Clever Caterpillars

Home Teams for Term 2 AFL Teams  The children have settled into their new home teams. The home teams are called… Team One: Tigers Team Two: Carlton Team Three: Dockers Team Four: Collingwood Team Five: Eagles Team Six: Geelong Kind regards Miss Ryan 

General Knowledge Skills Australia In Room Seven, the children are currently revising the following concepts about  Australia .  At home, I would like you to please provide opportunities for your child to demonstrate these concepts. Keep up the wonderful work, Clever Caterpillars! ☺☺☺ Kind regards Miss Ryan

Resilience In Room 7, we have been focusing on resilience. Resilience is the ability to ‘bounce back’ from problems and setbacks. I have been teaching the children a number of skills that will help them become more resilient.  They are:   Being thankful Learning how to be a good friend   Controlling feelings Knowing what to do if bullied I would like you to talk about each skill with your child and find opportunities to help them practise each one at home. Thank you for playing a vital role in your child’s resilience and wellbeing education. Kind regards Miss Ryan

Healthy Zero Waste Days (No throw Tuesday) As part of our whole school approach towards sustainability, our class is having healthy zero waste days on Tuesdays. The healthy zero waste days encourages the children to reduce the amount of waste we produce. Before recess, the children will take turns to count the number of healthy zero waste lunchboxes in our classroom. Then the children will add the data to our class graph. What is a healthy zero waste lunchbox? A zero waste lunchbox contains no throwaway packaging and produces no food waste.  The food is put in reusable containers rather than wrapped in disposable packaging. A drink is in a refillable bottle. All containers are resealable, so that leftover food and drink can be saved for later . Healthy zero waste lunchbox ☺☺☺ Thank you for supporting our approach towards sustainability.  Kind regards Miss Ryan

Mathematic Strategies   Word Problems  In Room 7, I am teaching the children to use the CUBES Strategy to solve word problems. At home, I would like you to remind your child to use the CUBES Strategy when completing word problems.  The steps are: Fact Families The children are currently revising fact families. I would like you to please provide opportunities for your child to complete fact families at home. What is a fact family? A fact family  is a group of math facts using the same numbers.  In the case of addition/subtraction, you use three numbers and get four facts.  For example, you can form a fact family using the three numbers 11, 5 and 6: 5 + 6 = 11 6 + 5 = 11 11 − 6 = 5 11 − 5 = 6 Where do we use fact families? We can use fact families to reinforce or learn the  connection between addition and subtraction , and to help children  memorize the basic addition & subtraction facts .  Example

Welcome to Term Two!  Dear Parents Thank you for your tremendous support over the last few months. It is wonderful to see all the children back at school. I have certainly missed them!  I will continue to regularly update our blog so you can see all the great work that is taking place in Room 7. As part of our Pre Primary and Year One Digital Technology Program, the children will be taking turns to be the photographers in our classroom. They will select their favourite activities and work pieces to showcase on our blog. Take care Miss Ryan