Kindergarten

During the last few weeks Kindergarten have worked on the book The Potato People by Pamela Allen. We focused on the vocabulary words- gradually, drooped and exclaimed. The children had a homework task which was to make a potato person then send in a photo. During Talking and Listening the children explained to the rest of the class how they made their potato person. I was very impressed with the potato people made by all students and their explanations. Have a look through out PowerPoint.

Children’s Week

Children’s Week is a national celebration of children’s rights, talents and citizenship. The Theme of 2023 is based on the United Nations Convention of Rights of the Child (UNCRC) Article 31: Children have the right to relax, play and to join in the wide range of leisure activities.

There were over 400 submissions in a range of mediums from painting through to poems. Oriana from Kindergarten draw the below picture and it has been published in the Children’s Week Art book https://issuu.com/diomn/docs/0003470_cso_cw_digital_book_01_150_dpifinalweb

Congratulations Oriana you are a very talented drawer.

Year 1

In Year 1 we have been learning about contractions. Contractions shorten two words into one. We have been practicing changing two words into one and using an apostrophe to show that letters are missing. Check out how we changed two words into one!

In writing we have been learning how to expand simple sentences with adverbs to make them more interesting. Adverbs describe how a an action is being done. Have a look at our interesting sentences with adverbs! 

Year 2

In year 2 we have been working hard on our reading fluency and comprehension. We are working on decoding words accurately, without making any mistakes. This will help us with our comprehension and understanding of the texts that we read. 

We have also been working on 'summarising' as a comprehension strategy to add to our toolbox. We have learnt that we should only use the important facts or information from a text to summarise it. Here are some of our summaries from the text, "A trip to the zoo"

 Stage 2

Stage 3 News – Learning About Science is Out of This World!

In our Science and Technology unit, Stage 3 have begun to consider Earth as a component within a solar system. We are also learning how to use models for investigating systems - astronomical scales. So far this term, we have:

*Cruised the solar system to learn more about the features of our planets and other space objects

Fun fact: Our solar system is made up of a star (the Sun) and all of the objects that travel around it. The objects include planets, moons, asteroids, comets and meteoroids. Scientists know that most stars can host their own planets, so we know there are likely to be billions of other solar systems in the Milky Way Galaxy. 

*Learnt how to order the planets by creating our own mnemonics. Have you heard of this one?

Year 5 will be attending the Questacon Space Exhibition at the Newcastle Museum on Friday 17^th November. Year 5 families, I encourage you to read messages from me on Compass for more information on this excursion. I am in need of 3 kind parents who are willing to assist with carpooling children.

Thank you for your support. -Miss Slattery ?