Clever Caterpillars

Work Packages  Dear Parents The following Work Packages have been created to assist children at home with their learning. Please click on the pictures below to access the weekly plan. Activities can be found under the resource column. Please click on the blue text to access additional resources. Pre Primary Term 1 Week 9 Plan Year One Term 1 Week 9 Plan   Term 1 Week 9 Spelling Lists For Specialist Subjects, please click on the following links:  Italian          Music       Art Kind regards Miss Ryan

Learning At Home Resources The Education Department has set up an online site called 'Learning At Home' for children to continue their learning.  The website is: https://www.education.wa.edu.au/learning-at-home  Click on the link, then click on resources and select Pre Primary or Year One. Kind regards Miss Ryan

Update on Harmony Day  Harmony Day, next Friday 27th March, will continue to be celebrated by the school with our Harmo ny Day Dress Up. The Harmony Day Parade will not take place. Kind regards Miss Ryan

Number Formations In Room 7, the Pre Primary and Year One children have been learning to: Write their numbers from 0 to 100 with the correct formation. Here are our number formation songs: 0:  Make a big loop, just like so. This is the way to make zero. 1:  A straight line one it is fun.  2:  Around and back on the railway track makes two, two, two.  3:  Around the tree and around the tree. This is the way you make a three. 4:  Down and across and down some more. This is the way you make a four. 5:  With a straight neck and a round tummy, put his hat on, five sure looks funny! 6:  Down to a loop, the six rolls a hoop.  7:  Across the sky and straight down. This is the way you make a seven.  8:  Make an “S” and do not wait. Climb back up to make an eight. 9:  A loop and a line makes a nine.     Kind regards Miss Ryan

Harmony Day  Special Parade of the Nations On the 27th March (Friday), our school will celebrate Harmony Day with two special Parades of the Nations. The Kindergarten to Year Two parade will start at 9:45am and take place in the undercover area.  I would like to see all children: dressed in a national dress costume carrying a small flag (A4 size) from their country Thank you for your wonderful support ☺ Miss Ryan

Melting Chocolate Experiment Physical Changes Last Friday, the children participated in a science experiment about melting and cooling chocolate.  Steps Step 1 : The children used their five senses to describe what a small piece of chocolate looked, felt, smelt and (finally) tasted like! Step 2: The children predicted what will happen when the chocolate is heated by the sunlight. Step 3: After the chocolate had melted, the children put the chocolate in the fridge to cool.  Step 4: The children checked on the chocolate in the fridge and shared their observations with the class.  Throughout the lesson, the children recorded and described their observations in their Mini Scientist Booklets.  What did the children learn? Science Investigating Terms Observation: Something you have noticed, using one or more of your senses. Prediction: Your thoughts on what you THINK will happen

An Amazing Effort! Fortnightly Tests Congratulations to Yalini, Ethan, Emily, Agustya, Grace and Gracie for achieving 100% on their first Pre Primary Fortnightly Test.  Congratulations to Charles, Olivia, Alison, Mason, Campbell, Tayjas, Jaxson and Jessica for achieving 100% on their second Year One Fortnightly Test.  Kind regards Miss Ryan

Measurement and Geometry    In Room 7, the Pre Primary and Year One children have been learning to:  Name and order the days of the week. Name and order the months of the year. Name the seasons. Here are some focus questions to ask your child at home. Days of the week Months of the year Seasons How many days are there in a week? How many months are there in a year? How many seasons in a year? How many days in a fortnight? How many days in a month? What are the seasons in order? How many hours in a day? What are the months in order? What are the days in order? Kind regards Miss Ryan

Room 7's Scientists   Science Investigation Thank you to all the children for bringing in an item for their science investigations. During the investigations, the children learnt: ·        All materials have properties. The properties tell us more about an item’s shape, colour, size, texture, appearance and smell. ·        Materials can change in different ways. They can be heated, melted, cooled, frozen, stretched, dissolved, mixed, cut, boiled and moulded. ·        Materials can change shape, size, colour and temperature. ·        When a change can be undone, it is called a physical change. ·        When a change can not be undone, it is called a chemical change . Kind regards Miss Ryan