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TERM TWO
To all of our wonderful Glen Waverley Primary
School Families, we wish you a warm welcome
back, to another action packed term .
You will find a plethora of information in this issue
of our newsletter, as we aim to keep you involved
in, and informed about
your child’s learning
program.
this issue
Parent Helpers P.1
Weather In My World P.2
Prep Reading Roster P.2
Curriculum P. 3 & P. 5
Oral Language Room P.3
PMP P.4
Incursion P.6
Healthy Food Matters P.7
PMP Roster P.8
PARENT HELPERS
Thank you to the many parents, and oth-
er family members who offer their time
and expertise in support of our school
programs and curriculum. If you would
like to be more involved at school, please
be assured that you will be most wel-
come. You might think about supporting
the PMP program, or listening to children
read (I know the Grade One and Two
teachers would love to commence a
reading program similar to the one in
prep).
Glen Waverley Primary School Level 1 and 2 Newsletter (Grades Prep, One and Two)
TERM TWO, 2012
WEATHER IN OUR WORLD
This term our focus in Integrat-
ed Studies is a Science unit
called Weather In My World.
Through investigations, the
students will increase their
knowledge of how the charac-
teristics of weather affect their
daily lives.
Each day the weather affects
our work and leisure activities.
The weather influences our
decisions about what to wear
and the things we do.
Severe weather such as
droughts, floods and cyclones
have serious impact on com-
munities. Horticulture, farm-
ing, fishing and tourism are
highly dependent on weather.
The accurate prediction of
weather patterns and interpre-
tation of weather forecasts are
very important to our econo-
my and lifestyle. Daily discus-
sions in the classroom will fo-
cus on the weather, day , date
and seasons.
Through literature, both fic-
tion and non-fiction material,
poems and songs the students
will develop their vocabulary.
Students will create science
journals to record observa-
tions, draw tables and sym-
bols, write reports and re-
counts of experiments.
The sharing time homework
outlines several tasks based on
Weather in My World which
the students themselves
should prepare and present in
their own words.
Integrated Studies
PREP READING
ROSTER
Mo
nd
ay
Radhika Ravindran -
Akshala (0LG)
Shyani - Vishal (0LG)
Jodie - Shay (0LG)
Tuesd
ay
Saranga Waduge - Randiv (0JE)
Jenny Tsung - Esther (0JE)
Hetal Mistry - Trisha (0LG)
Dammi Dombepola - Dihein (0LG)
Wed
nesd
ay
Aemy Tan - Joelle (0LG)
Gayatri Bhat - Varun (0JE)
Lawanya Perera - Dinil (0JE)
Kim See - Ally (0JE)
Thu
rsday
Connie Lai - Karis (0LG)
Shashika Wickrame-singhe - Ramike (0LG)
Shazia Sayed - Ameen (0LG)
Friday
Chamini Mithawa - Yonal (0JE)
Prabha Basnayake - Daham & Dasuni
Deepthi Pathagama - Ryan (0LG)
CURRICULUM LEVEL TWO (GRADE 1 & 2) In the Term Two Literacy pro-
gram, Level Two students will
be studying blends in Spelling.
These include the blends ck, ik,
wr, and mb. They will also be
practicing their spelling from a
list of two hundred of the
most high frequency spelling
words. In the Reading pro-
gram, students will be looking
at non-fiction texts where they
will learn to identify the main
idea and details of these texts.
They will also learn how to se-
quence a text, read a table to
obtain information, and com-
pare and contrast various as-
pects of these texts.
In the Writing program, stu-
dents will establish Science
Journals that relate to our top-
ic on ‘Weather’. Students will
also consolidate their
knowledge in writing Recounts
and develop an understanding
of writing Procedural Texts and
Reports about their scientific
experiences at school. The stu-
dents will use the Oral Lan-
guage room every week to de-
velop their skills in speaking
and listening which will also be
practiced during the Share
Time activities this term.
Our Mathematics program for
the term encompasses a range
of topics. These include skip
counting, estimating and
measuring the length, area,
volume and capacity of ob-
jects, and solving simple addi-
tion, subtraction, multiplica-
tion and division problems us-
ing a range of strategies. Stu-
dents will also learn how to
use a calendar to identify
dates, and describe the fea-
tures of three-dimensional ob-
jects. Furthermore, students
will learn how to give and fol-
low directions to familiar loca-
tions, use money in their eve-
ORAL LANGUAGE
ROOM
Not just play time.
In the Early Years; Prep-2 there is a strong em-phasis on the develop-ment of Speaking and Listening skills. Re-search has shown that Oral Language has a di-rect impact on reading and writing. People learn language by lis-tening and then speak-ing first. They then use their Oral Language to read and write.
ryday lives and describe
the probability of familiar
events occurring at school.
