Kindergarten

In Kinder this week the children were asked to draw a picture 

of themselves, write their name and the names of other people in their family. Then they were asked to write any words or letters that they knew. Well done Kindergarten, Mrs Bradley was impressed!

Year 1

In year 1, we have been continuing to develop our information report writing. We have been working towards writing information reports independently, continuing to co-construct and meet our success criteria. Below are some examples of writing that has been writing independently. We are very proud of the writing progress this term in Year 1!

In Reading Groups we have been practising our spelling through a variety of activities. We use letter stamps, 'rainbow-writing' of sight words, phonics activities and brainstorming of words that feature our focus blend/rule as ways to consolidate our spelling each week. 

Year 2

This week you will see samples of our conclusions for our recounts.

Year 3

Over the last few weeks, Year 3 has been creating some wonderfully descriptive introductions to their narratives. The children have used descriptions of the setting to begin each of their stories. To help them get started, they were asked to think about the following questions: What can you see? What can you hear? What can you smell? What can you feel? What can you taste? You will find five writing samples from Year 3 below. The children hope you enjoy reading them.

Year 4

Year 4 have been busy developing and improving our writing skills this term. We wrote Dreamtime Stories about Echidnas a few weeks ago. We worked together to develop Success Criteria to help us write our stories well. When we finished our plan and our drafts, we published our stories and displayed them on our wall. We are sharing our stories with you this week. We hope you enjoy them!

 Year 5/6

The images we see this week, are the typed version of the handwritten recounts Year 5/6 showcased in the last newsletter. After editing their work in their books, the children typed their texts.

One thing we all agreed upon is that when we type, we forget a lot of our punctuation and that is something we are determined to improve upon. This will be one of our writing goals moving forward.

Putting that aside, the way their writing has flourished over the last few weeks, has been wonderful to see. Their writing is more descriptive writing, more emotive and the imagery they create with their wonderful word choices is impressive. Every student in Year 5 and 6 should be so very proud of their achievements this term.