Dear Readers,

Here are a few important updates about our adventures in Readeville:

1. Oxford Words: Today your child took home the latest spelling assessment of the Oxford Words. The words that are grey/white are the words your child could spell in term one. The highlighted words are the words that your child was learning from term one and can now spell. Words in black are for your child to practise.

We thank you for your support in helping your child practise two or three words from the list each week as part of home learning.

2. On leave: Michelle will be on leave and out of the classroom during weeks eight and nine. The wonderful Sue Speechley will be continuing with our program during this time. Michelle looks forward to hearing all about Special Person’s Day on her return in week 10.

3. What are we learning about? The photos below capture some of our key learning points from the past two weeks:

The SRC shared information about the Salvation Army’s Winter Appeal; we have been exploring poetry as part of English; we are making sure we use correct maths language to describe numbers, digits, numerals and number names; our spelling investigations took us through the different letter combinations that make the ‘ay’ sound; and one of our nature missions took a design-and-technology turn when the children had to create a shelter to protect an insect from the elements.

Wow, what expert learners! We hope you enjoy the photos.

Rachel and Michelle