Our Integrated topic for
the term is on ‘Weather’.
In this program, students
will describe what they
know about weather, learn
how to watch weather and
record observations, de-
velop an understanding of
weather terminology and
discover places to obtain
information about the
weather. We are looking
forward to an exciting
term of teaching and
learning!
Continued page 4 . . . . .
To improve the overall Literacy skills of our students and to support the teaching and learning of speaking and listening, we have set up an Oral Language Room where the children are able to experience a range of rich, organised language activities.
Some of the important language skills that students practise and are taught as part of the Oral Language Room include be-coming active listeners, asking good questions, learning appropriate social and formal talk, storytelling and articu-lation of words which include being able to pronounce words correctly.
Different activity stations are set up so that students can practice and develop their Speaking and Listening skills by participating in exciting and valuable ex-periences. In the Oral Language Room, we begin as a whole class, focusing on either speaking or listening for the week, then students move on to do focused ac-tivities that are set up in the room.
At the end of each lesson, children have the opportunity to share and perform their activities, then reflect on the skills they have gained.
Children love coming to the Oral Lan-guage Room each week, and gain so much valuable language skills as a re-
sult.
The Oral Language Room is located opposite the Prep Classrooms; par-ents are most welcome to come along and have a look or ask any fur-ther questions they may have.
This term Level One and Two students will be participating in the Perceptual Mo-tor Program (PMP.) PMP is a program that aims to enhance and develop stu-dent’s fundamental motor skills (fine and gross motor.)These are skills that are re-quired in many aspects of all children’s growth by developing skills in skipping, jumping, balancing and ball handling. Not only does this program promote phys-ical activity but it also provides students with experiences that encourage the use of language used in both the Literacy and Numeracy classroom.
It has been fantastic to receive a strong re-sponse from parents in regards to this pro-gram. However, with the amount of clas-ses this year, the Level One and Two teams still require parental assistance in order for the program to run smoothly. We are looking for more parent helpers on Wednesdays and Fridays. Ul-timately each class needs at least four helpers in order for the program to run effectively. The roster is on page 8, and if there are less than four names listed, and you can help out, please see your classroom teacher.
PMP Timetable is on Page 8
Oral Language Room -, continued from page 3.
PERCEPTIAL MOTOR PROGRAM
(PMP)
CURRICULUM PREP - LEVEL ONE Our prep students have quickly
settled back in to the school
routine, and parents will be
noticing explicit teaching of
letter sounds, high frequency
words and reading strategies.
A page will be pasted in to
your child’s homework book
each week, that outlines the
focus letter / sound, and
spelling words for the week.
Not all children have the same
spelling words, as we modify
these to suit each child’s learn-
ing program. The table on this
page gives you an outline of
the letters, sounds or concepts
we will focus on this term
In Numeracy / Mathematics,
we look at more than just
counting and number facts.
The Victorian Curriculum at
Level One (Prep), outlines four
important areas that we assess
continually and report on
twice a year. Those four areas
are -
TERM TWO
A Sound Focus.
Prep Children show us
their toes — Why?
- Because they start with
“Tt” of course !
1. Number
2. Space
3. Measurement, Chance
and Data
4. Working Mathematically
We base teaching and learning on research, particularly
school based data that tells us how our students perform
in each of these areas at all grade levels. We achieve out-
standing results, and to maintain these, it is really im-
portant that we focus more on problem solving and ques-
tions that include text as well as teaching counting and
number operations. For example;
“A teacher posed this problem: ‘Ten new children are coming to school. But we
haven’t been told how many are boys and how many are girls.’ Students were
asked to find and show possible combinations of boys and girls. They were asked
to record their findings in short ways. Concrete materials such as a pens were
available to students.” - taken from Victorian Essential Learning Standards Assess-
ment Maps.
Our curriculum focuses on the development of the whole
child, and you may hear phrases such as “attentive listen-
ing” or “personal best” as we continue to introduce our
school values. Students often think that performing a task
quickly is best, but we all know this is not the case. We
teach the value of hard work and taking pride in what you
produce. Children develop at different paces, but quickly
realise that if it is their personal best work, it will be re-
warded and validated as a great job.
Week One Pp
Week Two Mm
Week Three Ll
Week Four Ii
Week Five Nn
Week Six Revision
Week Seven Rr
Week Eight Hh
Week Nine Ee
Week Ten Bb
Week Eleven Plural Ss
Our Fearsome Leader !
The children love this photograph of
Mr Catalano!
