WAIKERIE PRIMARY SCHOOL NEWSLETTER Principal Thank you to all the year 7 families who attended the High School transition meeting in week 2, they were very pleased with the attendance. At present we are administering the year 1 phonics check. The screening will confirm if students are developing the phonics knowledge they need to be successful in their reading, spelling and writing programs. The students are asked to read a number or real and pseudo words. Attached to this week’s newsletter is our second reading comprehension activity, this weeks is ‘Sunflower Plant Life Cycle’. If you receive your newsletter by email you can pick up a hard copy at the Office. Completed questions are placed in the comprehension answer box at the Office. I encourage you to support your children in completing the activity to build their comprehension skills. Remember they may not be able to read the text on their own, you can read it to them, the important thing is that they have understood what was read to them and can answer questions about the text. This supports our School Improvement Goal 1. Our School Improvement Goal 3 focusses on Math and in particular building the concepts to develop a deep understanding of number. One of the ways we are developing this is through subitising. What is subitising? Subitising is the ability to instantly recognise the amount of objects in a small collection without the need to count each object. For example, when a student rolls a dice they can instantly recognise the number of dots on the face of the dice. Subitising helps build the understanding that numbers can be represented in multiple ways. There are many ways that we can provide experiences to develop subitising. Some teachers have already sent home sets of subitising cards for practise, if you would like some subitising flashcards to use at home with your child/ren they are available at the office. You can also use dice, dominoes or a handful of counters and ask “How Many?” If you would like more information please see your child’s class teacher and happy subitising! Megan and Cheryl Seabrook have been busy preparing for BOOKWEEK in week 5. I thank them for their planning and preparation so as to foster the importance of reading. Have a great week. Principal: Belinda Krollig Governing Council Chairperson: Shawn Nitschke Term 3, Week 4 – Wednesday 14 th August 2019 No 13 DATES TO REMEMBER Tuesday 20 August School Photo Day Thursday 22 August Pie orders delivered Friday 30 August Father’s Day Stall & Assembly Thursday 5 September Dress Orders Due Back Friday 6 September School Closure Friday 20 September Sports day Respect Responsibility Persistence Confidence Care Honesty 23 Coombe Terrace, Waikerie, SA, 5330 Phone: 85412733 [email protected], www.waikerieps.sa.edu.au
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WAIKERIE PRIMARY SCHOOL NEWSLETTER
Principal
Thank you to all the year 7 families who attended the High School transition meeting in week 2, they were very pleased
with the attendance. At present we are administering the year 1 phonics check. The screening will confirm if students are
developing the phonics knowledge they need to be successful in their reading, spelling and writing programs. The
students are asked to read a number or real and pseudo words.
Attached to this week’s newsletter is our second reading comprehension activity, this weeks is ‘Sunflower Plant Life
Cycle’. If you receive your newsletter by email you can pick up a hard copy at the Office. Completed questions are placed
in the comprehension answer box at the Office. I encourage you to support your children in completing the activity to
build their comprehension skills. Remember they may not be able to read the text on their own, you can read it to them,
the important thing is that they have understood what was read to them and can answer questions
about the text. This supports our School Improvement Goal 1.
Our School Improvement Goal 3 focusses on Math and in particular building the concepts to develop
a deep understanding of number. One of the ways we are developing this is through subitising.
What is subitising? Subitising is the ability to instantly recognise the amount of objects in a small
collection without the need to count each object. For example, when a student rolls a dice they can instantly recognise
the number of dots on the face of the dice. Subitising helps build the understanding that numbers can be represented in
multiple ways. There are many ways that we can provide experiences to develop subitising. Some teachers have already
sent home sets of subitising cards for practise, if you would like some subitising flashcards to use at home
with your child/ren they are available at the office. You can also use dice, dominoes or a handful of
counters and ask “How Many?” If you would like more information please see your child’s class teacher and
happy subitising!
Megan and Cheryl Seabrook have been busy preparing for BOOKWEEK in week 5. I thank them for their planning and
preparation so as to foster the importance of reading.
Have a great week.
Principal: Belinda Krollig Governing Council Chairperson: Shawn Nitschke
Term 3, Week 4 – Wednesday 14th August 2019 No 13
DATES TO REMEMBER Tuesday 20 August School Photo Day
All Pies will be delivered to the School Hall on Thursday 22nd August. We appreciate the bakery giving us this opportunity
to fundraise. Due to our 2.30pm finish all orders are to be collected from the Hall between 12 and 3pm.
If you are unable to collect your order by 3pm please organise someone to collect on your behalf as the school does not
have refrigeration to store orders.
School Photo Day Tuesday 20th August is school photo day. Students are expected to be dressed in school uniform, no hoodies or SAPSASA windcheaters. Family envelopes are available from the school office. Please take the time to read the relevant information on the MSP Photography payment envelopes and remember these helpful points:
- Don’t seal envelopes inside each other. You can pay for all children in one envelope however each child needs to have their own envelope on photo day.
- Please enclose correct money as no change is given. Cash, cheque and money order only (sorry no credit card accepted)
- Online orders can be made via http://orders.msp.com.au (you will require unique shootkey displayed on each order envelope
Father’s Day Stall Our annual Father’s Day Stall will be held on Friday 30th August. Please contact the school office if you’re able to help out on the day with running the stall or would like to donate some baked goods or gift items. We would really appreciate some volunteers! Student Voice Update Our Student Voice met last week and voted to support the school Grounds Committee with purchasing a new net for the turf and redevelopments of the Harmony Garden. This is a special opportunity for Student Voice to contribute their ideas and be part of projects around the school grounds. We look forward to seeing end results as the school year progresses. Later in term 3, we will be having a ‘Wear Your Footy Colours Day’ (or sports colours) to support the Fight Cancer Foundation; participating students are to bring a gold coin donation. Student Voice members shared the Visible Learning that’s been happening in their classrooms… Room 10 – we have been resilient when learning a new maths topic (fractions) Room 6 – Learning about resilience and being in the ‘Learning Pit’ Room 5 – Showing curiosity about Africa Room 9 – Learning to say ‘hello’ in Spanish and dancing Room 3 – We have to be resilient and problem solve in making our Ninja Warrior courses Room 7 – Acting on feedback in our writing Room 8 – Problem solving in ‘M&M’ maths, graphing data in different ways, decimals and percentages Room 4 – Resilience when making a new place value system in maths, it was challenging Room 12 – In maths, making bundles of 10 and learning ‘teen’ numbers, we collaborated in groups Room 11 – We showed resilience when learning about clocks Room 1 – We have been using lots of different problem solving strategies and resources learning about angles
Room 7 have been curious about different artists and how they engage their audience through a use of colour, space and line. We have studied numerous artists such as James Rizzi, Sandra Silberzweig and Kimmy Cantrell. We were resilient through our planning and changing our design when things didn’t go to plan.
School Dress Orders
School dresses $25 each. Order now to avoid disappointment. Closing date for orders Thursday 5th
September
Dresses are not kept in stock at the school.
Sizes 4 through to 16 are available for your child to try. Payment is required at the time of ordering.