students to the concept that a number refers to a quantity and this can be represented as a whole or can be broken into parts. This concept will be the foundation for teaching students to add and subtract numbers in their future learning. This skill can be quite tricky for some students and they usually need lots of reinforcing and encouragement in the beginning. I am happy to help you with the process we use and how to use concrete materials to support and consolidate the idea at home. 

 

 

Room 6 Updates

 And just like that, in the blink of an eye, Term One 2021 is done and dusted!

Thank you to all those who attended the Parent Teacher Interviews. I hope you found the session, and the information that was shared, to be helpful for both you and your child's future learning. 

Literacy

In literacy we have continued to revise the single sounds, and have started focusing on blending, sounding out three letter words and blending the sounds together to say the word. While we continue to revise our Golden Words, we have also started our Red Words List, and reinforce these words by reading them in short sentences. We continue to revise rhyming words and syllables (parts of a word) in daily warm ups and rotation activities. 

News

The news roster has been a great success this term, with all children engaging in the weekly news topics and presenting to the class. They have grown in confidence each time they present, and have made big improvements in their speaking and listening skills in such a short amount of time! Please keep an eye on the class notice board and class blog for updates on the news roster for Term Two. Remember, it is important that all of the children participate in the news program. If your child is away or they are unable to participate on their set day, they will be given an opportunity to do so on another day. 

Sight Word Folders

A reminder that sight word folders should be kept at home for the week and returned on your child's allocated day for us to review. Please practise these words daily and in short sessions. You could write the words onto card and place them around the house or play games like memory and fish. We kindly ask that you do not tick or mark off the words in the sight word folders, as this is done when we review the words with them on their allocated day. 

Home Readers

Please continue to read your guided reading books with your child and return it on the same day as their sight word folder. Listen to your child read their book, encourage them to sound out and blend words, and assist them if and when needed. You can also ask them questions to assist with them comprehension of the story...

Who were the characters? 

What was the...?

Why do you think...?

What do you think might happen next?

You can also ask your child to retell the story in their own words once they have finished reading. 

Library

Our library day is Monday. Please return all books on the first day of Term Two so your child can borrow a new book. 

Numeracy

In numeracy we have continued to revise numbers to 20, how to write them and counting collections. We have started learning to compare quantities; which one has more or which one has less, and we have practised counting on more/less and before/after in a number sequence. The children have been busy learning the days of the week and ordering key events in their day.

Science

While we continue to observe the weather and use language to describe the types of weather that we see and feel, the children have started to learn about the four seasons and each of the seasons' characteristics. We have drawn clothes to suit hot and cold climates and have discussed the different activities we can do in different types of weather. 

On Entry 

On Entry Assessments were completed in Week Six and Seven. Report Summaries have been provided at the Parent Teacher Interviews. If you would like a copy of your child's summary, please do not hesitate to come and see me. 

Term Two commences on Monday the 19th of April.

I would like to thank you all for a fantastic and productive term. I wish you all a Happy Easter and a safe, relaxing break.