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Sport Uniform
Year 1 students wear sports uniform each day
Year 2 students wear sports uniform on the following days;
- 1/2C Tuesdays and Fridays
- 1/2D Tuesdays and Fridays
- 1/2F Tuesdays and Thursdays
Please note this page holds cluster information for current term.
Week 1
Year 1/2 2020 Newsletter
Term 2 Week 1
Home Inquiry Box
This week students are encouraged to inquire participate into the following at home.
Reading your reader or library books or home books- Approx. 10 minutes each night, please record reading in your reading journals.
Sound of the week- See the weekly sound and spelling list below. Students can practise these in a variety of ways (look, say, cover, right, check. Chalk, whiteboard, magnetic letters-Get Creative!) The aim is to practise their words both written and orally. Have a go brainstorming other words that have the same sound.
Dear parents/carers,
Welcome back to Term 2. We hope everyone had a blessed, safe and healthy school holidays. Thank you for your support and understanding over the past few weeks during these uncertain times. At the end of last term, we farewelled Sue Prideaux, who served 38 years in the school community. We are excited to welcome Kayla Dametto back to our school community and as part of the 1/2 cluster, teaching in 1/2D.
We are thrilled to welcome back our students to school as we transition from online learning, back to face-to-face teaching from next Monday. If your family is choosing to continue self-isolating, we ask that you please let the school know of your situation and also send an email to the classroom teacher so that we can continue to support your child’s learning.
Here are some reminders and information:
No Sharing
We are currently working on re-establishing our classroom routines and therefore will have no sharing.
Nature Play
Please bring gumboots for your child to play in the nature play.
Home Inquiry Books
Please return your child’s home inquiry books when they return to school.
Library
Please return library books each week for new books to be borrowed.
Assembly/Chapel
No assembly or chapel to be held until further notice.
Canteen
The canteen will operate as normal next week.
Mother’s Day Stall
Is still going ahead. A variety of gifts can be purchased for $5 per gift. Please register and pay for the amount of gifts you require via the Qkr! app or place money in an envelope including your child/children’s name, class and number of gifts and hand in to the front office by COB 1st May 2020.
More information regarding the Mother’s Day Stall can be found on the school website.
P & F meeting
The meeting scheduled for next Monday (6th May) has been cancelled
Term 2: Week 2 Program
Our week of learning
Literacy Group Rotations:
Reading – Strong focus on reading strategies and comprehension (recall events in text)
Writing – Procedure
Grammar – Year 1 initial blends and Year 2 possessive adjectives
Spelling – Sound of the week/list words activities
| Year 1
‘ck’ for the /c/ sound Example spelling list words: hop fit grin duck neck clock lick go no broomstick
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Year 2
‘air’ for the /air/ sound Example spelling list words: cliff off air hair pair stair chair hairbrush September October |
Word lists consist of revision words, sound of the week words and tricky words.
Maths Focus:
Fractions:
- Recognise 1 whole and 2 halves
- Describe one-half as one of two equal parts of a whole
Christian Studies: Christianity in the World
Students will investigate spirituality by describing how Christians experience the presence of God in the world.
Unit of Inquiry: How We Organise Ourselves
Central Idea: People and processes are involved in producing food
LOI 1: Origins of food
LOI 2: People involved in food production
LOI 3: Processes involved in food production
Home Learning
To support those families continuing to self-isolate, we are providing home learning activities, similar to the end of Term 1, to support your child’s ongoing learning from home. For the tiles containing the SeeSaw logo, please post a photo of the completed tasks to SeeSaw so we can keep track of their learning.
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Online Resources
In2era
Visit: https://in2era.com.au/products/readalong
School login: username: Zadow.jayne@goldengrove.sa.edu.au password: gg123
EPIC
Go to: https://www.getepic.com/students
1/2F – vyq4441
1/2D – meb4965
1/2C – yzj0115
Initialit Readers Online
L1-9
http://books.multilit.com/bookcase/dmjh
L10-16
http://books.multilit.com/bookcase/eoxk
Study Ladder
https://www.studyladder.com.au/
Term 2 Calendar
Term 2, Monday April 27 – Friday June 26 (9 weeks)
At this stage, we are only displaying two weeks in advance in the iNewsletter and cluster newsletters due to current circumstances.
