Literacy

Reading:

Through reading daily, students will continue to develop their reading fluency and word recognition. Students will also strengthen and extend their comprehension skills focussing on summarising, predicting, questioning and making connections. 

Writing:

Students will be explicitly taught and have the opportunity to practise the purpose, structure and features of writing narratives and persuasive texts. Touch typing through ‘Typing Club’ will also form part of students’ experience. Students will practise their editing skills and check for correct grammar, punctuation and spelling in their writing. 

Spelling:

Students will continue with the Spelling Mastery Program, aimed at improving and enhancing their spelling skills. This program utilises different methods such as phonemic, whole-word, and morphemic strategies to reinforce spelling abilities. 

Mathematics:

Our focus in Mathematics continues to be one that targets ‘real life’ skills. One of the aims of the program will be for students to understand the purpose and importance of Mathematics in their lives and be able to apply a range of concepts to understand what they encounter on a daily basis. Topics covered included Place Value, Addition and Subtraction, Fractions and general revision of concepts that have been taught previously. 

Science: - ‘Night & Day’

This topic is about why we experience day, night and the seasons. Students will study the relationship between the Earth, Moon and Sun. They will learn about the Earth’s axis and orbit and they will observe and understand the changing appearance of the Sun and the Moon in the sky.