Pre-Service Teachers

This term, we have two ECU pre-service teachers visiting Room 23 each Thursday. Miss S and Miss Crawford are in their first year of their university studies and are enjoying watching Room 23 in action.

We hope they feel very welcome and will gain a lot from their time at Wattle Grove Primary School.

Miss B :)

Week 3 NAPLAN Arrangements

 Hi Year 3 Parents, 

NAPLAN testing is occurring this week. Below is the timetable:

TUESDAY
8.50am Language Conventions
10.50am Writing

WEDNESDAY
8.50am Reading

THURSDAY
8.50am Mathematics

Please ensure your child is present and prompt for each test. There will be test conditions once each test has commenced and no movement in or out of the classroom, to avoid disruptions.

I am sure that each child is going to give the test their all. It is a great opportunity to see where your child sits in relation to other children around Australia.

There will be no homework set this week, so that they can get a good night’s sleep.

Feel free to ask me any questions,

Miss B

HASS Excursion

In HASS this Semester we have been learning about significant places within our local and wider community. Just a reminder that we will be heading off to the Bell Tower and Perth Mint, next Thursday, May 18. We will be going along with Room 14 and our two pre-service teachers.

We are looking to leave promptly after the siren, so please ensure your child is on time and read with their hat and their lunch and water bottle in a plastic bag clearly marked with their name and room number.

It should be a very enjoyable and valuable education experience.

Thanks for your support and prompt return of forms and payment,

Miss B

Maths Update

Over the last few weeks we have been looking at chance and probability. The students had a great time sorting a bag of Skittles into the colour groups and working out the chance of getting each colour. They have been practising writing this as a fraction of a whole.

Students then graphed the data they had collected. I hope all the mums and dads got to share some of the home probability task too!

Skittles Probability from Tasha

We have also begun out Kung Fu Multiplication Challenge.  We began with the super easy White Belt (1 X table). In order to gain their next belt, students must complete an oral test with the tables in and out of order, demonstrating rapid recall. Then, each Friday, they complete a written test, which must be completed in under 2 minutes. Once students have passed both components, they move up to the next belt.

Literacy Update

This term we have been learning the spelling rules for plural nouns.

We have also been revising our homophones. Homophones are two or more words that sound the same but have different meanings and spellings. Below some of the ladies of Room 23 are modelling the homophones necklaces they made in literacy rotations last week. 

Welcome back for Term 2. The children are already familiar with routines and it's now expected that they will maintain the high standards that they demonstrated last term.

It is important that the students continue to get to school by 8:30 and are wearing the full school uniform. With the colder weather, please endure that all jackets and jumpers are clearly labelled with your child's name.

The students are also expected to bring their homework folder to school every day so they have somewhere to put notes/work/certificates that they may receive during the day.

Motivation work is marked each Monday and new work distributed. If students are absent or forget, the new motivation work is put in their box, to be glued in the next day. 

Hipster Bunnies

At Wattle Grove, we enjoy learning about the cultural celebrations of our classmates. The students loved making their own unique “Hipster Bunny” for Easter. They used aspects of pattern and symmetry and were very proud of their finished cards. They looked awesome!

ANZAC Day

It was a lovely, fine day for our ANZAC service, which was held on the final Thursday of school. The students demonstrated respect, during the heart felt speeches made by Lieutenant Chapman and Leading Seaman Kissick from the Navy and George Korol from the Kalamunda Returned Services League. The lovely donations of flowers was greatly appreciated, and the wreaths looked most spectacular!

A big thank you to Jo, and all the other parents, who so generously gave their time to arrange the flower wreaths. Ava and Connor did a fantastic job of laying our class wreath with our Kindy buddies. The wreaths were later taken to the Kalamunda War memorial.