Week 1
Week 2
Thursday 7th May and Friday 8th May – School dental visits (parents will be contacted by the dental service regarding this visit)
Friday 8th May – Class Carers Mother’s Day Stall 9:30am-10:30am
Week 3
Wednesday 13th May – Principal Tour 9:30am-10:30am
Have a great week,
Marion Chan, Emma Fitridge, Kayla Dametto & Mel Arnold
Week 2
Year 1/2 2020 Newsletter
Term 2 Week 2
Home Inquiry Box
This week students are encouraged to participate into the following at home.
Reading your reader or library books or home books- Approx. 10 minutes each night, please record reading in your reading journals.
Sound of the week- See the weekly sound and spelling list below. Students can practise these in a variety of ways (look, say, cover, right, check. Chalk, whiteboard, magnetic letters-Get Creative!) The aim is to practise their words both written and orally. Have a go brainstorming other words that have the same sound.
Here are some reminders and information:
No Sharing
We are currently working on re-establishing our classroom routines and therefore will have no sharing.
Nature Play
Please bring gumboots for your child to play in the nature play.
Home Inquiry Books
Please return your child’s home inquiry books when they return to school.
Library
Please return library books each week for new books to be borrowed.
Assembly/Chapel
No assembly or chapel to be held until further notice.
Scholastic Book Orders
The virtual catalogue is open for orders until the 18th May. Please place your order/s on LOOP as per normal. The books will be sent to the school and distributed as usual.
Term 2: Week 3 Program
Our week of learning
Literacy Group Rotations:
Reading – Strong focus on reading strategies and comprehension (recall events in text) and opinion vs fact
Writing – Procedure/Book making
Grammar – Year 1 initial blends and Year 2 homophones
Spelling – Sound of the week/list words activities
| Year 1
‘y’ at the end Example spelling list words: bed wet prod holly party story happy so my family
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Year 2
‘ch’ for the /k/ sound Example spelling list words: buzz fizz echo choir chemist stomach Christmas character November December |
Word lists consist of revision words, sound of the week words and tricky words.
Maths Focus:
Fractions:
- Recognise 1 whole, 2 halves and 4 quarters (and Yr2s eighths)
- Divide shapes into equal halves and quarters (and eighths)
- Explain why all shapes can and cannot be divided into halves and quarters
Christian Studies: Christianity in the World
Students will investigate spirituality by describing how Christians experience the presence of God in the world.
Unit of Inquiry: How We Organise Ourselves
Central Idea: People and processes are involved in producing food
LOI 1: Origins of food
LOI 2: People involved in food production
LOI 3: Processes involved in food production
Term 2 Calendar
Term 2, Monday April 27 – Friday June 26 (9 weeks)
At this stage, we are only displaying two weeks in advance in the iNewsletter and cluster newsletters due to current circumstances.
Week 2
Thursday 7th May and Friday 8th May – School dental visits (parents will be contacted by the dental service regarding this visit)
Friday 8th May – Class Carers Mother’s Day Stall 9:30am-10:30am
Week 3
Wednesday 13th May – Principal Tour 9:30am-10:30am
Have a great week,
Marion Chan, Emma Fitridge, Kayla Dametto & Mel Arnold
Week 3
Year 1/2 2020 Newsletter
Term 2 Week 3
Home Inquiry Box
This week students are encouraged to participate into the following at home.
Reading your reader or library books or home books- Approx. 10 minutes each night, please record reading in your reading journals.
Sound of the week- See the weekly sound and spelling list below. Students can practise these in a variety of ways (look, say, cover, right, check. Chalk, whiteboard, magnetic letters-Get Creative!) The aim is to practise their words both written and orally. Have a go brainstorming other words that have the same sound.
