STUDENT LEARNING NEWSLETTER

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1 STUDENT LEARNING NEWSLETTER TERM 1 WEEK 9 This week s newsletter is a celebration of all the great learning the students have done this term. We wish you all a happy and safe holiday and look forward to seeing you again on the 16 th April

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3 Celebrating learning through Chemical Science: P-1 This term P-1 students have been exploring and experimenting with everyday food items and what happens when they are heated or cooled down. Students have experienced working collaboratively in small groups to predict, observe and explain their observations. P-1T working collaboratively to find out what happens when chocolate is left in the sunshine

4 Celebrating learning through Chemical Science: 2-3 The year 2-3 students have been working collaboratively to distinguish between solids, liquids and gases. They have been developing their written and verbal communication skills as they describe their thinking and wondering. Through experiential learning, students have engaged their senses to observe and describe changes in materials resulting from adding and removing heat. They have discovered the different melting and freezing points of everyday foods and materials. 2-3A working together to figure out what happens when we add heat to everyday items.

5 Celebrating learning through Chemical Science: 4-5 The year 4-5 students have been undertaking experiments to explore and discover the properties of solids, liquids and gases. Over the last two weeks, students developed a What am I? game to demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of the three key states of matter which they then challenged their friends to solve!

6 Celebrating learning through Chemical Science: 6 Throughout this term, the year 6 students were actively involved in undertaking experiments to allow them to delve deeper into the world of chemical science. Students worked effectively in collaborative learning groups to predict, observe and explain their investigations. Over the last few weeks, students worked in teams to undertake two investigations involving chemical reactions and were able to predict, reason, observe and explain their results through images, dialogue and text.

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8 This term in art we have been focusing on our paper and collage skills. The children have been creating works of art based on Harmony Day. We made paper chain people and collaged them with paper.

9 We have been developing our skills in collaborating and working in teams to create art murals for Harmony Day.

10 Easter Art We used patterns and lines to decorate our Easter eggs. We drew the Australian Bilby and included him in our Easter art work. i

11 ITALIANO The year prep & 1 Students are working on greetings and answering two questions about themselves. This is what we have been working on. Buongiorno. Come ti chiami? Mi chiamo Come stai? Sto bene Sto cosi`cosi` Sto male Here are 2 students in the prep 1 area greeting each other.

12 We learned two songs this term. Buongiorno a te and Ciao Buongiorno. This is Prep/1V singing Ciao Buongiorno.

13 Year 2/3 In the year 2/3 area our goal has been to learn how to make numbers beyond 20. In order to practise, students played games and completed Matematica activities.

14 Year 4/5 The goal for the Year 4/5 students this term has been to know how to write the date in Italian. In order to achieve this goal the students have worked on learning numbers, the days and the months of the year. They have learnt the rule and applied it in oral and written activities. The year 4/5O class were told to place themselves in one of 3 groups. Apprendista (apprentice), professionista (professional), esparto (expert) based on how well they have learnt how to say and write the date. This is a photo of how students placed themselves.

15 Year 6 In the year 6 team we are learning to answer questions about ourselves. Come ti chiami?, Quanti anni hai? Quando e`il tuo compleanno?, Come sono i tuoi occhi?, Come sono i tuoi capelli?, Come sei?, Come non sei?, Quale colore ti piace?, Quale colore non ti piace? The students will use these questions to do an oral presentation and to write a letter to fellow students at Brunswick South West Primary School.

16 Term 1 Celebrating Learning in 4/5 AIP Goal #1: To enhance learning growth and outcomes for every student in numeracy and reading We have been working with students to help them reflect on their learning and areas of need in both reading and numeracy. They have selfselected goals in both areas and engaged in activities to help them to achieve! We begin each reading session with read to self to work on our goals and increase our stamina. As you can see with Noah and Matthew, sometimes what we re reading is too good not to share! By selecting goals in numeracy we were able to engage in targeted activities in small focus groups.

17 AIP Goal #2: To enhance student engagement in their learning During Inquiry we have been working collaboratively to research topics of our own interest and develop information reports and presentations. Some final reports from 4/5O. We ve loved engaging in our own interests sparked from our First Fleet inquiry unit!

18 AIP Goal #3: To enhance a positive learning culture for students, staff, parents, carers and community This term, in the 4/5 Learning Neighbourhood we have been learning about the power of positivity! We have been learning about how practicing gratitude not only makes others happy but also ourselves. We ve also investigated how kindness can change the world. We asked ourselves, what can I do to empower someone with kindness and what is an attainable goal I can follow to improve myself or my life? Our Gratitude and Happiness wall. We each wrote three things we are grateful for. Declan, Lexi, Yianna, Lucy and Tom sharing their power of kindness reflections. Yianna wrote: I want to make myself proud. I want to completely BOOST my confidence. It will change my life by making me feel like I belong in this world.

19 In Year 6 we have been enhancing learning growth and outcomes for every student in numeracy and reading by thinking about our goals and in our awesome Literacy and Numeracy sessions! We have been reading every day and completing comprehension activities to support our learning. This is one of the books the year 6s are reading using the strategies Read to Self and Read to Someone and in reading groups! We have been receiving feedback from the teacher about our literacy and numeracy concepts and identifying what elements of these we need to work on. Once we finish analyzing this, we will be transferring this on to goal setting templates. 6T and 6M

20 We have also been enhancing student engagement by learning about the values! We have been learning and practising our school values through learning about them directly and then applying them in activities in maths and sport. For example, we learnt about respecting and caring about people s needs and applied this in maths and sport games. Cultural diversity week was a lot of fun and it reminded us of the importance of accepting everyone for who they are, to ensure we treat each other kindly and do not bully others.

