Kindergarten

Over the last few weeks Kindergarten have been introduced to capital letters. We have spoken about using a capital letter at the beginning of a sentence. This term we have worked on, identifying how many words are in a sentence,  being able to leave spaces between our words and writing all the sounds we can hear in each individual word.

Year 1

In Guided Writing Year 1 have been learning to expand sentences using when and where. Adverbs and adjectives are added to make our sentences more interesting. Adverbs help explain what the verb is doing. This helps the audience picture how something was done. Adjectives give the reader more specific information about the noun - it's colour, size, shape, material and more. We added detail to the stimulus words: "monsters creep" and came up with a great sentence. We are also expanding our vocabulary at the same time. We used our imaginations to illustrate our sentences. 

Please check out our writing samples.

Year 2

As promised, here a the narratives that Year 2 have created from their plans in the last newsletter. Miss Payton is so impressed with our writing. We are becoming quite the authors!!

Stage 2 have been working on writing very structured paragraphs for our persuasive texts by using one of the following acronyms- PEEL, OREO or AREA. These acronyms basically direct the students to write a sentence for their point of view/opinion/ argument, followed by a reason or explanation, then an example or elaboration of their reason and then they restate their point of view/opinion/argument using different words. We have 3 because not all acronyms make sense to all students but with the 3, everyone has found one they understand.  These are a work in progress, but enjoy! 

Stage 3

Over the past few weeks, Stage 3 have analysed print and multimedia advertisements. We have examined several persuasive devices used to convince consumers to buy products.  

Some of the persuasive devices noticed were; 

• Bribery- bribing the consumer with a giveaway 
• Celebrity- using famous people to endorse their product 

• Bandwagon- persuading you to buy a product because everyone else has one 
• Fear- stating what could happen if you do not use or buy the product 
• Expertise- using research or an expert in the field stating the product works 

Using the graphic design tool, Canva, students designed their own product and created a digital print advertisement. Several persuasive techniques were used to create a visually appealing sample.  

Check out our advertisements....would you purchase our products?  

Our next goal is to create a video advertisement. We can’t wait to see the results!