Unit of inquiry – Have a look in the pantry or fridge at home and discuss where some of the foods come from. At dinner time, you could have a go working out where the food on your plate came from or if it went through a process.
Dear parents/carers,
We have been spending time over the past couple of weeks in our classes re-establishing routines as well as focussing on wellbeing. Although Friday chapel is not occurring in its normal format, we will conduct worship in our cluster on Friday mornings. Awards that are usually given out during whole school assembly, will now be given out by Mr Paterson each week either at cluster devotion (Monday) or worship (Friday). Unfortunately, due to the current circumstances, this will be done without parents present. We will, however, take photos and post them to your child’s SeeSaw.
Ms Adele McCusker is currently on leave for this term. We welcome Mr Craig Lieschke, who has been appointment as Adele’s replacement. Craig has been involved with Lutheran schools for many years and we are pleased to welcome him to the school.
Please see below for information, dates and reminders for the following week.
Here are some reminders and information:
Nature Play
Please bring gumboots for your child to play in the nature play. We encourage packing a spare pair of socks and pants, as a lot of the children are returning from recess/lunch very muddy even with their gumboots on. Areas in the nature play that are too muddy will now be out of bounds at recess/lunch.
Home Inquiry Books
Please return your child’s home inquiry books to school.
Readers
We are asking all families to check their homes for school readers and to please return any to the reader room if found.
Assembly/Chapel
No assembly or chapel to be held until further notice.
Scholastic Book Orders
The virtual catalogue is open for orders until the 18th May. Please place your order/s on LOOP as per normal. The books will be sent to the school and distributed as usual.
Uniform Shop
Due to the strong demand at the uniform shop at the moment you may like to email Verity arthur.verity@goldengrove.sa.edu.au or ring an order through. This order will be turned around in 24 hours.
Kiss’n’drop
Important information pertaining to kiss’n’drop protocols was placed in the iNewsletter. Please ensure you read and adhere to this.
Staff News
Ms McCusker is currently on leave for this term. She has been replaced for the term by Mr Craig Lieschke. Craig has been involved with Lutheran schools for many years and we are pleased to welcome him to the school.
MOT (Middle Of Term) lunch 26th May for students
There will be a sausage sizzle provided at lunch time for students only
Term 2 Finish
Please note that Term 2 will finish on Friday 26th June (this is one week earlier than Department schools). In the week following the end of term 2, staff meet for the whole week for professional development activities; this is in lieu of randomly placed pupil free days throughout the year. Vac Care will run for three weeks.
Term 2: Week 4 Program
Our week of learning
Literacy Group Rotations:
Reading – Strong focus on reading strategies and comprehension (recall events in text), Reader’s Workshop and opinion vs fact
Writing – Procedure/Book making
Grammar – Alphabetical order
Spelling – Sound of the week/list words activities
| Year 1
vowels Example spelling list words: sad let trip blue orange grey black one by colour
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Year 2
/ai/ sound Example spelling list words: next quit make pay main clay waist rainstorm half quarter |
Word lists consist of revision words, sound of the week words and tricky words.
Maths Focus:
Money:
- Recognise and order Australian coins according to their value
- Describe features of different Australian coins
- Count and order small collections of Australian coins (and Yr2s notes) according to their value
Christian Studies: Christianity in the World
Students will investigate spirituality by describing how Christians experience the presence of God in the world.
Unit of Inquiry: How We Organise Ourselves
Central Idea: People and processes are involved in producing food
LOI 1: Origins of food
LOI 2: People involved in food production
LOI 3: Processes involved in food production
Art
In Art, our artist focus is Andy Goldsworthy. He is a land artist who creates amazing artworks with what he finds in nature. We would love to create some more art inspired by him by what we can find in our local environment. I encourage students to keep their eyes out this week when they are walking or in the backyard and collect interesting (small) rocks, gumnuts, twigs etc and bring them in so that we have a collection to work from in Art next week. Thanks, and we look forward to sharing photos of our art! Mrs Richardson.
