Welcome Back

Dear Readers,

Welcome back to another term! We hope you enjoyed the break. Just a few housekeeping points:

1. We are in the process of testing children on their spelling progress for the Oxford words. We aim to send home the most up-to-date list for them to practise at home by the end of next week.

2. This term, we are exploring time concepts, including reading analogue and digital clocks. If your child has access to an analogue clock or watch (i.e one with numerals and hands – see photo) at home, it should greatly enhance their ability to make connections as we investigate time. Any incidental opportunities that you have to discuss time as it relates to your child’s life (e.g the sequencing of time, the duration of an after-school activity) will also be beneficial.

3. Your child will soon come home with log-on details so they can access e-books to use as an alternative to their hard-copy readers. These e-books have been selected at a level for your child to read with confidence, fluency and enjoyment.

4. Thanks to Tom’s family for providing tissues and hand-sanitiser. If you are able to pick up extra tissues and/or hand soap/sanitiser when you are shopping, we would greatly appreciate donations!

5. A friendly reminder that consent and payment for our zoo excursion is due this week. We have attached another photo of the note that we sent home, FYI.

6. This term, our weekly sharing/topic talks will be about endangered animals. Please look out for more information about these talks and a weekly schedule.

7. Lateness: Please note, if your child arrives at school between 8:50 and 9:00, they will now have their lateness recorded in the classroom. If they arrive at school after 9:00, they need to go to the office to have their lateness recorded.

Thanks for your support.

Kind regards,

Rachel and Michelle

 

 

 

A Whole Lot of Learning

Dear Readers,

Well done to all the citizens of Readeville for another knock-out term of learning! Thank you, as always, for all of the support that you provide at home and in the classroom to help make our students as successful as possible. Here are some of our learning highlights for the past few weeks of this busy term:

  1. Japan Day: The students enjoyed origami, cherry-blossom art and a mapping challenge, as well as insights into traditional elements of Japanese culture, such as a tea ceremony and a performance of Japanese story-telling and music. Thank you to Oka Sensai for the time and effort that he put into the day.
  2. Maths: We have been investigating fractions and equal sharing of whole objects and collections of objects. The children have had lots of hands-on experience exploring halves, quarters, eighths and thirds. We have also looked at mapping in our world and the language of position and location.
  3. Writing: We have been analysing all of the steps that go into planning and creating a ‘great story’. This included story plans and making plasticine models of characters and settings. The children thoroughly enjoyed bringing their narratives to life in this way and the end result was engaging tales that made us want to read on. Our writers have also been investigating similies, such as ‘as  cool as a cucumber’, to see how interesting words and phrases can lift a piece of writing.

Also, here are a few housekeeping notes:

  1. The children return to school for term four on Monday, October 16.
  2. We would greatly appreciate donations of tissues, hand-soap and hand sanitiser if you are able to provide them.
  3. Please remember to send back consent forms and payments for our zoo excursion if you  have not already done so. These are due back by Thursday of week one (October 19).

Finally, we hope you enjoy the photos below and we wish you a safe and happy break ahead. See you next term.

Kind regards,

Rachel and Michelle

Week Ten – Housekeeping

Dear Readers,

As mentioned in the school newsletter:

Japan Day – tomorrow is Japan Day with a traditional Japanese performance in the morning and other planned Japanese activities throughout the day until lunch time. Students have been told that they are welcome to dress up for the day, if they wish, in ‘Japan theme’ eg wearing the colours of the Japanese flag.

Casual Day – Friday, the last day of term, is a casual day. Please ensure clothes are sun smart. NO money donation is required.

Thanks,

Rachel and Michelle

Celebrating Sports Day

Hi readers,

Here are some photos from Sports Day. The weather was perfect and the day was a huge success. The children all had a great time rotating through a range of activities and showed great sportsmanship!

Thank you to all the parents that helped throughout the day, it’s appreciated!

Reminder: Next Friday is the last day of the term and an early dismissal time of 2:10.

We hope you enjoy the photos.

