What's Happening in Week 8

Inquiry learning intention:

"Why do we share stories?" We will continue to look at how we share stories and will be working in our project groups during learning agreement.

Numeracy learning intentions:

Reading, comparing, ordering and locating two and three digit numbers. (Making large numbers and counting in tens)

Literacy learning experiences:

• Narrative Writing – children are writing their own stories based on their own experiences.
• Big Books the children have read or will be reading (Weeks 5-8)
• The Dinosaur Zoo - ‘Create a list of rhyming words’
• My Wonderful Aunt – Story 1 ‘Create a list of rhyming words’
• McBungle’s African Safari - ‘Create a list of rhyming words’
• The Little Yellow Chicken - ‘ell’
• Word Study – integrated from the Big Books above.
• Reading Response – Connect, Extend, Challenge – Big Book ‘How plants grow’
• Guided Reading
• Handwriting – the letter ‘z’

Well-Being

‘Smiling Mind’ – meditation education program

Circle Time

Week Ahead

Monday 
LA (9:00-11:00am - Parent helpers welcome)
Visual Art (All home groups)

Tuesday
LA (9:00-11:00am - Parent helpers welcome)

Wednesday
LA (9:00-11:00am - Parent helpers welcome)

Thursday
PE and Italian (1S & 1N)
Music workshops

Friday 
LA (9:00-11:00am - Parent helpers welcome)
PE and Italian (1T & 1H)

Assembly in the gym at 3pm

STUDENTS ARE TO BE PICKED UP FROM THE YEAR ONE NEIGHBOURHOOD AT 3:30PM