Term 2 Calendar
Term 2, Monday April 27 – Friday June 26 (9 weeks)
At this stage, we are only displaying two weeks in advance in the iNewsletter and cluster newsletters due to current circumstances.
Week 4
Friday 22nd May – School Disco (Foundation – Year 4) from 5pm – 9pm – cancelled
Week 5
Tuesday 26th May – MOT lunch (students only) – sausage sizzle
Wednesday 27th May – National Simultaneous Story Time
Have a great week,
Emma Fitridge, Kayla Dametto, Marion Chan & Mel Arnold
Week 4
Year 1/2 2020 Newsletter
Term 2 Week 4
Home Inquiry Box
This week students are encouraged to participate into the following at home.
Reading your reader or library books or home books- Approx. 10 minutes each night, please record reading in your reading journals.
Sound of the week- See the weekly sound and spelling list below. Students can practise these in a variety of ways (look, say, cover, right, check. Chalk, whiteboard, magnetic letters-Get Creative!) The aim is to practise their words both written and orally. Have a go brainstorming other words that have the same sound.
Sharing- Topic: Wellbeing. Share in your own creative way what fills your bucket. You might like to share 3 things that someone has done to fill your bucket. Watch the video below if you need any help. How to fill your bucket: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4O7qIG3Fog
Dear parents/carers,
We have been spending time over the past couple of weeks inquiring into pizza, as part of our unit of inquiry, How We Organise Ourselves. We have looked at procedure writing, fractions of pizzas, the processes involved and the people involved in producing the food. We have been inquiring into setting up a pizza shop in each of our classrooms.
Our traditional MOT (middle of term) breakfast will instead be a lunch this term, due to current Covid restrictions. This will be a sausage sizzle held next Tuesday, 26th May at lunch time for students only. School staff will cook the sausage sizzle for the students. We ask that you please let your child’s teacher know if you would not like to child to receive the sausage sizzle.
Please see below for information, dates and reminders for the following week.
Term 2: Week 5 Program
Our week of learning
Literacy Group Rotations:
Reading – Strong focus on reading strategies and comprehension (recall events in text) and Reader’s Workshop
Writing – Procedure/Book making
Grammar – Year 1 verbs and Year 2 verbs and sentences
Spelling – Sound of the week/list words activities
| Year 1
‘a_e’ for /ai/ Example spelling list words: ran hat scar came grape name cake only old pavement
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Year 2
‘ee’ and ‘ea’ for the /ee/ sound Example spelling list words: arm shark seen three seat cream please teenager eleven twelve |
Word lists consist of revision words, sound of the week words and tricky words.
Maths Focus:
Money:
- Describe features of different Australian coins
- Count and order small collections of Australian coins (and Yr2s notes) according to their value
- Add small collections of Australian coins together
Christian Studies: Christianity in the World
Students will investigate spirituality by describing how Christians experience the presence of God in the world.
Unit of Inquiry: How We Organise Ourselves
Central Idea: People and processes are involved in producing food
LOI 1: Origins of food
LOI 2: People involved in food production
LOI 3: Processes involved in food production
Here are some reminders and information:
Nature Play
Please bring gumboots for your child to play in the nature play. We encourage packing a spare pair of socks and pants, as a lot of the children are returning from recess/lunch very muddy even with their gumboots on. Areas in the nature play that are too muddy will now be out of bounds at recess/lunch.
Assembly/Chapel
No assembly or chapel to be held until further notice.
Uniform Shop
Due to the strong demand at the uniform shop at the moment you may like to email Verity arthur.verity@goldengrove.sa.edu.au or ring an order through. This order will be turned around in 24 hours.
MOT (Middle Of Term) lunch 26th May for students
There will be a sausage sizzle provided at lunch time for students only.
Term 2 Finish
Please note that Term 2 will finish on Friday 26th June (this is one week earlier than Department schools). In the week following the end of term 2, staff meet for the whole week for professional development activities; this is in lieu of randomly placed pupil free days throughout the year. Vac Care will run for three weeks.
