Dear Readers,

A few highlights from the past couple of weeks:

Outdoor Missions: This week, the children in Readeville completed their first ‘outdoor mission’, as part of Outdoor Learning Day. The children have loved setting up our garden and watching their own patch of nature take shape, and were excited to extend their focus to other types of learning outside. This week’s mission: Get from point A to point B without being seen by a single bird. We hope to complete an outdoor mission each week.

  

Farewell Bella: We said farewell to Bella this week because her family is moving interstate. The children enjoyed a popcorn party to celebrate Bella and all of her learning at Colonel Light Gardens Primary School. Bella has been a remarkably caring, thoughtful, conscientious member of the Readeville community and we wish her and her family well.

Novel discoveries: Simone, our teacher librarian, reviewed a whole lot of junior fiction for the year twos, many of who are discovering the delights of novels. The children are now super excited to get back to the library to choose a new batch of books to enjoy.

Read to Someone: We are practising fluency and also celebrating shared stories as part of our reading program. In maths, we are investigating this guiding question: What makes a pattern a pattern? We are also continuing to build a positive culture around working through maths problems and challenges. In handwriting, we are working on correct formation of the letter b and the letter d.

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Also, just a few items for future reference:

National Simultaneous Storytime: Next Wednesday (May 24) is National Simultaneous Storytime, which we will be enjoying along with other classes from the school. A picture of the book that will be read is attached:

Board games: Next week, Readeville will start an inquiry into toys and games – their past, their future and what makes them successful. This inquiry will be linked to a pilot 3D printing project at the school. As part of this, we are asking children to bring along a non-electronic game (eg a board game, elastics, knuckle-bones). We will need the games by next Thursday (May 25) please.

Bully No More: Next Tuesday (May 23), the children will be watching the play Bully No More, as part of our Health curriculum. There is no cost for this play.

See you next week!

Rachel and  Michelle

Dear Readers,

Could you please send along a named plastic bag tomorrow or Friday (shhhhh….we can’t tell you why….it’s a surprise).

Also, please send along $5 tomorrow if you would like your child to buy a gift from the Mothers Day Stall (as per the notice which was sent home on Tuesday in your child’s blue reading folder).

Thanks

Rachel & Michelle

Dear Readers,

This term, we are starting to look more deeply at ‘what to do when we don’t know what to do’ – particularly in terms of maths problems.

The children brainstormed other words for ‘problems’ that they may come across in maths and other learning areas and came up with puzzles, challenges, missions, mysteries, ‘confusions’ and investigations.

We watched this video about blind skateboarder Tommy Carroll:

We were all inspired by Tommy, particularly his words “falling is a skill you get good at”. The clip reminds us of the importance our mindset plays when facing challenges – and of the rush that happens when we finally achieve something that feels scary or uncertain.

Hopefully you can find a few moments to watch the video with your child and talk about how it applies to taking safe risks.

Also, glass jars! A final friendly reminder to please send along a glass jar with your child tomorrow for our science experiment. If you have a couple of spare jars at home, too, please send them along if you can.

Thanks and regards,

Rachel and Michelle

Dear Readers,

The term began with a flying start. We have had a very busy week of learning and preparing for the weeks ahead…..

Special Persons Day: This will be held on Wednesday of Week 9 this term (28th June). Every child (R-2) will be involved in singing several songs for the Special Persons Day performance. Year 2 students will have an opportunity to audition for a speaking role too. A notice was sent home on Friday with details about the auditioning process for these roles. Your child may choose whether or not they wish to audition. More information about Special Persons Day will be sent out shortly.

Reminder: Thanks so much to the many parents who have sent in a small jar for our upcoming science experiment. If you haven’t done so already please send in a small jar or plastic container on Monday (as per the note below):

A busy term ahead: Please see the term overview below:

Highlights of the week…

Legends!  Congratulations Room 24 and Room 22 on consistently demonstrating our school values of care, respect and safety during library visits. Our VIP morning was a well deserved reward!!

 

Regards

Rachel and Michelle