Important Dates:

• Wednesday 23^rd October – Police visit incursion
• Thursday 7^th November – Fire Brigade incursion
• Thursday 14^th November – Responsible Pet Ownership incursion

In Literacy students will be:

• explicitly taught the correct articulation and pronunciation of stage 6 and 7.1 sounds ( sh, ch, tch, th, ng, wh, ph, ai, ay, ee, ea, –y, igh, ie, – y, oe) .
• engaging in daily activities that involve manipulating sounds and forming words.
• learning to use their letter sound knowledge to blend sounds together to read words and sentences.
• learning to identify the beginning, middle and end sounds of a word.
• building reading fluency by reading decodable sentences connected to the sounds they have learnt.
• participating in daily formal handwriting sessions learning how to form letters correctly and how to correctly hold a pencil.
• introduced to the conventions of writing; writing from left to right and leaving spaces between words.
• practising and revising Heart words (high frequency words that need to be learnt automatically).
• writing sentences that are grammatically correct

In Mathematics students will be:

• subtracting within 20 using concrete materials.
• comparing and ordering numbers (0-120).
• using one-to-one correspondence to share materials equally.
• identifying Australian Coins.
• exploring the language of time (o’clock).
• learning about measuring and how to compare the capacities of two containers using the words ‘holds more’, ‘holds less’ and ‘holds the same’.
• naming positions in a race and queue (1st to 10th) using ordinal numbers and terms ‘in front of’ and ‘behind’.
• posing questions and collecting data to create a simple display (e.g. ticks on a T-chart).
• participating in a daily review of concepts taught to consolidate mathematical skills.

In our Knowledge Unit and Inquiry students will be:

• exploring the topic of First Nations People.
• National Reconciliation Week.
• Australia’s 3 flags.
• different nations of Indigenous peoples in Australia.
• Acknowledgement of country.  
• Welcome to Country.
• story of Bunjil.
• Birrarung book.
• animals of the Birrarung.
• exploring the topic of Who’s on our Money.
• people on Australian coins and notes and their significance.
• exploring Stories.
• introduced to classic stories as well as trickster tales and fiction from other cultures.
• exposed to language and recurring themes in children’s literature.

Wellbeing

Students will engage in Resilience, Rights and Respectful Relationships lessons looking at:

• Gender identity
• Positive Gender relations.

There will be a continued focus on our SWPBS Expectations as outlined in our whole school matrix.

Important Dates:

100 Days of School Celebration: Tuesday 30^th July.
Father’s Day/ Special Friends’ afternoon : Thursday 29^th August.

In Literacy students will be:

• explicitly taught the correct articulation and pronunciation of letters and sounds.
• blending and segmenting adjacent consonants, consonant digraphs and syllabification.
• engaging in daily activities that involve manipulating sounds and forming words.
• learning to use their letter sound knowledge to blend sounds together to read words and sentences.
• learning to identify the beginning, middle and end sounds of a word.
• building fluency by reading decodable sentences connected to the sounds they have learnt.
• participating in daily formal handwriting sessions learning how to form letters correctly and how to correctly hold a pencil.
• introduced to the conventions of writing; writing from left to right and leaving spaces between words.
• practising and revising Heart words (high frequency words that need to be learnt automatically).

In Mathematics students will be:

• representing numbers on a number line (0-20).
• adding and subtracting within 10 using concrete materials on a 10s frame, fingers and using a number line.
• comparing and ordering numbers (0-20).
• practising writing numerals correctly.
• participating in a daily review of concepts taught to support them with consolidating the concepts taught.
• describing, creating and continuing patterns for given rules (AB, ABC, AAB).
• comparing areas and describing them using the words ‘bigger than’, ‘smaller than’ and ‘the same as’.

In Inquiry students will be:

In Inquiry students will explore a History and Geography unit, Let’s Explore our World. During this unit students will be provided with an overview of our planet and many of the ways we can explore it. Students begin with their own physical location in this world, expanding from their neighbourhood to their city and eventually to the continent on which they live. To understand where they are on the planet, students are taught about maps and how to use them—from two-dimensional maps of their city or state to the globe.

Throughout the unit they will explore the landscapes, wildlife, and people of each continent. 

