Clever Caterpillars

English Learning Outcomes I n Term Four, the children are learning to: English Skills Pre Primary Recognise 100 high frequency words. Identify question marks, exclamation marks, bold print, full stops, speech marks and commas. Explain that full stops signal the end of a sentence. Sequence events and everyday happenings. Identify the title, author, word, letter, space and page. Discuss characters and main events in imaginative texts. Differentiate between fiction and non-fiction texts. Spell 50 high frequency words. Write one or more simple sentences to retell events and experiences.   Year One Identify who, when, what, where and why in a sentence. Recognise and use morphemes in word families e.g. 'play',   'played' and 'playing'. U se nouns, verbs, adverbs and adjectives correctly in sentences. Use basic conjunctions, contractions   and similes in their writing. Spell the first 150 high frequency wor

Mathematics Learning Outcomes     In Term Four, the children are learning to: Pre Primary Counts backwards from 20. Use the strategy ‘counting on’ .  Sort and classify familiar objects and explains the basis for these classifications. Model adding and sharing using a variety of practical strategies. Add and subtract small quantities. Know and use ordinal numbers to 10 th. Change collections to make number bonds to 10. Identify the days of the week and link to specific familiar events. Name 3D shapes – sphere, cube. Sort 2D and 3D shapes. Pose questions about themselves, events and familiar objects. Represent responses using simple displays, including grouping students according to their answers. Use data displays to answer simple questions. Year One Orally count from 0 by 2s to 100. Read and understand basic facts to 20 (addition and subtraction). Automatically reca

Swimming Lessons In Weeks Seven and Eight, the children will be attending eight swimming lessons. Our timeslot for swimming is 1:20pm to 3:00pm. I will provide you with further information on the swimming lessons during the term.   O ur swimming routine The children will get changed into their bathers before lunch. They are required to wear their school shirt (over their bathers), thongs, towel (wrapped around them) and goggles (if needed) to the swimming pool. Please ensure they have a plastic bag or small bag to put their items in at the swimming pool. Everything (including the bag) must be clearly labelled with your child’s first name and surname. Thank you Miss Ryan

Welcome to Term Four!  From Miss Ryan...  The Clever Caterpillars have had an excellent start to Term Four. Over the last four weeks, the children have been involved in many great events...   Dancing On the 8 th  October, the children commenced dancing lessons. Congratulations to all the children for their outstanding effort and enthusiasm displayed during the dancing lessons. Keep up the fantastic work! Year Level Challenge Presentation On the 12 th  October, the children attended a whole school assembly. At the assembly, the results for the Term Three Year Level Challenge were announced.  Well done to Thanuja for being the most improved from Room 7. Whole School Science Superstars At the beginning of the term, the children were invited to present a report on a science related topic to their peers. All the children were creative, used their imagination and had fun in preparing and presenting their science report. Congratulat