Week 3 term 4

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend and are ready for a short week.
This week we have swimming.  Our time is between 9 and 10 am. Some of the class will be going with room 17 and vice versa.  This is so we can continue with our maths programme.  We will be starting our assessments this week so that reports are ready to go out in time.

The children once again completed some lovely descriptive poems last week.  This was the introduction to narrative writing where children need to carefully observe and describe a setting, character or something from nature.

The year 2 crew started rehearsing the nativity play for the end of year prize giving.  Thank you to the parents who are helping their child with their lines.  As in the past, we hope that the children can perform without their scripts.  A wonderful achievement for children so young.  We will start practising the Christmas Carols this week.  If you have any problems accessing costumes, please let me know.  A letter came home on Thursday outlining what your child's part is and their costume requirements

On Thursday at 8.45 am we will continue with the Rosary in the school hall.  If your child has rosary beads, please allow them to bring them to school.

Our literacy and numeracy programmes continue to be the focus for learning

I hope you all have a lovely week

Week 1 Term 4

Welcome back and I hope you all had a lovely holiday.  The weather during the first week was magnificent so I spent many hours in the garden.

Karen and I have planned another exciting term of learning for your lovely children.
The concept this term is Symbolism and we will be experiencing learning through this concept in a variety of ways.  The maths topic focus is Geometry, specifically 2D and 3D shapes.  We will of course continue with number.

We will be investigating signs and symbols around the school and neighbourhood.  We will also look at signs and symbols of Christmas through narrative writing.

The Year 2 crew will be performing the nativity play as part of Music and Drama.  Every child will be participating and will have lines to learn so this will be homework for the term beginning week 2.

We will be swimming this term too, more information to follow.

PLEASE REMEMBER THAT ON TUESDAY MORNING FROM 9 AM, THE JUNIOR TEAM WILL BE VISITING RAINBOW SPRINGS.  EACH CHILD WILL NEED TO PROVIDE A BOOSTER/CAR SEAT.  WE ALSO NEED LOTS MORE PARENTS TO HELP.  IF  YOU ARE ABLE TO TRANSPORT AND SUPERVISE 3 CHILDREN PLEASE LET ME KNOW BY TOMORROW.  THANK YOU TO THE PARENTS WHO HAVE ALREADY OFFERED TO HELP.  YOU WILL NEED TO COMPLETE THE TRANSPORT FORMS WHICH I GAVE OUT ON THE LAST FRIDAY OF TERM AND HAND THEM TO ME ON EITHER MONDAY OR TUESDAY MORNINGS.  PLEASE CHECK THE NOTICE GIVEN OUT AT THE END OF TERM FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.

I have no doubt that we will enjoy our last term as a class/ team and thank you all for your ongoing support.