Junior School Newsletter: Term 3, Week 1

Junior School Newsletter: Term 3, Week 1

CONNECT WITH YEAR 1/2

Learning and Teaching

Welcome back Junior School Families! We trust you had a relaxing break and are refreshed and ready for a great start to Term 3! We are looking forward to another busy term studying the Olympics, the school production and swimming this term.

MEET AND GREET OUR NEW PRINCIPAL
Parents are welcome to join us in the school hall for tea and coffee on Friday afternoon at 2.15pm to meet our new Principal Renée Kennedy. We will have assembly in the hall following this at 3pm.  Renée is looking forward to meeting our parent community so we hope to see lots of you there!  

SCHOOL START TIME

Doors will be opened by 8.50am so parents and students can come in if they choose. When the bell rings at 8.55am, parents are asked to leave the corridor and classrooms to allow all students to come inside and prepare for learning time to begin. Students who are not in class when the 9am bell rings are late to school and must report straight to the office for a late pass.

IN LEVEL 2 WE ARE LEARNING TO: (WALT)...

READING: identify nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs within texts and how they enhance texts.

SPELLING:

Grade 1 - 'ae' as in tape

Grade 2 - 'o' as in glove

WRITING: write a recount using the correct structure & sequence of events with a focus on tense

MATHS:

Grade 1:  understand place value of numbers to 100 and what it represents

Grade 2:  understand place value of numbers to 1000 and what it represents

UNIT OF STUDY: how the Olympic Games are celebrated and how our cultural differences are recognised

ICT: We are learning to identify and explore digital systems for a purpose (including using word processing software and publishing software).

WELLBEING: develop coping strategies to positively interact with peers

IMPORTANT NOTICES

Working With Children Check

All parents/guardians, visitors & volunteers to the school MUST sign in & out of the school and display their WWCC in a lanyard, which is available at the school office.

The Department of Education requires any person involved in an activity where children may be present to have a current WWCC or have supplied proof that they have applied for a WWCC with the Department of Justice. All schools are required to comply with the Working with Children Act 2005.

Volunteers are expected to carry the WWCC card on their person at all times when working or volunteering at the school or during school related activities.

There is no fee for this check. Apply now by visiting: www.workingwithchildren.vic.gov.au

The Junior School encourage and appreciate Parent helpers!

WANTED! CAN YOU PLEASE HELP?

The Marine Ambassadors and Green Gang, along with Miss Oates are searching for some items that either can be recycled or donated to help assist with some AMAZING programs that the students are developing. Do you have any of the following items around the house that could please be recycled or donated??

-          Old clothes for scarecrows

-          Children’s gardening gloves

-          Children’s gumboots

-          Herbs (seeds or seedlings)

-          Vegetables (seeds, seedlings or plants)

-          Fruits (seeds, seedlings or plants)

PASSIONATE PURSUITS

Passionate Pursuits will commence next Friday for Prep to Two grades. If you have any 

spare wool 

that you no longer need please send it in to Mrs O'Neill in 1O to assist with her 'Woolly Wonders' Passionate Pursuit group. Thank you for your assistance.

IMPORTANT DATES

 July 12 - Back to School!

August 15 - Kinder Concert

MAKING NEWS

Achievement Awards

Congratulations to the following students who worked hard to receive an Achievement Award last week of Term 2:

1A: Sonny 

1O: Gabby

2P: Adam

2UO: Kirby