National Volunteers Week
We would like to say a big thank you to all our volunteers in the school community, who generously devote time to helping our students and supporting our staff. We cannot wait to have you all back helping in the school very soon.
Term 2 Calendar
Term 2, Monday April 27 – Friday June 26 (9 weeks)
At this stage, we are only displaying two weeks in advance in the iNewsletter and cluster newsletters due to current circumstances.
Week 5
Tuesday 26th May – MOT lunch (students only) – sausage sizzle
Wednesday 27th May – National Simultaneous Story Time
Have a great week,
Emma Fitridge, Kayla Dametto, Marion Chan & Mel Arnold
Week 5
Year 1/2 2020 Newsletter
Term 2 Week 5
Home Inquiry Box
This week students are encouraged to participate into the following at home.
Reading your reader or library books or home books- Approx. 10 minutes each night, please record reading in your reading journals.
Sound of the week- See the weekly sound and spelling list below. Students can practise these in a variety of ways (look, say, cover, right, check. Chalk, whiteboard, magnetic letters-Get Creative!) The aim is to practise their words both written and orally. Have a go brainstorming other words that have the same sound.
Sharing- Topic: Wellbeing. Share in your own creative way what fills your bucket. You might like to share 3 things that someone has done to fill your bucket. Watch the video below if you need any help. How to fill your bucket: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4O7qIG3Fog
Dear parents/carers,
Over the past two weeks, we have introduced a cluster lesson swap on Friday afternoons, with a creative arts and movement focus. Each of the three teachers will take a 40-minute lesson, with the classes rotating over a continuous 3-week schedule. We hope the children enjoy the opportunity to engage in different learning experiences that the three teachers are knowledgeable in teaching.
Kayla – Drama
Marion – Music
Emma – Fitness (PE)
Please see below for information, dates and reminders for the following week.
Term 2: Week 6 Program
Our week of learning
Literacy Group Rotations:
Reading – Strong focus on reading strategies and comprehension (recall events in text) and Reader’s Workshop
Writing – Procedure/Book making
Grammar – Year 1 conjugating verbs and Year 2 adverbs
Spelling – Sound of the week/list words activities
| Year 1
‘i_e’ for /ie/ Example spelling list words: six pad smell bike time smile prize like have bridesmaid
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Year 2
‘ie’ ‘igh’ ‘y’ and ‘i_e’ for the /ie/ sound Example spelling list words: club flex flying sight side die bright sunshine thirteen fourteen |
Word lists consist of revision words, sound of the week words and tricky words.
Maths Focus:
Money:
- Describe features of different Australian coins
- Count and order small collections of Australian coins (and Yr2s notes) according to their value
- Add small collections of Australian coins together (and Yr2s notes)
- Identifying equivalent values in collections of coins/notes (Yr2)
Christian Studies: Christianity in the World
Students will investigate spirituality by describing how Christians experience the presence of God in the world.
Unit of Inquiry: How We Organise Ourselves
Central Idea: People and processes are involved in producing food
LOI 1: Origins of food
LOI 2: People involved in food production
LOI 3: Processes involved in food production
Here are some reminders and information:
Nature Play
Please bring gumboots for your child to play in the nature play. We encourage packing a spare pair of socks and pants, as a lot of the children are returning from recess/lunch very muddy even with their gumboots on. Areas in the nature play that are too muddy will now be out of bounds at recess/lunch.
Assembly/Chapel
No assembly or chapel to be held until further notice.
Term 2 Finish
Please note that Term 2 will finish on Friday 26th June (this is one week earlier than Department schools). In the week following the end of term 2, staff meet for the whole week for professional development activities; this is in lieu of randomly placed pupil free days throughout the year. Vac Care will run for three weeks.
Term 2 Calendar
Term 2, Monday April 27 – Friday June 26 (9 weeks)
At this stage, we are only displaying two weeks in advance in the iNewsletter and cluster newsletters due to current circumstances.
