A2
LEARN FROM HOME - during Covid-19
You can click on the links below to view the weekly timetables created for A2. The timetables are also located on Connect.
Week 9 & 10 - Term 1 - Timetable
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RECENT NEWS
Maths Focus - Week 7 - Term 2
This week in Maths we learnt about Partitioning (Part-Part-Whole) we did various activities using various materials including our fingers to show different ways we can show a number. For example: show different ways to make #6 using their fingers.
Partitioning is an important concept to learn as it teaches the children the basic of addition and problem solving.
Proud Peacock - Week 5 - Term 2
In PATHS we do a lot of discussing and think pair share. We talk about being proud of our achievements and always striving to be our best self. I am super proud of the children this week.
We have now covered our 4 key emotions- happy, sad, angry and excited. We have been doing lots of discussions around these feelings, identifying them and also considering ways/strategies to manage them, for example bunny breaths and doing the turtle.
In our writing we learnt an Autumn poem that we added actions to. The children where then asked to innovate the poem by creating their own verse. All the children wrote their sentences independently using their knowledge of the sounds taught to them. They were all able to use full stops, capital letters And finger spaces to create the perfect complete sentence. I have uploaded the poem for the children To show you over the weekend! My little susperstars!
In Measurement we have been focusing on extending our mathematical language using the terms longer and shorter. Today we had a lot of fun measuring our feet using unifix cubes and going on a hunt to find and compare the lengths of different objects to our feet.
A2 - Week 5 - Term 2
We introduced take home readers this week and already we can see how the children are taking interest in reading and reading lots of tricky words. Well done everyone!!! This week we reviewed patterns and in particular we learnt about number patterns. We did skip counting in 2s & 10s. Most of the children were able to make complex patterns using more than two colours. We used lots of hands on materials to make different patterns.
History - we looked at a 1968 Kindy Class photo and compared it with a 2019 Preprimary class photo. We discussed the similarities and differences. We also watched a video of how children played in the past.
Science - we learnt about how different animals moved and we did a guided drawing of different animals showing their movements.
Homereading - Week 5 - Term 2
We are starting home reading with books today!! Real books with pages that you can read ANYWHERE. Hooray!
The children will have a folder containing their book and a signing page with 5 boxes for each book. Tick a box each time the book is read. They need to read each book 5 (or more) times. The folder also contains some information for you about reading with your child. The Spelling Books with a new list of High Frequency Words will go out weekly, please practise them too. We have covered 15 words already and you can ask the children if they can recognise any of these words in their reading books.
A2 Weekly Roundup - Week 4 - Term 2
We had a wonderful end to our week in A2. We continued on with our spelling for week 2 and by doing recall with the children, I can see how much you are doing with them at home. They are starting to spot their tricky words in writing now, which is supportIng them tremendously In their confidence!
In our 'Talk for Writing' literacy unit we have been looking at WOW words and encouraging the children to extend their sentences by using describing words. We created a plan for our own individual hats which we then enjoyed painting. The children then used describing words to write sentences. Now that we are building a bank of sounds that the children are very familiar with, we are supporting the children in using their knowledge to write independent sentences. They are beginning to show more confidence and understand that we can create words and sentences with our sounds. We encourage all children to have a go and it is wonderful to begin to identify the sounds blending together in their independent writing. Well done my little cherubs!
We had a very practical day of lessons on Friday and enjoyed making some Veggie Muffins! Our afternoon was spent eating them in the glorious sunshine.
In Measurement we have been focusing on using informal units and have been measuring our hair in terms of ladybug rulers! Our language is being extended as the children compare length using the terms 'longer than' and 'shorter than'.
As we have begun to notice the changes that occur in Autumn we decided to do some splatter painting to create 'Autumnal Men'. The children mixed autumn colours together to create leaf men. Next week we are going to learn an Autumn poem to go along with our creations... keep posted!
Week 4 - Term 2 - Update
What a wonderful start to the week with beautiful sunny weather and all the children happy and eager to learn. Each morning the children begin their day with tabletop activities of their choice and during this time they catch up with their friends. It's lovely listening to the children's conversation and observe them interact socially.
We did our second week of Spelling of the high frequency words and I have noticed during our reading that the children are beginning to make connections and recognise the words in the texts. During our guided reading the children are getting better with blending and applying their letters and sounds knowledge. Please try doing the home reading we have recommended at home to encourage them to read and apply what they have learnt. You will be amazed.
Today in Science we did something different, we took our learning outside the classroom in the sunshine. We did our Science lesson outside and explored different ways our bodies move and identified how different things move. The children enjoyed this very much and so did we. It was great to be outside and enjoying this lovely sunny weather.
Weekly Roundup - Week 3 - Term 2
The children have really stepped up to the new challenges set. It has been a busy week of ‘firsts’ for them and we are as proud as punch at how well they have adapted to the new routines and tasks set for them. Spellings have been very worthwhile as I have noticed how children are beginning to identify these worlds throughout all areas of their reading and writing tasks... keep practicing the recall and writing of these words as it will make a huge difference to their awareness of print being meaningful in both reading and writing.
We have focused our written tasks on lists, as children write lists for items they could see on Mrs Honeys Hat. We then enjoyed baking Honeyjoys on Friday afternoon where we wrote a list of ingredients which we illustrated afterwards. We even got to enjoy eating them in the sunshine while listening to a story from Mrs Johnston.
