OUR COMMUNITY IS COMMITTED TO LEARNING

Learning, Growing, Achieving Together Newsletter: Issue 7 Issue Date: 30th April 2021

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News EDUCATION WEEK

23 – 29 MAY – Building Connections OUR COMMUNITY IS COMMITTED TO LEARNING

Come and celebrate learning with us: THURSDAY 27 MAY-more information to come

PREP 2022 Information night – Thursday 20th MAY

6.30pm CORE for parents and families enquiring about our school. To make things easier for you our friendly staff will be available to babysit children in a nearby room. Safety STARR value: crossing the road is the greatest danger to children who are driven to school. Passenger safety is equally important.

PARENTS 1. Drive slowly and carefully near schools 2. Try to pick up and drop off ON THE SCHOOL SIDE of the road 3. Give children plenty of time to get to school 4. Make sure children understand that vehicles only have to stop at a school crossing when the

flags are in place CHILDREN

1. know how to use a school crossing with or without a supervisor 2. understand the STOP! LOOK! LISTEN! THINK! road crossing process 3. enter and exit the car kerbside 4. understand that on wet days vehicles can take longer to stop and drivers will find it harder

to see pedestrians crossing the road

Please do not use the school driveway near the shops as a drop off point / turn point. Children use the gate located there to come into the school.

SAFETY STARTS WITH YOU!


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News NAPLAN: for Years 3 and 5: Tuesday 11, Wednesday 12 and Thursday 13 MAY 2021

NAPLAN tests the sorts of skills that are essential for every child to progress through school and life, such as reading, writing, spelling, grammar and numeracy. It is important to remember that NAPLAN tests are not pass/fail tests. At the classroom level it is one of a number of important tools used by

teachers to measure student progress. If you have any questions about NAPLAN please ask your child’s teacher.

Sshhhh….. Mother’s Day – don’t forget our very special celebration Friday 7 May Keep safe and well everyone

Take care Moi

Mother’s and Special Friends’ Pancake Breakfast Event This is a great chance to gather as a community and enjoy some time together. Come along on Friday 7th May from 8am in the hall to enjoy some pancakes for breakfast. We’ll also draw the raffle during the morning.

School Procedures Reminder All student medication must be handed into the Office with a completed Medication form. No students should be administering medication themselves from their bags. Please speak with our Office team for further information and support.

Prep Tours 2022 Prep Tours are happening! If you know someone who has a child starting Prep in 2022, encourage them to get in touch with our office to arrange a tour of our wonderful school.


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News Junior News

Welcome to Term 2! We hope you all had a safe and wonderful Easter break. We’ve jumped straight back into learning across the Junior School and can see lots of improvement from all the students since the beginning of the year. Keep it up team! Reading: In Prep, we are focusing on recognising the difference between letters, words and sentences. We are continuing to find the number of syllables in words and are starting to explore rhyming words. We have also begun to talk about Tricky Words (non phonetic high frequency words), we will be introducing these at school first before sending them home to practise. In Grade 1 and 2, we are focusing on Sight Word Spider and Checkin’ Chicken, who remind us to practise and learn our high frequency words and to stop and check while we’re reading to make sure we understand what we are reading, as we are reading it.

Writing: The Preps have been focusing on Group 4 Jolly Phonics sounds – they are /ai/, /j/, /oa/, /ie/, /ee/ and /or/. They have now learned the four of the five LONG vowel sounds - /ai/, /ee/, /ie/ and /oa/! We are continuing to try and regulate the size and formation of our letters and are beginning to listen to and record the sounds we hear in words.

In Grade 1 and 2, we have jumped back into narrative writing – refreshing ourselves on what a narrative is and working on Sizzling Starts. That means starting a piece of writing in the middle of the action to draw in the reader’s attention and make them want to keep reading!


