Junior School Update

Pre-Primary

The Pre-Primary H students are building their stamina when completing class activities. They have been practising to “glue” their eyes to a set task and making “good” choices by following directions quickly and working as a team.

The students have been learning how to sound out words by jumping through hoops (c-a-t), identifying initial sounds, matching letters of the alphabet, reading and listening to many stories and being involved in pre-writing activities.

Their number awareness is being consolidated as they identifying more and less of collections and improving their counting strategies; such as “touching” and “scooting” the counters to the side. This is counting with a 1:1 ratio.

While it is the Season of Lent, the students have been learning about the Death and Resurrection of Jesus. They have illustrated their understandings, verbally explained the story and have re-enacted the Last Supper.

I would like to thank the parents who have signed up to the Seesaw Application. Weekly updates will assist you in knowing how your child is catered for in the class. As the year goes on, you will see amazing progress and achievement. Please do not hesitate to come and see me, if you would like some assistance to sign up.

Miss Pritchard

Pre-Primary H Teacher

Year Three

The Year Threes have continued to show enthusiasm and engagement in their learning. We have been studying the role of local government in providing services through the City of Swan.

Students have also been investigating shadows in Science and how they change throughout the day. They used their iPads to take photos of several objects at different times throughout the day and compared them. They thought it was very impressive that their shadows changed direction from morning to afternoon. Is it magic, or is there more to it … stay tuned to follow our learning journey.

Students enjoy being selected to be the PAThS Kid of the Day, which is an opportunity for them to receive compliments from their peers and to be a special helper for the day. The intention of this activity is to build confidence and self-esteem and promote each individual as having many gifts and talents. It also helps to build our classroom culture where everyone has a sense of belonging and where we look out for one another.

Last week students had the opportunity to participate in the Scavenger Hunt to support fundraising for Caritas’ Project Compassion. Well done to Ava, Chelsea and Sienna who took out first place for our Year Level.

We are looking forward to selecting our L.I.F.E. Leaders this week. Be sure to keep following us to see who is appointed.

Miss Ravenscroft

Year Three Teacher

Pre-Kindergarten

We have been having so much fun over the past few weeks in Pre-Kindergarten. More new friends have been welcomed into our class and the children are beginning to transition from home to school much more smoothly. This is something that can take time and it has been wonderful to see the smiles on the children's faces as they say goodbye and settle into the morning routine. 

We are currently exploring the topic 'My Family' and have been talking about some of the things we enjoy doing with our families. The children were very exited to explore the app Book Creator on the iPads to draw pictures of themselves and their families. As Easter approaches, the children have also been introduced to Lent and we have discussed some of the ways we can show love to our families during this time. 

Our parent roster is well under way and it has been a wonderful support to have parents cutting fruit in the mornings, making playdough and spending some time in class with the children. The smiles on the faces of the children when their parent is a helper has been so beautiful to see! Thank you for a wonderful start to the year.

Mrs Fretwell

Pre-Kindergarten Teacher