21 We have been enhancing a positive learning culture for students, staff, parents, carers and community! We have been having a ball with summer interschool sports! Many parents and carers have been supporting our year level by coaching us and cheering us on during interschool sports practice and the games. On Cultural Diversity Day we had an amazing picnic with the parents/carers, teachers, students and staff on the oval. Will s dad, Anthony, and the basketball boys team at one of the interschool sport home games.

22 Term 1 Celebrating Learning in P/1 AIP Goal #1: To enhance learning growth and outcomes for every student in numeracy Reading goals for students: - Use a range of reading strategies including eagle eye, lips the fish, stretchy snake and skippy frog, - Link letters and sounds Maths goals for students: - Match a number of objects with numerals - Understand that teen numbers are made up of one ten and a number of ones. Students also looked at ways to collect and represent data. Students formed a question What is your favourite colour? and created a pictograph to display the data.

23 AIP Goal #2: To enhance student engagement in their learning Students participated in hands on, creative tasks which explored letter formation, letter sounds. Students worked very hard to improve their handwriting. Students read a variety of books from which they compared and contrasted the settings/characters of the stories.

24 AIP Goal #3: To enhance a positive learning culture for students, staff, parents, carers and community. Opportunities for parent engagement with student learning, programs and events include: -Family Picnic -Family Meet and Greet Evening - Harmony Day Picnic -Bully Zero Seminar Students had the opportunity to participate in a variety of activities on Harmony day. This also involved working with the year 6 students.

25 Term 1 Celebrating Learning in 2/3 AIP Goal #1: To enhance learning growth and outcomes for every student in numeracy During Term 1, students have been working closely on their collaborative skills among a number of topics, including their current Maths investigation of chance and during reading groups. Here are some of 2/3 s collaborative skills at work

26 AIP Goal #2: To enhance student engagement in their learning Students in 2/3 very much enjoyed celebrating Harmony Day last week, spending the day exploring the meaning of cultural diversity across a range of school wide and cross-age activities.

27 AIP Goal #3: To enhance a positive learning culture for students, staff, parents, carers and community As part of our Community inquiry topic this term, students were asked to participate in a Kids At Work day. Parents and carers were invited to attend a parade, where students proudly displayed a wide variety of careers and the ways they contribute to our safe and happy community.

28 Harmony Day Thursday 22 nd March Speeches from students in Prep/1 Mostafa: I belong to my family because I love them and I play with them. Millie: I belong to a netball team, Net Set Go. We wear a special top. We play games and throwing activities. It is very fun. Tom and Sebastian: We belong to a Milo Cricket Club. Speeches from students in year 2/3 Dear Ms Gray and 2/3T, Today I would like to tell you about what belonging means to me. I live in a place that I love. I belong in the 2/3A environment and you belong in the 2/3T environment. Belonging is when you like a place and you feel happy, relaxed, not lonely, and safe and clam there. I am part of the Moreland City Council community. I belong in the community of Australia. I want you to belong where I belong. From, Sebastian. Belonging is a feeling of positivity. When we feel like we belong, we feel safe, happy, accepted and like we are included. I am a part of the 2/3T community. In this community, everyone thinks and learns together and individually. We listen to whoever is speaking with our whole body. In 2/3T, everyone belongs! - Taylah

29 Speeches from students in year 4/5, Sophie & Abigail.

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31 Term Monday April 16 9:00am to Friday June pm Week 1 Monday April 16 Friday April 20 Week 2 Wednesday April 25 Friday April 27 Week 3 Thursday May 3 Friday May 4 Week 4 Wednesday May 9 Friday May 11 Week 5 Tuesday May 15 Wednesday May 16 Thursday May 17 Friday May 18 Week 6 Monday May 21 Wednesday May 23 Thursday May 24 Friday May 25 Week 7 Thursday May 31 & Friday June 1 Week 8 Week 9 Monday June 11 Week 10 Monday June 18 Thursday June 21 Week 11 Thursday June 21 Friday June 29 Term 2 commences Prep 2019 enrolment tour 10:00am ANZAC Day public holiday Prep 2019 enrolment tour 10:00am Mothers Day Stall Prep 2019 enrolment tour 10:00am Interschool sport home vs Antonine College Prep 2019 enrolment tour 6.45pm Interschool sport home vs St Olivers PS Year 3 & 5 NAPLAN Writing & Language Conventions Year 3 & 5 NAPLAN Reading Year 3 & 5 NAPLAN Numeracy Prep 2019 enrolment tour 10:00am Interschool sport away vs Pascoe Vale North PS Education Week School Council 7:00pm School Photos SSV Coburg Cross Country Prep 2019 enrolment tour 10:00am Interschool sport home vs Coburg West PS Year 3 6 camp Sovereign Hill Queens Birthday public holiday School Council 7:00pm Comedy Night (school fundraising event) Comedy Night (school fundraising event) Students finish at 2:30pm