Wellbeing

We will be using the Respectful Relationships program to focus on:

• Stress Management
• Help – Seeking

Students will engage in lessons looking at:

• how to identify stress, and how to relax their minds and bodies when this feeling is present.
• identify people in their lives who they can call on for help when they require someone to assist them in a situation

There will be a continued focus on our SWPBS Expectations as outlined in our whole school matrix.

Important Dates:

9^th May – Mother’s Day/ Special Friend’s Morning.

20^th June – Farmer Darryl Incursion.

In Literacy students will be:

• explicitly taught the correct articulation and pronunciation of letters and sounds.
• engaging in daily activities that involve manipulating sounds and forming words.
• learning to use their letter sound knowledge to blend sounds together to read words and sentences.
• learning to identify the beginning, middle and end sounds of a word.
• building fluency by reading decodable sentences connected to the sounds they have learnt.
• participating in daily formal handwriting sessions learning how to form letters correctly and how to correctly hold a pencil.
• introduced to the conventions of writing; writing from left to right and leaving spaces between words.
• practising and revising Heart words (high frequency words that need to be learnt automatically).

In Mathematics students will be:

• compare collections using the words ‘more’, ‘less’, ‘same as/equal’ and ‘not the same as/equal.
• counting collections and match them with their numeral (0-10).
• making number stories and number bonds (0-5).
• writing and complete addition equations within 5 using concrete materials.
• writing and complete subtraction equations within 5 using concrete materials.
• counting collections and writing numerals (0-10).
• comparing numbers (0-10).
• participating in a daily review of concepts taught to support them with consolidating the concepts taught.
• exploring length, by directly comparing the length of objects and describing them using the words ‘longer than’, ‘shorter than’ and ‘the same as’

In Inquiry students will be:

• exploring the topic of Kings and Queens.
• identifying and describing royal objects associated with a king or queen,
• describing characters, setting and plots in fiction read-alouds.

• exploring Farms and Farm Animals.
• learning about different types of animals, buildings, tools, and machinery.
• students will be able to make real life connections to their learning.

Wellbeing

We will be using the Respectful Relationships program to focus on emotional literacy.

Students will engage in lessons looking at:

• building a vocabulary to help them recognise and understand strengths and positive qualities in themselves and others.
• the different ways they can control their emotions in various situations, including using calming techniques.
• the best ways to solve problems that may arise in their everyday lives.

There will be a continued focus on our SWPBS Expectations as outlined in our whole school matrix.

Â鶹¹û¶³ Learning

– Read the Little Learners Love Literacy book daily.

– Encourage your child to read aloud to assist them with fluency and expression.

– Ask questions about what they are reading to ensure comprehension of the text.

– Play a variety of board games (e.g. snakes and ladders) which involves subitising on a die.

– Use different numbers as the starting point for practising counting (for example, start counting from 6 or 10) or asking your child to count forwards and backwards.

In Literacy students will be:

• explicitly taught the correct articulation and pronunciation of letters and sounds.
• engaging in daily activities that involve manipulating sounds and forming words.
• learning to use their letter sound knowledge to blend the sounds together to read words and sentences.
• learning to identify the beginning, middle and end sounds of a word.
• participating in daily formal handwriting sessions learning how to form letters correctly and how to correctly hold a pencil.
• introduced to the conventions of writing; writing from left to right and leaving spaces between words.

In Mathematics students will be:

• focusing on number recognition and counting to 5 and beyond.
• comparing, ordering, counting, making, naming and recording numbers to 5 and beyond.
• recognising simple 2D shapes and how these are represented in our world.
• grouping and arranging objects according to their characteristics to make a data display.
• participating in a daily review of concepts taught to support them with consolidating the concepts taught.

In Inquiry students will be:

• exploring a range of nursery rhymes and fables.
• repeating or reciting nursery rhymes and fables to build their knowledge in rhythm and rhyme.

Wellbeing

We will be using the Respectful Relationships program to focus on emotional literacy.

Students will engage in lessons looking at:

• recognising and identifying their own emotions.
• developing vocabulary to identify emotions.
• recognising other people’s emotions.

There will be a continued focus on our SWPBS Expectations as outlined in our whole school matrix.