In PATHS, we have continued to look at the skills needed when sharing and the children have been full of creative thoughts on how we can do this as a class. We came up with lots of ideas and I was so impressed with the complex oral language they used!
The topic of 3D shape was introduced this week and children enjoyed cutting out shapes and sorting them into 2D or 3D. We have begun this topic by naming a sphere, cube, cylinder and cone and talking about items of these shapes found in the world around us.
Have a lovely weekend and don’t forget to ask the children all about this weeks learning!
Terrific Tuesday - Week 3 - Term 2
We've had a very busy last couple of days with all the children back at school. Yesterday we started our first session of Words Grammar and Fun, this is our school's oral language program. We have completed two sessions of WGF. The children were engaged and interested in the activities, which was fantastic to see.
We went to the computer lab to learn how to Login and logout and we also looked at the different parts of a computer.
In Maths we played some games to consolidate what we have learnt in number. I have noticed the confidence in children's counting skills and their ability to apply them during our rotations. I was amazed at how much they already know with just a couple of weeks being back at school.
In History we continued with our topic about our family and where our families come from.
In Science we learnt about how things move and how different parts of objects play an important role in the way it moves. Today we did marble painting to explore rolling. They also used Mobilos to construct moving objects.
Overall, we all had lots of fun learning and also time to play with our friends.
A Terrific Thursday - Week 1 - Term 2
We have had the most wonderful start to our first week of term. The children have returned to school enthusiastic and eager to learn. They are little superstars and we are thrilled to have them back with us.
Today the children whizzed through lots of activities. We spent time doing some joint learning with A1 and talked about how we were feeling on our return to school. We know that it is ok to feel tired and a little nervous but that we have lots of people around us that we can talk to. We can also do our 'Bunny Breaths and Turtle'.
We created a rainbow of days of the week which are so beautiful, we are going to display them in the classroom! We then sang our days of the week song which is on Connect. The children are loving learning about the adventures of Mrs Honey and we began to draw a picture of what happened in the beginning, we will continue on with this tomorrow.
Finally, just a quick note to say....we can not thank you enough for how well you have prepared your children for their return to school. They have come back and settled so quickly into our routines and have shown such maturity by the way they have dealt with all the changes going on around them. This easy transition would not have been possible without all your hard work and support from home. We are so delighted to have our little munchkins back and look forward to all this term has in store.
Keep up the great work!
Good Afternoon! - Week 10 - Term 1
Just wanted to send a little message to say that we want you to know we are here for you. Please don't feel like it is a closed door policy. We have been in contact with you all via phonecalls (left messages on a few voicemails). We are all finding different things enjoyable and different things challenging and we are really keen to hear how you are all going with everything. Our activities and learning grids we provide are to encourage the children to maintain routine and continue with their learning and progress. We are so grateful for all the work you are doing with them at home. Feel free to ask any questions or share any of your fabulous learning with us, no matter how small!
To our Truly Special A2 Family - Week 8 - Term 1
Firstly, I wanted to thank you for all your unconditional support during this uncertain time. We are so lucky to have such a special group of children who have been our little rays of sunshine each day, staying positive and working together to keep some sort of normality.
Today we read a very relevant story called ‘The Enormous Watermelon’. This story is about a group of characters who work together to pull up a watermelon before enjoying it! We related it back to our own situation by talking about how we can work together as a community and family to ‘spring clean our world’ of all the spikey germs. The children were full of beautiful ideas of how we can all work together to help us get back to school as soon as we can.
On Monday, we will begin our online learning by uploading our learning grid to ‘Connect app’. This will begin practically and be a summary of what would have been planned for the next 2 weeks of school. As stated by the government, we encourage all children to stay at home, enabling us to return to normality as soon as possible.
During our 2 week Easter break no work will be sent home because this is the normal holiday period. A pack of learning, activities and stationery has been created for each child which will be to support our weekly learning grids for each week, starting in term 2. This pack is solely for use alongside the planning which will be sent home and children should complete this to the best of their ability. Each booklet is for learning opportunities and must be used for directed writing and planned activities.
Please do not feel pressured to work continuously with the children at home as we appreciate many parents will continue working. Each family will have a lot of changes and each with different priorities. The only thing that we can encourage you to do with your children is to play, laugh and love them. The learning will occur aside of that and sometimes the most spontaneous learning can be the best! Think outside the box and enjoy this precious time that you will have with your children. They are so special and we will miss them very much. Please keep in touch, we are here to support you all on this journey. We welcome emails and lots of communication; no question is too small; we are here to help!
Mrs. Hart, Mrs. Palmer and Mrs. Johnston
This Week's Learning Highlights - Week 7 - Term 1
This week in Maths we sorted different items following a rule; shape, colour and size. We also discussed and demonstrated different ways we can be a good friend. We role played 'Mrs Wishy Washy' and wrote about our favourite character in the book.
We also did a germs experiment using water, pepper and soap to explain the importance of hand washing. We were all amazed by this!!
Thank you so much to our lovely families for being super supportive this week, especially teaching our littles ones how to be independent and going into the classroom all by themselves to get ready for the day. I was very proud of their effort.
WELCOME BACK PRE PRIMARY! - Term 1
Fantastic first week of Pre-Primary!
We have had a busy first week meeting our new teachers and making lots of new friends. The children have been working hard to make lots of crafts to make our classroom bright and colourful. We have also learnt lots of new songs and rhymes to help us with our daily routines. We look forward to sharing these with you.
Mrs. Hart and Mrs. Palmer :)