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News Mathematics: In Prep, we have been making groups, using different objects to model numbers to 10. We have also been thinking about numbers that come BEFORE and AFTER a number. We have begun exploring the concept of capacity, learning to label containers as empty, full and half full. We continued learning about 2D shape, reviewing the features of simple shapes, finding 2D shapes in our classroom and turning simple shapes into other objects, for example, using a square to make a house. The Grade 1 and 2s have been focusing on place value and number sequence, this includes breaking numbers into their parts, i.e. hundreds, tens and ones, skip counting and ordering numbers. We have been working hard on time, using clocks to make o’clock, half past and quarter hour times – we are working hard to remember the job of the big hand, and the job of the little hand. Reminders:

Late Arrivals – please remember that if your child arrives at school after the bell has rung, they need to be taken to the Office, and not straight to their classroom, so that they can be signed in. We cannot sign students in from the classroom.

Tissues – if you haven’t sent in a box of tissues for your child’s class, please do so at your earliest convenience. We are missing a lot of boxes and they will be needed for the coming cooler months.

Home Reading and Homework – please help your child/ren get back into a solid routine with their home reading and homework, the additional practise they get at home is crucial in consolidating their learning in the classroom.

Celebrations: Congratulations to all the Preps who have been working hard to learn their letter sounds –

Miss Hayes and Mrs Minas were super impressed to see how many sounds they remembered over the holidays! Keep it up superstars!

What a fabulous start to the term – keep it up everyone! Miss Hayes, Mrs Minas, Miss Morrison and Miss Robinson


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Favourite Quotes A recent favourite quote of Mr Beever’s is ‘Your current circumstances are a chapter, not The Story’. -Andy Stanely What does this mean to you? Is this relevant to your life today? What can you do next? What does your next chapter look like?


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News Student of the week awards- Congratulations to all our achievers

24th April 30th April

Prep H Nala For working hard to improve her segmenting and blending, when decoding phonetic words. WOW!

Prep H Shaun For showing great improvement in his recall and use of letter sounds. Keep up the great work!

Prep M Mitchell Continued concentration and persistence when completing his handwriting, demonstrating our ‘Achievement’ STARR value.

Prep M Nafas Following all class rules, being respectful of others, her classroom and school demonstrating our ‘Respect’ STARR value.

1/2M

Jayden For working hard to form his letters during Writing learning tasks. Keep trying Jayden!

1/2M Elijah For using the STARR value Teamwork by enthusiastically participating in learning and showing kindness to his peers.

1/2R Amelia For demonstrating a positive attitude towards all her learning tasks, while using a growth mindset. Keep up the great work Amelia!

1/2R

Liam For having a positive attitude towards his learning tasks and showing respect to all his peers and teachers. Keep it up Liam!

3/4J

Maya For always displaying the STARR value Achievement and taking pride in her work. Keep it up Maya!

3/4J Kaya For showing a positive attitude towards his learning and actively participating in class discussions. Well done Kaya!

3/4S

Maddison For always showing our STARR values, trying her best in everything she does, well done Maddi.

3/4S Lilly For taking on feedback and working hard to improve her handwriting. Keep up the great effort Lilly.


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News 5/6H

Bla ke For always going out of his way to help others and work as a team.

5/6H Mack enzie For sharing her knowledge in maths and motivating others to learn and grow with her. Great Peer Teaching!

5/6L Abbey For being a great role model in the classroom and playground, demonstrating our STARR values in all situations. Fantastic efforts Abbey.

5/6L Ryder For his fabulous efforts during cross-country training, demonstrating the STARR value of achievement. Well done Ryder.

Arts

Claire For playing an instrumental accompaniment with control and accuracy. Well done!

Arts Cooper For understanding the structure of a call and response song. Well done!

P.E

Damien For always being a reliable, respectful and wonderful leader during our PE sessions. Well Done!

P.E Hudson For participating in the Cross Country with the utmost of enthusiasm and trying his very best. Well Done!

