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 Dear Parents, Please help us construct Pre-primary Icebergs!!! Our Pre-primary science lessons have involved looking at how ‘the sun changes everything’. We are planning on finishing our unit by constructing 2 ‘icebergs’ in the pre-primary area to see how the sun effects one sitting in the sun and the other sitting in the shade. But we need your help…. We are asking every family in the school to bring iceblocks (made using an icecream container or large plastic container) to the Pre-primary playground this Thursday morning (1 st  April). You may colour the water if you like. We will watch the icebergs melt throughout the day after predicting how long it will take for the icebergs to melt and which one will melt first. Please help us construct the biggest icebergs we can!!! Don't forget; Easter Bonnet  making today 2pm.   Free dress  for Naturaliste on Wednesday this week.   Wishing you all a lovely Easter break and a wonderful two weeks of holiday.  Stay safe and have lots of fun

 Hi Parents, Today we celebrated Mrs Sweeny's birthday. We had lots of fun and finished the day off with a cupcake each. We want Mrs Sweeny to have a birthday every week!!! Literacy Today we were introduced to the letter 't'. Only 2 kids in our class start with a 't': Tui and Tessa. Some of us have a 't' in our name though. So now we have learnt the letters: 'm', 's' and 't'. Can you find things around your house that begin with each of those letters? We have also been listening very carefully to 3 sounds that Mrs Leahy says slowly and working out the word that they make when you put them together. This is called 'blending'. eg: c-a-t makes cat Maths We have looked very carefully at our 'five frames' and are working out different ways we can make five. eg: If we put 2 counters in a five frame how many more do we need to add to make 5? We need to add 3 more. So: 2 add 3 makes 5. We can write it like this: 2+3=5. There a

Hi Parents,  I hope you have been enjoying this amazing weather!! Your amazing children have been working so hard. We have now finished our On Entry testing and will discuss the results with you during our parent interviews coming up.  Literacy During our literacy lessons we have focused on rhyme and syllables so far and are now looking at the letters of the alphabet and the sound they make. We have been introduced to the letter 'm' and 's' and are finding words that begin with them everywhere!! We are also listening to lots of amazing stories that are helping us to learn many new amazing words.  Maths Our maths lessons have been focusing on looking carefully at the numbers between 0-5. We are matching the numerals, number words and quantities as well as the numbers represented using a 5 frame. We have discovered all of the ways you can make 5!!! 5+0, 1+4, 2+3, 3+2, 4+1, 0+5 PLD Comprehension Packs  This week your child bought home a story book and question card.  They

  Week 5 I hope everyone had an amazing long weekend. I enjoyed the Sculptures by the Bay and the fireworks, as well as some down time.  Pre primary pets We have worms!!! Mr Lee and some of our Year 6 students came to show the new ECC residents...worms. We will be looking after our worms by feeding them our scraps and the Yr 6's collect the amazing Worm Whizz that is sold at each assembly. Science: 'The Sun Changes Everything' We found some amazing 'warm' spots around our playground for our class reptile 'Freida' to charge her energy. Literacy - Syllables This week we are reviewing words that rhyme using the nursery rhyme 'Old Mother Hubbard'. Can you remember that one? Do you know which words rhyme? Our main focus is on identifying the syllables in words. When we say a word slowly, we say it in syllables. A syllable is a part of a word. For example: mush/room (mushroom), ba/na/na (banana). We play a game called 'Slow, Fast' which you can als