As part of Japanese Cultural Day, the Prep students enjoyed the engaging Mottainai Eco Show, which featured puppetry, a Japanese-style paper, rock, scissors game, and an inspiring lesson about how Japanese culture embraces reusing and recycling in everyday life.
In the morning we had an exciting visit from the Pokemon character Squirtle who looked a lot like our wonderful Japanese Teacher, Sensei Hong!
We are so proud of how consistently the students are remembering to keep their green take-home reading bags in their school bags each day, ready for take-home book swaps every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. It has also been wonderful to see such regular reading at home. A big thank you to parents and carers for supporting this vital part of your child’s learning journey.
By now, you may have noticed a small scrapbook in your child’s green take-home reading bag containing High Frequency Words. Please support your child by helping them practise reading these words automatically in preparation for assessment with their teacher on Thursday or Friday.
In Literacy, we continue to build our knowledge of phonemes by introducing the letters r, g, e, and h. We have also begun incorporating reading groups into our literacy sessions. These small-group sessions provide teachers with the opportunity to read closely with each child, target specific areas of need, and support the development of reading skills, while the rest of the class engages in reading activities.
In Maths, we have been learning about addition through creating and drawing addition stories on our whiteboards. We have also begun exploring Statistics by asking and answering yes/no questions as a class and examining the responses. Soon, students will begin posing their own yes/no questions to small groups of classmates and analysing the results.
On Monday 18th of May, we will enjoy a reptile incursion from Love Me Like A Reptile. This will support our learning about animals and their habitats.