Quick as a cricket Common words: as, an, a Letter / Blend study: Qq, Qu, Cr The Wizard and the Rainbow Common words: the, and Letter / Blend study: ai Three Billy Goats Gruff Common words: the, and Letter / Blend study: Gr
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It is with great sadness that we have to cancel Book Talk for this week! There is a whole school schedule for Friday morning that impacts the possibility for Book Talk to go ahead. Sorry for the inconvenience, although Book Talk will resume again in week 4, Friday the 3rd of November.
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Last Friday, the year 2 neighbourhood was introduced to their new project for the term! This term the students have the challenge to create their own country. The students will work collaboratively in small groups to plan, design and create their country. They will use their gained knowledge about features and cultures of different countries to
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This term, students will be given the opportunity to expand their skills in drawing. They will explore techniques and materials that require them to develop their imaginative capabilities as artists, drawing on their visual memory and a range of prompts that support new ways of expressing a subject matter. Students will be supported each week to create a
Buon Compleanno! In term four the prep students will explore birthday celebrations, learning to ask and state their age, wish someone a happy birthday and talk about birthday customs in Italy. They will learn the numbers to thirty-one and the months of the year, noting that the months in Italian start with a lowercase
Monday Projects and Provocations / Writing target sessions Big Book Handwriting / Identity and Culture / Procedural text Tuesday Projects and Provocations / Writing target sessions Big Book Numeracy target session Specialist Wednesday Projects and Provocations Big Book Workshops Thursday (Readers’ Notebooks come into school today) Library / Music / Reading & Literacy provocations Specialist Construction / Free writing and
Earlier this week the preps took part in a fun filled experiment where we made stress balls. We began by watching a video on how to make it. Following the video we wrote the steps as a group so that we could prepare ourselves for the experiment. The preps later worked in small groups to
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Hi Everyone, This term, we are learning about change in order for the children to gain a deeper understanding about themselves and the world they live in. As part of our investigation into change, the children have been exploring 3 areas: how plants grow; what is healthy food? what is time and how do we
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Last week, ‘The Terrible Suitcase’ was read to Blue group whilst they were having lunch. The beautiful illustration of the solar system inside the cover generated an enthusiastic and rich discussion from the group. Children were sharing their knowledge and questioning each other and it was clear that this was an area of interest. So
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