This term the Prep, Year 1 and 2 children are studying the “Weather in Our World” and an exciting Science incursion by Hands On Science has been organised for Thursday, June 7th and Friday , June 8th . HOS (Hands-On Science) Science Teach-ing Specialists offer challenging and enjoyable experiments for students that encourage them to think.
The students will actively involved and encouraged to ob-serve, record, report and conclude from their observations and experiment results. The weather based activities are re-lated to everyday life and designed to develop the students' senses, scientific skills, understanding and vocabulary.
ICT
Did you know that our children are known as “Digital Natives” while their parents are known as “Digital Immigrants”? This is be-cause our children were born in an era where digital technology is commonplace, while for most of us, it is a skill we have had to ac-quire at some stage in our education.
The ease in which young students utilise the technology available to them at school can often be underestimated. When you see Prep children using PC’s, netbook, laptops, Ipads, easy speaks, cam-eras, webcams, interactive whiteboards, and a range of software, we realise how lucky we are to have these resources available at our school.
Visit some iconic weather sites with your child without leaving your home ! You might try;
Australian Government Bureau Of Meteorology http://www.bom.gov.au/
Melbourne Planetarium http://museumvictoria.com.au/planetarium/discoverycentre/
And don’t forget
Mathletics http://www.mathletics.com.au/
? Do you work in a field
that might link to our
unit on weather?
Parents are a wonder-
ful source of infor-
mation and if you have
expertise to offer,
please see you child’s
classroom teacher.
frozen water or milk, particularly in hot weather
Highly processed, sugary, fatty and salty foods should only make up a very small part of your child’s diet. Foods to limit in school lunches include:
processed meats such as salami and pressed chicken
chips, sweet biscuits, muesli and breakfast bars
fruit bars and fruit straps
cordials, juices containing sugar and soft drinks
You must let your child’s school prin-cipal know if your child is allergic to particular foods
Reference
http://www.education.vic.gov.au/aboutschool/childhealth/healthyeating.htm
Healthy Food Matters!
We have noticed the many students are regularly eating highly processed and sugary foods at recess and lunch time. It is very important that students eat nutri-tious fresh foods every day.
Healthy eating has a long-lasting and positive impact on a child’s growth, de-velopment and health.
Foods eaten by your child at school con-tribute greatly to their daily nutrient in-
take. These foods consid-erably influ-ence their eat-ing habits, growth pat-terns, energy, concentration levels and ability to
learn.
You have an important role to play in helping to ensure your child eats well and stays active.
Healthy school lunch ideas include:
sandwiches or pita bread with cheese, lean meat or salad
cheese slices, crackers with spread and fresh fruit
washed and cut-up raw veg-etables or fresh fruits
PMP ROSTER
Dates Wednesday Thursday Friday
Week 3 2nd May
Honey Kaur
Lawanya Perera
Erandi Dissanayake
Mirini Lang
3rd May
Rebecca Karamitzis
Mayura
Amura
Sanghee Kim
4th May
S. Singh
Sanghee Kim
Lawanya Perera
Radhika Ravindran
Week 4 9th May
Honey Kaur
Erandi Dissanayake
Kirti Prateek
Jenny Tsung
10th May
Rebecca Karamitzis
Amura
Sanghee Kim
Irene Lopez
11th May
Iris Chen
Sanghee Kim
Lawanya Perera
Dammi
Week 5 16th May
Honey Kaur
Erandi Dissanayake
Kirti Prateek
Mirini Lang
17th May
Sanghee Kim
Mayura
Amura
Jenny Tsung
18th May
Connie Cai
Sanghee Kim
Gayatri
Radhika Ravindran
Week 6 23rd May
Honey Kaur
Erandi Dissanayake
Mirini Lang
24th May
Irene Lopez
Mayura
Amura
Sanghee Kim
25th May
Gayatri
Sanghee Kim
Dammi
Week 7 30th May
Honey Kaur
Erandi Dissanayake
Mirini Lang
31st May
Rebecca Karamitzis
S. Sing
Sanghee Kim
Gayatri
1st June
Inoka
Sanghee Kim
Radhika Ravindran
Week 8 6th June
Honey Kaur
Erandi Dissanayake
Ruchi Arora
Mirini Lang
7th June
Rebecca Karamitzis
Ruchi Arora
Sanghee Kim
Gayatri
Extra-
Dimuthum
8th June
Gayatri
Sanghee Kim
Week 9 13th June
Honey Kaur
Erandi Dissanayake
Mirini Lang
14th June
Rebecca Karamitzis
Sanghee Kim
Amura
Gayatri
15th June
Sanghee Kim
Radhika Ravindran
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