Class PB Newsletter Term 2 2019 Welcome back to Term 2! I hope that you had a relaxing holiday and are looking forward to an action-packed term just as much as we are! Below is a brief overview of what students will be learning this term. We are looking forward to seeing some great work. Prep students will continue to participate in 3 x Outdoor Learning Time sessions per week which are intentional play based learning activities covering curriculum content and students’ interests, with a focus on oral language, vocabulary and thinking. I encourage you to keep this newsletter handy and refer to it throughout the term to be aware of any upcoming events and as a tool to discuss your child’s learning. Please remember to email me at any time throughout the term if needed and I will get back to you as soon as possible. Teacher: Melissa Bayle Email: mbayl19@eq.edu.au

Important Dates Anzac Ceremony : Week 1 Wednesday 24/04 at 10am Anzac Day Public Holiday: Week 1 Thursday 25/04 Star Wars/ Superhero Dress Up Day: Week 2 Friday 03/05 Labour Day Public Holiday: Week 3 Monday 06/05 Mother’s Day Stall: Week 3 Thursday 09/05 Mother’s Day Pampering Morning: Week 3 Friday 10/05 9:30am – 10:30am (Please RSVP by Thursday 09/05) Under 8’s Day: Week 5 Friday 25/05 Prep Vision Testing: Week 6 Wednesday 29/05 and Thursday 30/05 PB Parade Presentation: Week 8 Monday 10/06 2:30pm School Run4Fun Colour Explosion: Week 8 Friday 14/06 Prep Excursion to Ngutana Lui: Week 10 Friday 28/06 Last Day of Term 2: Week 10 Friday 28/06

Curriculum focus – what we will be working on in class this term

Content Assessment

English Students will enjoy listening to fairy tales and will learn to retell a story. Focus stories include Goldilocks and the Three Bears, The Three Billy Goats Gruff and The Three Little Pigs. Students also begin our oral literacy program with Show and Tell commencing in Week 2. In addition, we continue focusing on speech sounds, name writing, rhyming words, memory, blending and segmenting words, exposure to familiar words through reading and writing, decodable reading, handwriting through Casey the Caterpillar Program, involvement with quality literature and songs, and learning concepts of print when reading.

Students will write a retell on the story ‘The Three Little Pigs’ and then present this orally to the class.

Mathematics Topics covered this term include: shape (2D and 3D), sorting, patterning, measurement (length/ width/ mass/ thick/ thin), sequencing events and ordering daily events, data (answering yes/no questions), counting forwards and backwards, subitising to 5, comparing quantities (more, less, same) and connecting number names, numerals and quantities.

Shape: identify 2D shapes and sort based on common characteristic; Number: connect number names, numerals

Science Students will explore the function and suitability of different materials and understand that materials are selected for a specific purpose based on their properties.

Students will build a house suitable for ‘The Three Little Pigs’. They will describe the properties of materials, ask and respond to questions and share their observations.

HASS Students will explore events celebrated by families, including their own. They will remember and retell family events they have celebrated and sequence personal events.

Students are assessed through a collection of work.

The Arts During Term 2 students participate in drama. Students will present re-enactments of known stories in small groups and learn about appropriate voice levels, gestures and eye contact.

In small groups, students will re-enact ‘The Three Little Pigs’.

Technology Linking with our English and Science Units, students will select appropriate materials to build a windproof house suitable for the Three Little Pigs.

Students will be assessed on their selection, knowledge and explanation of materials and their properties.

Specialist Lessons School begins at 8.45am. Please ensure students arrive prior to the 8.45am bell so they can have an organised start to the day. Home Readers: Begin Week 1, Term 2. Your child will take home a folder that contains 4 books. It is expected you listen to your child read each night. The folder and book are to be returned every FRIDAY even if you did not complete al of the books. Please set your child up for success by completing this with them. Further instructions are located inside the folder. Camera Words: Camera Word books continue to be updated regularly. Children are exposed to these words at school, but repeated exposure at home will allow these words to be remembered automatically. Show and Tell: Please support your child’s oral language by helping them to prepare a short talk (up to 1 minute) on the weekly topic. The Show and Tell roster was distributed via email. Library Borrowing is Tuesday. A library bag is required to borrow books. Parade: Mondays at 2.30pm in Girrawheen Place. Everyone is welcome. Music: Wednesdays at 2:30pm – 3:00pm. PE: Thursdays at 2:00pm – 3:00pm