HEALTH

PE

/ Taken by CRT - Assessment
INTERPERSONAL

DEVELOPMENT

/ You Can Do It program is implemented to encourage children to be confident, resilient , persistent, organized and be
able to get along with others
Major Focus-Getting Along
Swimming
PERSONAL LEARNING
/ Expectations- All children will need to be able to work cooperatively in ability and social groups as well as individually. Children will work in fluid groupings across the whole learning common. Children will always line up in alphabetical order so that they know who is here and not here. This is handy and is one of our safety strategies.
Routines and rigor of all school expectations will be taught and reinforced throughout the year.
4 levels of self-help to develop children’s working habits to become independent learners.
Developing classroom relationships through circle time games
CIVICS & CITIZENSHIP / Getting Along and cooperating in team activities
Carols Dance practice

ARTS

/ Visual Arts – Wendy Dene
Week 5 : Foundation & Grades & 2 – no classes due to Melbourne Cup Day and Cup Eve PD
Week 6 : Foundation – Modelling and media experiments
Week 6 : Grade ½ - Paint a picture and spray-paint clouds like Magritte. Repeat with iPads
INTEGRATED STUDIES / “Staying Alive”
Skeletal System continued
How bodies are effected by the environment
Working on our ‘Marvellous Me’ book to be completed

COMMUNICATION

/ Show and Tell/Morning News- Children have this on specified days
Expressing ideas and opinions during circle time which is a safe and inclusive environment
Think, pair, share conversations

DESIGN, CREATIVITY & TECHNOLOGY

THINKING PROCESSES

/ Understanding the school values and using them when needed

ENGLISH

/ Reading-Summarizing and Questioning
All grades PAT Reading testing
Writing –Narrative
Spelling-Foundation-Meaning Patterns (tw) and “sk”
Grade One- Meaning Patterns (tw) and “sk”
Grade 2 Suffixes and Prefixes and “sk”

MATHS

/ Foundation:Number and Games of Chance
Grade 1: Number and Games of Chance
Grade 2: Number and Games of Chance
All Grades PAT maths Testing

PARENT INFORMATION BULLETIN – Term4 2015

Foundation, 1 & 2 – Weeks 5 and 6

Fortnight Commencing – Monday 2nd to Friday the 13thof November

Homework Expectations-

Reading SHARE books every night

Learning the common words to read as well as spell for some children

Important Dates:Please make sure you read the newsletter for all further information about these dates.

3rd November – Melbourne Cup Day

4th November – Storyteller free of charge

10th and 12th November-Swimming