Living safely with Pets Program

Hi Everyone,

Wow we are venturing into week four already. The weeks have flown past us!! The children all enjoyed swimming and learnt many new skills. Thank you for your patience with the changing of clothes. As you are aware this is not a decision made by us but a response from DECD due to the Debelle inquiry. Many of you have come into the classroom and seen our new learning spaces. The children have been very excited and engaged with their learning. We have begun our Reggio Inquiry topics and as a community of learners ( 6AS, 6AN and 8W) we are learning new skills and developing deep thinking about our chosen topics. Have a chat with your child to find out what inquiry topic they have chosen. I have placed some information and thoughts on the Reggio page.

On Friday the 23rd of May the children will be visiting the Living safely with pets program. I still have some outstanding permission slips. Can these please be returned asap. If you are unsure as to whether you have returned yours can you please see me.

In maths we have been learning about 2D and 3D shapes, looking at attributes, sorting, counting faces, edges and vertices. We have revisited skip counting by tens and working with problematised situations.

In literacy we have been working on the skills of questioning (who, when, why, what, where, how?), and visualising to help with our understanding and comprehension of the text. In writing we have been working on narratives, homophones, initial blends and a swimming journal.

In Integrated studies we have been examining the weather and learning about the solar system. We have had time with our buddies to finish our favourites presentation and the students will begin sharing these with the class during week 4 and 5. We tried out some still life drawing of tulips and the students enjoyed learning these new techniques.

For 5 Wednesdays starting on June the 4th, Lucinda Castillo (a 3 year teaching student from Flinders uni) will be joining our class for her practical experience. During this time she will be getting to know the students and undertaking planning. Lucinda will be with us also for the first 4 weeks of term 3. Please say hi and make her feel welcome. Any questions please come and see me.

Have a great week.

Cheers

Karina 😉