Term 1, Week 3


Hi Parents and students,

Welcome to Week 3! I hope you had a great weekend. Congratulations to the Fremantle Dockers. Finally getting a win over the Eagles.


Affirmation of the Week:



CLASS REPS

Let’s get straight into the important stuff. The P and F are looking for 2 representatives for Year 5J. If this sounds like you, flick me an email please, but you better be quick as places are quickly filling up J

IMPORTANT REMINDERS

Swimming Time Trials
On Tuesday, the 18th of February, Years 4, 5 & 6 will be departing school at 9am to travel to the Geographe Leisure Centre (Busselton) for the swimming carnival time trials. We will be returning to school by lunch time. 

Students will need to wear sport uniform (faction t-shirt) over their bathers. Sport shoes must be worn to school but a pair of thongs may be packed in your child's school bag to travel to and from the pool in. Students must bring in a plastic bag, a rashie, goggles, towel and a change of underwear.

Children will be taking their lunchboxes with us as Crunch and Sip and recess will be eaten at the pool. Lunch will be eaten when we return to school, therefore, if your child would like to order their lunch from the canteen they will still be able to. Please check your child has filled their water bottle on Tuesday morning.

Parent Information Night
Click on the following link to access the slides from the night.

 
Back Education
This Friday 21st February, Dunsborough Physio will be visiting the Year 5 and 6 classes to discuss important information about how to protect their backs whilst carrying heavy bags and school books. The students will also hear great tips on how to maintain good posture, especially when using technology on a regular basis.


UPCOMING EVENTS

1. Swimming Trials Yr 4-6 - Tuesday 18th February & Geographe Leisure Centre

2. Board & P&F AGM - Wednesday 18th February @ 7pm



LEARNING

ENGLISH

Reading groups will officially begin this week. The comprehension strategy we will be focusing on is ‘summarising’. Summarising is when readers determine the important ideas in a text and tell it in their own words. For a narrative text, this strategy focuses on summarising story elements e.g. beginning, middle and end.

Spelling groups are also beginning this week. All students will focus on the grapheme ‘b’.

For the next 3 to 4 weeks, we are looking at narrative writing. The students will explore the structure, language features, using the five senses to create a setting as well as the ‘STEAL’ technique to build a character.

NUMERACY

The following concepts will be taught over the next couple of weeks.

Measurement and Geometry: Time
Number and Algebra: Place value
Chance and Probability: Picture and column graphs


Until next time, choose kind…

Mr Jones



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