Curriculum updates

A huge congratulations to Year 3 on the completion of NAPLAN testing. It was a big week for Year 3, but they demonstrated persistence, commitment and grace throughout the testing period. 

Across the curriculum – grade highlights

Our new Kindergarteners are taking it all in during their daily InitiaLit sessions. A typical session would see them review taught sounds and letters and explore new concepts, followed by small group activities. Finally, they would go through the Storybook component where they engage in shared reading activities including understanding concepts about print, exploring new vocabulary and applying taught skills to reading.

Last week, Ms Meehan’s Year 1 streaming group became Super Noun Detectives as they learnt about how nouns are people, places and things that we can see all around us. They sung a noun song and used magnifying glasses to search for nouns in the classroom.

Year 2’s spelling streaming has seen a fantastic start over the past few weeks. The students are engaged and demonstrate a sense of responsibility as they take ownership of their learning. They have enjoyed collaborating with their peers across the grade, allowing them to dive deeper into their thinking and learning.

Year 3 students have been busy in their specialist lessons. In Music lessons, they have been focusing on notating rhythm by listening to familiar and simple songs. They have learnt to take their knowledge of clapping a rhythm, to applying it to written notation. Furthermore, they learnt to keep the beat to ‘Ickle Ockle, Blue Bottle’ by tossing a ball to each other in a circle. In Art, Year 3 has studied the works of Australian artist Howard Arkley and replicated his techniques through a series of paintings of houses and suburbia. 

Kate Bakhos
Curriculum Leader P-4