Clever Caterpillars

Year One Week 9 Blog Wattle Day Week 6 September 1 st was National Wattle Day and the students participated in many different activities to celebrate the native plant namesake for our school. Thank you to families that shared some small clippings of Wattle from your gardens.   Sports Carnival Week 7 What a wonderful day the Sports Carnival was and we are so proud of everyone involved for making it such a memorable day for the students. Thank you to parents and families for coming along to show your support.   Interschool Sports Carnival Week 9 Congratulations to all students participating in the Interschool carnival on Wednesday and/or Friday of Week 9. Go Wattle Grove Primary School!    Maths and Science Day Week 9 Also in Week 10, teachers will have a focus on encouraging and inspiring students in Maths and Science! Hands-on activities will be delivered to help develop students’ critical thinking skills, as well as foster a sense of fun and engagement in these

  Book Week The Book Week dress-up parade was on  Friday 20th August .  The students looked fantastic and a big thank you to all the parents and carers for putting together their costumes.   No Trash Tuesday In accordance with our school’s Sustainability plan, our goal is to significantly reduce our school’s waste.   No Trash Tuesday is an initiative which encourages students and families to take a mindful approach to reducing the waste we produce.  Packing a lunchbox with no waste is both environmentally friendly and responsible.    Tip:  Try to use re-usable containers rather than bringing pre-packaged items.          Literacy Phonics We have been working on split digraphs that using the bossy e such as a-e as in cake. The bossy e makes the vowel say its name.     We have also learnt the digraphs  ai as in rain and ay as in tray.   Writing This term we have been learning about persuasive text. A persuasive text is used to convince someone of your i

  Dear parents,   Welcome to Term 3!   This term we have a number of exciting events including… ·          School photos – Week 2 ·          Book Week Fancy Dress – Week 5 ·          Faction Sports Carnival – Week 7 ·          Spring Flower Pot Competition – Week 8 ·          Interschool Sports Carnival – Week 9 ·          Science and Maths Day – Week 9 More information regarding these events will be provided closer to their respective dates.   In the classroom this term, we will be focussing on… Note: Hyperlinks lead to definitions and/or examples on reputable external websites. ·          Fluency and comprehension in Reading , particularly students’ abilities to find and locate answers to literal questions and formulate answers to inferential questions. ·          Digraphs and blends in Spelling , as well as the ‘ Bossy E ’ (silent E) spelling rule.   ·          Persuasive texts in Writing , as well as compound sentences , conjunctions , verb

  Week 11 Room 7 Blog Post Hello everyone and welcome to the final week of Term Two! The Clever Caterpillars in Room 7 have worked very hard this term and I am so proud of their efforts. Literacy focus: All students in Room 7 would benefit from daily reading over the school holidays. By simply asking your child to write one or two sentences about each book they read, we can continue to develop their sentence structure and reading comprehension skills. A focus for our Clever Caterpillars is to use capital letters correctly, apply the correct punctuation (. ! or ?), and to make sure each sentence makes sense (contains a subject and a verb). I have included new High Frequency Word lists in most student’s practice folders. Feel free to highlight any words students can read without sounding out, and to continue to practise any words they are still sounding out. This will help them read with fluency. Numeracy focus: Room 7’s maths focus is to practise simple addition and subtra