Week 2, Term 3

Hi everyone.  We had a great start to the new term last week with lots of laughs and some great learning.  Thank you all for having your kids ready and raring to go on Monday, it was so good to see them all back after the holidays.

*Student Led Conferences - these will take place on Tuesday and you can book via the internet.  Student Led Conferences are all about your child talking to you about their learning.  There are some cues around the classroom that will help the kids, including some questions you might like to ask them to prompt them into talking about where they are and where they need to go to next.  These are not parent interviews and while I will be there to support the children, it is not an individual parent interview.  If you would like to meet with me at another time to discuss any concerns, please email me and I will certainly make a time.

*This week we will continue with Go4it on Thursday at 1:30.  It was great fun on Thursday, we met Tim and he showed us some cool games and reminded us all of how important it is to have a good time.  The idea of the Go4it program is to build the fundamental skills necessary for movement and physical education which in turn, keeps our kids active and healthy.

*We had a treasure hunt for Golden Time on Friday.  Your kids are all so competitive - it was awesome.  They love to challenge each other but they are also amazingly supportive of their friends which is heartwarming.  This week we will be making a rocket to launch on the playground.

*Reading Logs are due back by Wednesday.  If you have misplaced your child's log, please let me know and I can give them another one.  I'd love us to have 100% return this time round.

*Raffle books are also due back this week.  Thank you for your support of this raffle, the proceeds go directly to benefit your kids at school.

*Maths -  this week we will continue with Geometry and focus on shape and position and rotation.  We will be practising identifying shapes and moving them using 1/2 and 1/4 turns, flipping and sliding.

*ALiM  - the children identified for the Acclerating Maths program will receive their letters this week.

*Writing - this week the children will continue to focus on Report writing.  Our reading program will include finding facts in text and identifying the difference between fact and opinion.

The kids have settled beautifully back into school after the holidays.  Thank you for your ongoing support.

Have a great week
Annie