Term 3, 2015

Flinders View Primary School

Room 19 Reception/Year One Class

Another term down!

Homework
It has been great to see the
majority of the students in our
class doing nightly homework.
Students really value the time
you spend with them doing their
homework and it is beneficial
towards their progress.
The Homework format will
remain the same this term.
Please ensure your child
continues to change their reader
daily. If you do not have time to
do all of their homework each
night do not worry. Just make a
note of what you have done or
catch it up the next night. I
understand families have other
commitments
and that children
may be tired
after a long day
of school.

Half way through the year and we are travelling along

well. Some students have made fantastic progress
which is extremely pleasing to see and families
should be proud with the support and role they have
had in their childs progress.
Congratulations to T and C, and J and T who received
our Term 1 and Term 2 Focus on Learning Awards
respectively. This award recognises 2 students each
term who consistently display good learning
behaviours and take pride in their learning.
We have also had a number of children participate in
the schools fortnightly All Star program which
recognizes students who display the schools values
of Honesty, Teamwork, Responsibility and Respect.
Well done T, J, A, B, T and J who participated in this
program this term. This term I hope to see other
students within our class aspire to be selected on
this program and to see a larger range of students
participate in Term 3.

Attendance and lateness:

Important dates to note
Student Free
Day

Monday 3rd
August

Sports Day

Friday 7th of
August

Education Fair Thursday 17th

of September
School
Closure Day

Friday 18th of
September

Room 19
History
Excursion

Tuesday 22nd
September

Last term our class won the

attendance reward one week
out of ten. This term I would
like to see this improve to 3
or more wins. To do this we
will need to ensure all
students are attending school
daily.
Last term we again had 11
students who had 90% or
higher attendance (missed
less than 5 days of school in
Term 2). . These students
were eligible for our whole
school attendance reward
and attended a cinema
session to watch Inside Out. It

would be great to see this

number increase this term to
15 or more students. We also
experienced significant
lateness last term, with a
number
of
students
consistently missing Numeracy
sessions. This impacts on their
numeracy learning now and in
the future. In order to ensure
they are able to participate in
Numeracy sessions please
help your child to be at school
by 8:50am. SRC runs a
fortnightly raffle to reward
children who are consistently
at school at this time.

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ROOM 19 RECEPTION/YE AR ONE CLASS

Mathematics

We have 80 minutes of Mathematics each day which is

taught in an uninterrupted block.
We will continue with a big focus
on number knowledge and
awareness again this term. This
includes:
Writing numbers
Number names
Using place value
Numbers that make 10.
We will also be looking at:
Measurement
3D shapes

Australian Money
Duration (Rec) and telling the
time (Yr. 1)
Right: children work together to make maps
of the school in geography.

History

Overview of
Term Three
Learning

We have 90 minutes of History

a week. This term we will be
learning about:
our own history and that of
our family
how this may differ to families here and around the
world.
and how the past is different from the present.
We also plan to visit the Wilmington Toy Museum to learn
about what types of toys children played with in the past.

Literacy

Physical Education
Mr M takes the class for
100 minutes of Physical
Education each week.

The Arts
Ms E will take the class for
50 minutes of Dance each
week.

Health
Mr M will take the class for
50 minutes of Health each
week. We will also focus on
Social Skills in class, in
particular being able to
work with others.

Science
Ms P and myself will each
teach Science for 50
minutes each week. The
focus will be on living things
and looking at materials
and how they can be
changed.

Design and Tech

We will be working in pairs
with Room 4 students (Year
4/5) every fortnight to
design and make a Wild
Self costume together.

Literacy is held in an uninterrupted block (100minutes) between Recess and Lunch. Our
literacy block will include:
Jolly Phonics/ Handwriting
Continued text study focusing on Narrative using the text, The Magic Hat, then a focus on
information texts using the text, Koalas.
Concepts of Print.
Guided Reading Groups which will focus on basic reading strategies.
Literacy Centres/stations these stations will reinforce sight words, phonics
development, phonological awareness and fine motor skills.
In Design and Tech
last term we made
musical
instruments to
coincide with
Music with Ms
Ellison. These are
African drums.