Week 6
Week 7
Monday 8 June – Public Holiday (Queen’s Birthday)
Wednesday 10 June – Term 3 Foundation Students Transition Visit
Have a great week,
Emma Fitridge, Kayla Dametto, Marion Chan & Mel Arnold
Week 6
Year 1/2 2020 Newsletter
Term 2 Week 6
Home Inquiry Box
This week students are encouraged to participate into the following at home.
Reading your reader or library books or home books- Approx. 10 minutes each night, please record reading in your reading journals.
Sound of the week- See the weekly sound and spelling list below. Students can practise these in a variety of ways (look, say, cover, right, check. Chalk, whiteboard, magnetic letters-Get Creative!) The aim is to practise their words both written and orally. Have a go brainstorming other words that have the same sound.
Sharing- will be completed in class as the students share their student led investigations.
Dear parents/carers,
Social media has many positive benefits however, if used incorrectly, can be harmful. In recent weeks, there have been a number of issues which have been raised on the cluster Messenger group; they have taken on a life of their own and have gone on for a lot longer than needed. Fortunately, some parents have approached us directly with the issues concerned and once this has been done, we have thoroughly investigated then resolved matters quickly. We ask that you do not judge or make assumptions about others as there is always context around anything that occurs of which we may not have considered. We would ask that if you have an issue, use the right process in speaking to us directly so that the matter can be resolved and does not spiral into harmful or hurtful comments.
The cluster Messenger group is useful for asking questions, seeking clarification and generally being supportive of what is occurring in the school / cluster.
Thank you for your consideration of this.
Mr Paterson, Miss Chan, Miss Fitridge and Miss Dametto
Please see below for information, dates and reminders for the following week.
Term 2: Week 7 Program
Our week of learning
Literacy Group Rotations:
Reading – Strong focus on reading strategies and comprehension (recall events in text) and Reader’s Workshop
Writing – Procedure/Book making
Grammar – Year 1 past tense and Year 2 irregular verb ‘to be’
Spelling – Sound of the week/list words activities
Year 1
‘o_e’ for /oa/
Example spelling list words:
cod
lot
snap
bone
nose
home
globe
live
give
tadpole
Year 2
‘oa’ ‘ow’ and ‘o_e’ for the /oa/ sound
Example spelling list words:
such
luck
home
froze
foal
stone
toast
snowball
fifteen
sixteen
Word lists consist of revision words, sound of the week words and tricky words.
Maths Focus:
• Money
• Fractions
• Number
• Probability
Christian Studies: Christianity in the World
Students will investigate spirituality by describing how Christians experience the presence of God in the world.
Unit of Inquiry: How We Organise Ourselves
Central Idea: People and processes are involved in producing food
LOI 1: Origins of food
LOI 2: People involved in food production
LOI 3: Processes involved in food production
Here are some reminders and information:
Nature Play
Please bring gumboots for your child to play in the nature play. We encourage packing a spare pair of socks and pants, as a lot of the children are returning from recess/lunch very muddy even with their gumboots on. Areas in the nature play that are too muddy will now be out of bounds at recess/lunch.
Assembly/Chapel
No assembly or chapel to be held until further notice.
Specialist Lesson Swap
Please note a permanent change in specialist lessons from week 6 onwards. The 1/2 cluster will now have PE, Art and Japanese lessons on Wednesday afternoon, instead of Tuesday afternoon. Please make note of this and make sure your children wear sports uniforms on Wednesdays in the future.
Term 2 Finish
Please note that Term 2 will finish on Friday 26th June (this is one week earlier than Department schools). In the week following the end of term 2, staff meet for the whole week for professional development activities; this is in lieu of randomly placed pupil free days throughout the year. Vac Care will run for three weeks.
Term 2 Calendar
Term 2, Monday April 27 – Friday June 26 (9 weeks)
At this stage, we are only displaying two weeks in advance in the iNewsletter and cluster newsletters due to current circumstances.
Week 6
Week 7
Monday 8 June – Public Holiday (Queen’s Birthday)
Wednesday 10 June – Term 3 Foundation Students Transition Visit
Have a great week,
Emma Fitridge, Kayla Dametto, Marion Chan & Mel Arnold