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Welcome to the Junior Learning Space

for 2018 It’s an exciting time in the Junior Learning Space with many

new students and families joining the Mount Waverly North

Primary School community. Also joining the Junior Team are

the teachers. This year the Junior Team is Miss Emily Clugg,

Miss Megan Corcoran and Mr. Tristan Harper. We are looking

forward to a great year in working with the many students

and families of Junior.

We have started this year with a focus on the values and

motto of MWNPS and how the students live these in their

daily life. Each class also contributed ideas to the creation of

a set of ‘Junior Norms’ that focus on how all people in the

Junior Space conduct themselves.

The Learning Space this year features some new technology

in the form of SMART boards that will provide and allow for

many new learning experiences and ways for the students to

demonstrate their knowledge. These coupled with the iPads

and Digital Technologies sessions will continue to build the

students’ digital literacy.

If you have not yet been into the Junior Space or met your

child’s teacher, please come in and see us and say hello.

Important dates

Parent helper

induction

Tuesday 13th Feb

Getting to know you

interviews

Wednesday 21st Feb

St. Johns First Aid in

schools program

Friday 2nd March

Curriculum Day

(Student free day)

Friday 9th March

Public Holiday

(Labour Day)

Monday 12th March

School photos

Tuesday 13th March

Last day of Term 1

Thursday 29th March

Junior Norms

We are respectful towards others, their materials and the space.

We treat others as we want to be treated.

We aspire for excellence in all that we do.

We listen to, cooperate and collaborate with others.

We move appropriately around the school.

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Literacy

Throughout the term students will be developing their literacy skills

through a range of learning activities. They will be involved in a

range of scenarios such as small group focused sessions, independ-

ent practice of skills and explicit teaching.

Recounts and narrative writing will be studied this term as students

continue to develop their understanding of vocabulary, spelling and

use of punctuation.

As part of their morning routine, students read up to the 9:00am

bell. They also read as part of literacy sessions where they focus on

are explicitly taught reading skills.

Mathematics

The students are currently developing an understanding of the place value system and how numbers are written, physically represented and created. They undertake numeracy games, logic and problem solving activities as well as explicit teaching sessions throughout the week. Students are always encouraged to demon-strate their numeracy skills and understandings through various methods including the use of technology. In the later weeks of the term geometry, measurement and data will also form part of the mathematics curriculum.

Inquiry

Students participate in Inquiry rotations throughout the week

where they see the different teachers of the Junior Level.

Chemical sciences with a focus on materials used in various

objects and their properties will be the main area of study

accompanied by Digital Technologies. Students have already

been grouping items from the natural and made environment

based on what they see, hear and feel.

Handwriting

Term date Student Diaries and homework.

Each student has received their own student diary

for 2018. These form an important part of the

morning routine and homework for students as well as a

communication tool between school and home.

Please ensure that all reading your child is completing at home is

recorded in the diary on a regular basis. The weekly spelling words

will also be in the diary for students to use. Homework will be given

out on Wednesdays and is due in on the following Monday. The

homework will consist of reading (nightly readers), writing, spelling

and maths activities to support their learning in the class room.

Reminders

All students must

wear their hats

until the 30th of

April.

‘Brain food’ for

students is to be

fresh fruit or

vegetables that

are easily eaten

during class

time.

School starts at

8:50am, students

come in and

begin their

morning

routines.

We are always

appreciative of

donations of

tissues for the

Junior Space.

Parent Helpers

We love having parent helpers in the Junior Space for all sorts of support from maths and literacy classes, to helping to organise readers or even as guest speakers if you have knowledge about a key area of our curriculum.

If you have a current Working With Children’s Check and can spare some time we would love to have your assistance. There is a parent helper induction session happening on Wednesday the 21st of February just after morning drop off (9am) for all those involved. Please book into this at the oFfice.

Contacting the teachers

In the last MWNPS newsletter, the email contacts for

the teachers were published for your information.

We can also organise a meeting before or after

school if there is something that you wish to discuss.

However morning drop off time while students are

beginning their morning routines is not a suitable

time for lengthy discussions.

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P.E is back & so is MR KLEIN!

To begin I wanted to thank the entire school commu-nity for welcoming me back after my time away!

Everyone has been so warm and friendly which is a credit to what a great community we have here at Mount Waverley North Primary School.

I am very excited to be working with the students not only with their Physi-cal Education classes this year but also with their Health lessons.

The students will be learn-ing a range of new skills, tactics, games, sports & health related items this year with a focus on team-work, inclusion & most importantly FUN!

Lets have another fantastic year in P.E. & Health in 2018!

Thanks - MR KLEIN

Each week students participate in the Arts, Physical Education and German specialists.

Students will receive a timetable for their diary of what days they have specialist classes

on. Students are permitted to wear their MWNPS Sports Polo top on days when they have

sports sessions.

In Term 1, students will be focusing on the topic of birthdays. They will use the language to tell someone how old they are, and when their birthday is. They will also learn the German words for items relating to birthday parties, and will help to plan a birthday party for Franzi, one of our German puppets. Students will not only engage with the language through reading and writing, but also by playing games and singing songs.

Visual Arts

In Term 1, the Junior students

will be drawing images and

making objects related to self,

others and their personal

environment in different forms

such as: painting and sculpture.

They will be looking a variety of

artworks and offer a range of

interpretations of the subject

matter. They will learn to follow

the technical process and safe

practices of making specific

artwork such as: printmaking

and constructing sculptures.

They will also be comparing the

qualities and properties of

materials such as: paint,

crayons and clay. Finally, they

will identify and use visual

conventions of artwork from

the Indigenous and Torres Strait

Islander peoples and discuss

things like: subject matter,

style, techniques used and how

the artwork makes you think

and feel.