Week Six Junior School Wrap-Up

Year Two

Year Two have been working hard creating their fairy tales. The students are planning, drafting, editing and producing their stories. They have written the stories in small sections and are really proud of what they are writing. There are some fantastic stories developing about candy princesses, dogs and ducks! The class is looking forward to reading the final products.  

Mathematics has involved lots of manipulation of two digit and three digit numbers. The students have ordered, written and represented the numbers using materials. Everyone is excited about learning how to use this understanding to solve two digit addition and subtraction problems. The children have shown a growth in their confidence and understanding of how numbers work. It is amazing to see!  

Mrs Ryan

Class Teacher

Pre-Primary

Have you ever wondered how Santa could know if you’re naughty or nice each year as you grow?

 

“At Christmas time, Santa sends an elf to watch and report all that you do.”

The Elf on the Shelf Written by Carol V. Aebersold and Chanda A.Bell

An elf has come to visit the Pre-Primary children. When we first spotted the Elf, she was on top of the light. We were all so surprised! We had to choose a name for her and the majority voted on calling her Twinkle. So everyday Twinkle watches the little children making good choices and then when everyone leaves school of an afternoon, she reports back to Santa. Before the children return to school, Twinkle will find a different place to hide. Aislinn said today to her friends, “I wonder where Twinkle will be tomorrow?”

In the spirit of Christmas the students have written an application to be an Elf and are initiating writing to Santa so they can post the letters in our Letter Box. The children have also started creating Christmas Baubles, which will very soon hang from the ceiling.

Our Cave is being transformed into a Barn, for a Nativity Play space. Ryan’s helpful parents have donated the hay and we will be creating a Mary and Joseph to go in the Barn. We already have a baby Jesus and Crib.

This week the children learnt how to tally data in Mathematics. It took a few practises to get it right. We tallied the preference between bananas and strawberries and basic shapes. The children are confident in sharing the data but are learning new ways of recording it.

We have started planning for our upcoming events. On the Monday, 1 December we have our Pre Primary Assembly at 2.15pm in the Early Learning Centre and our Nativity Performance at 9.30am on Monday, 8 December.

Please pop into the classroom to see Christmas come alive!

Miss Pritchard

Class Teacher

Monday 24 November