Thanks,

Rachel & Michelle

Week Eight – Housekeeping

Dear Readers,

Just a few housekeeping points for this busy time:

  1. The children have been doing lots of reflecting about their learning and are excited about sharing their highlights at next week’s learning conferences. Please note, online bookings for the conferences have now closed.
  2. Friendly reminder – it’s Sports Day next Thursday (Sept. 21). Please make sure your child is wearing sunblock before they come to school and have sunblock that they can reapply independently during the day (students will be outside all day). Water bottles are also essential. Please note, normal dismissal procedures apply for Sports Day (i.e if you need to take home your child early, you will need to sign them out from the office and give the teacher the sign-out slip before you leave).
  3. Here are some photos of notes that went home today:

Thanks for your support.

See you next week.

Rachel and Michelle

 

Swimming Sensations

Dear Readers,

Well done to all of the swimmers in Readeville for a sensational effort in the pool this week! The children had to explore a whole range of expert-learner qualities, particularly being organised, independent, risk takers and team workers. The organiser of the swimming program contacted CLG leadership to let them know how impressed she was with the behaviour and attitudes demonstrated by our students this week. Go swimmers!

Just a few other updates:

  1. Buddies: We have loved working with our buddies on some coding activities. We have been working together to program Beebots and Spheros.
  2. Speaking of technology, a reminder that next Wednesday night (Sept. 6) our Digital Technology – Student and Parent Workshop is being held. Please come along with your child if you would like to learn more about some of the digital resources being offered through CLG.
  3. Please note, next Friday (Sept. 8) is a school-closure day because of the Royal Show. If your child has a talk scheduled for that Friday, they will be able to present on the Thursday of week seven or the Monday of week eight.
  4. Forward notice: A friendly reminder that Sports Day will be held on Thursday of week nine (Sept. 21). Please let us know if you are not sure what house colour your child is in.

Thanks for your support. See you next week.

Rachel and Michelle

By the Book

Dear Readers,

What a fantastic week of Book Week activities! The children have been engaged and stimulated by author and illustrator talks, craft sessions in the library, the thought-provoking play Super Duper and, of course, the Book Week parade.

Special thanks to CLG’s teacher librarian, Simone, for all of the time and effort that she put into Book Week – her sincere love of books and reading really shines through.

Here are some highlights:

Also, this note went home today with important swimming information:

See you next week.

Thanks and regards,

Rachel and Michelle

Take It Away, Readeville!

Dear Readers,

A few updates from our learning in Readeville…

1. In maths, we have been investigating subtraction and how words like ‘remove’ and ‘difference’ can help us with our understandings in this area. The children were asked to show three different ways to work out a subtraction question. We have also started some maths rotations, which aim to help learners practise fluency within their ‘stretch zone’ (so, not too easy and not too hard). In geography, we have been exploring how maps help us to understand place – the children loved using Google maps to see different views of their world. In health, we have been looking at what makes a good sport and what fair play looks like (i.e winning and losing graciously). In writing, we have been exploring the role that characters play in stories and we also enjoyed using a ‘mysterious’ prompt to help inspire us during a writing session outdoors.

2. A huge congratulations to the runners in Readeville for the role they played in the whopping total raised during our Lap-a-thon – a key school fundraiser. The children were super excited to have the details on the note below revealed at our school assembly today:

3.  We also launched Book Week at our assembly today. We are looking forward to sharing the wonderful world of books together next week. Please make sure you return the consent form and payment for the Book Week performance of Super Duper next Thursday if you have not already done so. The dress-up parade for Book Week is next Friday (August 25). Attached is poster for other Book Week details:

4. Please send in swimming consent forms and payment if you have not already done so (thanks for your generous support with all of our learning – we are aware that there have been quite a few requests for payment during the past few weeks). Swimming is in week six.

5. We are pleased to have Crystal back safe and sound, with her injury stitched up. Our other class mascots – Geoff, the Golden Lion Tamarin, and Platy, the platypus, were thrilled to see Crystal return and helped her get back into the swing of reading:

6. Below is a copy of our learning plan for this term. Thank you again for all the support you provide at home.

Finally, we hope you enjoy these photos of our learning:

Thanks and regards,

Rachel and Michelle

PS We’ve talked a lot in Readeville about being a community and working as a team. So we were touched when one of the students drew this picture of the Readeville teaching team. We hope you enjoy it. See you next week.