Friday 16 September 2016

LEARNING JOURNEYS

Dear Parent/Guardians,

As you will be aware we will be opening our doors to parents, guardians and care givers this Tuesday 20th September.

Students came home with invitations and a note came home last week from the school.

This learning journey experience is exceptionally beneficial for both you as parents and guardians and also to the students. We have been working very hard over the last few weeks, creating displays and deciding what activities to include to provide you with an insight into what we do everyday.

Students have decided on the interactive rotational activities and are very excited to teach you how it's done.

If there are any parents who are unable to make it then please let us know so that we can try to organise a teacher/staff member for your child to share the experience with.

The doors will be opened at 2:00pm and remain open until 3:30pm.

Until 2:30pm all students are still under my duty of care. You are able to collect your child before 2:30 if you have finished your learning journey, however, if this is the case, students MUST be signed out and I must receive a slip before I will release them. This is for the safety of students.

I hope to see all parents here on Tuesday afternoon!


Tuesday 6 September 2016

Helping to Develop ICT Skills

As you may be aware, this term we were provided with two desktop computers in our classroom to develop ICT and typing skills in students.

It is imperative that students develop these skills as the National Standardised Testing (NAPLAN) will be completed online as of 2017.

ALL STUDENTS IN ROOM 9 WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS IN YEARS 3 AND 5.

We do not wish to disadvantage students in any way and so the skill of typing is necessary to ensure students are able to complete the test within the given time.

We have started basic typing in class (you have probably seen our persuasive letters on display). It would be beneficial to your child/children to allow them to have extended practice times at home with typing and general computer skills to ensure they have sufficient competence to be successful.

There are some links to typing programs on the school blog site which allow students to practice typing and develop speed and accuracy.

Please take the time to check them our with your child and have a go at home.




Sunday 4 September 2016

WATTLE DAY

On Thursday 1st September it was National Wattle Day.

At Wattle Grove Primary we celebrate this day within the school and community.

With our Room 11 buddies we celebrated Wattle Day by making cards and offering them to others. Students had a great time and their older buddies are fantastic at helping with the tricky bits.

Here are some photos of us having fun with our buddies!