2022 Prep Information Night The Fairhills Primary School 2022 Prep Information Night is occurring on Thursday 20th May 2021 at 6.30pm. Come along and hear from key staff about the wonderful world of Prep at Fairhills PS. We'll also be providing child minding in an adjoining room to make it easy for families. This event is for families who are already enrolled and for others who are yet to make a decision. Book Now on 9758 3007. If your child is starting Prep next year, please pick up an enrolment form at the Office. Enrolments are due by the end of term 2 2021.


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Literacy: To support Reading and Writing at FPS we have the Jolly Learning Program that helps to structure our phonics, grammar and spelling lessons at school. Over the past few weeks the grade ¾ have been learning about and discovering antonyms and synonyms. Below are some of their Anty-Antonyms that they have created to show their learning.

For those of you who want to help your children learn at home, below are some of the topics we are

focusing in Grammar lessons for the remainder of the term.


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News Maths: Over the past few weeks we have had a huge focus in class on or number fact knowledge: Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication and Division. It has been wonderful to see how much the students have grown in these topics already but there is still a way to go before the students feel super confident with this topic. At school we have been learning different fact strategies, and practising how fast we can remember our number facts by playing games, making flash cards and challenging ourselves to answer as fast as we can. Cross Country: It’s been amazing to see how well the students have taken on the challenge of training for Cross Country! Students have been practising their breathing when running, having a lot of drink breaks to stay hydrated and trying to beat their previous efforts. Teachers have also been hearing an amazing amount of motivation and support to keep everyone moving and get everyone across the line! We are sure the students will be excited to tell you about how they went and the efforts they made

on Thursday and Friday this week for school Cross Country!


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News Homework: As many families may have noticed there has been a change in the days. Homework is now due on Tuesday. This change was made to support the students that wished to do homework on the weekend, and to help students feel a little more organised and confident when completing the homework by giving them more time to ask questions about their spelling and maths work. Students can either bring in their homework as a hard copy or post their homework and reading online on Compass. Another change this term is that there are two homework club sessions during lunch time: One on

Monday for students to ask questions about their work and get extra feedback and one on Tuesday

to give students an opportunity to finish their homework.

Mrs Scott, Miss Julian, Mrs Lockyer and Miss Holt

Donation Opportunity 😊 Our Senior Soccer Team are in need of some new Shin Guards. If you or you know of someone (e.g. a grandparent) who would like to spread some generosity, please speak with us! We’d like to purchase 2 x $122.45 Shin Guard Kits.


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Calendar Dates School Information

May

7th -Mother’s and Special friends breakfast 8am, raffle drawn -Mother’s and Special Friends Stall 11th, 12th and 13th –NAPLAN for Year 3 and 5 Students 14th –District Cross-country-Qualified 3-6 students only 20th- PREP INFORMATION NIGHT 27th –Open Day-more information to come

Principal: Moi Beaurain Leading Teacher: Stuart Beever School Council President: Bev Shaw Parents and Friends (PFA) President: Alycia Mitchell Phone: 9758 3007 Email: [email protected] Absence notification: via Compass Parent portal or by phone. (This must occur prior to 9.30am on the day of a child’s absence) Office Hours: for communication, payments and enquiries. Monday: 8.30am-4.00pm Tuesday: 8.30am-3.00pm Wednesday: 8.30am-3.00pm Thursday: 8.30am-3.00pm Friday: 8.30am-4.00pm

PFA

The PFA, would like to thank everyone for their support in the Easter Raffle for donations and the purchase of raffle tickets. Mother’s day raffle tickets were sent home this week and will be drawn at the Mother’s and Special Persons breakfast on Friday 7th May. All tickets to be returned to the office no later than Thursday.

LOOSE CHANGE MAY For the month of May, the PFA will be running “Loose Change May”. Starting on Monday 3rd May and finishing on Friday 28th May. All grades will be given a jar to collect loose change. At the end of the four weeks the grade that has collected the most loose change will win a hot chip lunch. Each week we will keep you updated on how the classes are going. So, start saving that loose change. Your continued support of the PFA’s fundraising activities is appreciated. Parents and Friends Committee

mailto:[email protected]


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