Clever Caterpillars

Wonderful last week of Term Three!  Learning Journey  Thank you to all the parents and grandparents for visiting our classroom and participating in the Learning Journey. It was lovely to see you taking a moment with your child to discuss their learning and view samples of their work. Thank you for completing the 'Two Stars and A Wish' with your child. This information will support the children in forming their English and Mathematics Goals for Term Four.          Junior Assembly On the 22nd September, the students attended their last Junior Assembly for Term Three. Congratulations to Lola and Philip for receiving their well-deserved Merit Certificates. I am very impressed with your wonderful effort towards learning. Keep it up! I wish you all a happy and safe holiday. I will see you back at school on the 9th October (Monday). Kind regards Miss Ryan

Term Four Super Science Challenge  Research Projects In Term Four, the Super Scientist challenge will be in the form of a research project. All students have been invited to research any scientific topic and present their information to the class in a short two minute presentation. Students are allowed to use posters, charts and ICT resources such as MS PowerPoint to support their presentation. The Year One class presentations will take place in Week 1 of Term 4 , starting from Tuesday the 10th October.  Timetable Day Group MONDAY 9 th October TUESDAY 10 th October Koalas WEDNESDAY 11 th October Wombats THURSDAY 12 th October Kookaburras FRIDAY 13 th October Kangaroos Each Year One class will select their top two 'Super Scientists' and they will move forward to the Year Level Super Scientist challenge. The Year One Super Sc

What skills to revise during the holidays? During the holidays, I will like you to reinforce the following skills with your child. Mathematics Skills  Number and Algebra Orally count to 200 and from 100 from any starting point. Orally count starting from 0 by 2s to 100. Identify odd and even numbers to 20. Read and understand basic facts to 40 (addition and subtraction)  Represent and solve simple addition and subtraction problems to 40 using concrete materials, illustrations and counting on. Count collections to 100 or more by partitioning numbers using place value. Accurately share and group objects equally. Understand and describe the concept of one-half as part of a whole. Recognise, describe and order Australian coins and notes according to value.  ·          Measurement and Geometry Measure and compare capacity using uniform informal units. Tell the time (hour and half hour). Give and follow specific directions to familiar

Junior Assembly Award Winners On the 15th September , the students attended a Junior Assembly presented by Room 1 and Room 6. Congratulations to Alexander W, Samuel and Alyssa for receiving their well-deserved Merit Certificates.  Keep up the good effort, Caterpillars. You are all amazing! Kind regards Miss Ryan

Physical Education Program As part of the school's Physical Education Program, the students participated in the Cross Country and Sports Carnival during Term Three.  Cross Country This year fifteen students from Room 7 participated in the Junior Cross Country.  Congratulations to Willow, Lola, Misbah, Amelia, Monet, Laylah, Isabella, Alyssa, Jacob, Alexander LB, Joshua, Bryce, Samuel, Kyan and Lucas on a wonderful effort.  Thank you to all the students for their great cheering. You were an awesome cheering squad! Sports Carnival  Congratulations to all the students for their outstanding effort and enthusiasm displayed at the sports carnival.  A big congratulations to PURPLE for being the winning faction for 2017. Interschool Athletics Carnival  Well done to Monet and Kyan for being selected to participate in the running races and team games at the Interschool Athletics Carnival.  Kind regards Miss Ryan

National Wattle Day  On the 31st August, the students celebrated National Wattle Day . We celebrated it a day earlier because of the Faction Carnival taking place on the 1st September. Facts Wattle is our school emblem. Wattle is our national floral emblem. Wattle is Australian and represents us all. Like all people, wattle has great diversity. Wattle welcomes in the spring. Wattle is a unifying symbol for all Australians . Throughout the day, the students created flags, decorated badges and designed their own Wattle Day art work.  Kinds regards Miss Ryan