Hi parents,
What a fantastic day we had yesterday. Congratulations to the Year
4 children that received their First Holy Communion and a big thank you to all
of you for organising the morning tea.
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
“Small
things become great when done with love” unknown
PLD SPELLING SOUNDS
3a: ‘SILENT B’ - climb
3b: ‘BLE’ - tumble
4a: ‘EAR’ as “er” - research
4b: ‘Y’ as “I” - bicycle
5a: ‘ERY’ (the place where an act happened) - bakery
5b: ‘CIR’ (around) - circumference
6a: ‘ICLE’ and ‘ACLE’ – follicle, miracle
POSSUM WALK
Please let me know if your child will be participating in the
possum walk. Also, the date has changed to Thursday 16th
November. I hope this doesn’t cause any inconvenience.
HOME LEARNING
As the children have completed their Mental Maths, there is a
slight change to the Maths homework. The children have been given 4 activities
to be completed by the end of the week. We will go through the answers on
Friday. Each activity has been explained and there are no new concepts, so they
should be able to complete each task with minimal supervision.
DESIGN HUB
I have had to postpone the design hub for a week or 2 due to our
assembly (next week) and a limited supply of materials. If you could bring in any
recyclable items to the classroom, the Year 3’s will be greatly appreciative.
YEAR 3 ASSEMBLY
The year 3 assembly is scheduled for Friday Week 6. The children
have been asked to come to school dressed up as rappers. Anything will suffice,
but a hat on backwards or sideways will be required. Please note that the
children will need to change into their sports uniform after the assembly.
I am also hoping that each child will have a magnifying glass. If
you have one at home, please send it to school with your child’s name clearly
marked.
LITERACY FOCUS
This week, our reading focus is ‘inferring’. When readers make
inferences, they are a bit like detectives gathering logical clues to piece
together the solution to the mystery.
The students will
begin to write the draft copies of their narratives this week. We will be using
the senses to help us describe the setting and the ‘steal’ technique to help us
describe the main character.
NUMERACY FOCUS
This week, the students will be reviewing ‘time’. As mentioned at
the beginning of the year, time is quite a difficult concept for the children
to master. It would be great to focus on time in the home this week as well.
Whenever you get the chance, ask your child what the time is and guide them
through the process. Those children that have mastered time, will be working on
elapsed time.
HOME
LEARNING WEEK 5
The following tasks should be completed each night:
1.
Reading (readers) - 10mins
2.
Maths Activities – 1 section per night
3. Times Tables: Revise (x5)
4. Look,
Say, Cover, Write, Check
The following tasks are only required to be completed once:
1. Physical
activity (includes team or club sport, dancing etc) - 15mins
2. Teach your
parents something you were taught at school.
3. Tell the time at
least once a day.
When a task has been completed,
your child is required to tick it off in the diary.
Enjoy the week,
Mr. Jones
