AWARDS

Congratulations to all of the children who have received an award so far this term. Some Merit Awards were given out for an excellent standard of writing; all of which were submitted to a poetry competition. Well done to Chelsea, Luqman and Nelia.

It is also wonderful to see a lot of children doing very well with their Literacy Pro. As you can see we have a number of children who have achieved their Red Certificate, and one more student who has achieved her Bronze Certificate. 
It is also great to report that Room 18 were acknowledged for their awesome reading and recently won the 'Champion Class' for their reading efforts. We are over 8,000,000 words with a pass rate of 89% - an outstanding record. Keep up the wonderful work with your reading, everyone. 

WELCOME BACK - TERM 2

Hi everyone,

School will resume from Wednesday, 29th April for Term 2. If you are staying at home, the Online Work Packages can be accessed through Connect or through the school website. Information on how to access these sites will also be sent home. For those that require a hard copy Work Package, please contact the office to arrange a pickup time. In the meantime, stay safe and I'm looking forward to seeing or hearing from you all as soon as possible.

PR1ME MATHEMATICS

Dear Parents,

Thank you for collecting your child’s PR1ME Books today. Please don’t start any activities in those books just yet. We will include the page numbers and activities in our Weekly Work Packages.

As information from the school is currently being distributed via email, please ensure that you check your email ‘spam’ or ‘junk’ folder for any correspondence.

Thank you

DOROTHEA MACKELLAR POETRY 

The children have been working very hard on their poetry to submit to the Dorothea MacKellar Poetry Competition. The optional theme was 'We Used to Live There.' Here are a selection of the poems that have been submitted so far: Nelia, Chelsea, Tessa, Daniel, Luqman, Isabel, Neve, Charlotte, Danny and Yusuf.

If you would like yours to be submitted too, please email it to the school and I will get it in for you.

'LEARNING AT HOME' SITE

In wake of the recent events, the Education Department has set up an online site called 'Learning at Home,' for those at home during these times. Resources are available across all Year Levels and many Learning Areas. Please click on the image below to be directed to the website.

Furthermore, I encourage all children to log onto Literacy Pro Library where you will find a number of books that I have assigned to you all. Keep up with the reading; as much as possible.

Please also log into Prodigy Mathematics and Typing Club - all of these links can be found on our blog. I have set a number of different mini assignments on Prodigy Mathematics. There is one assignment for each day of the week, ranging from 30 - 50 questions, and you have a week to complete them. Your class code is: 61A9FF. Check in everyday to access your new assignment. Your first assignment will be all about Division, with a total of 33 questions. The assignments are masked as a game, you can't select an assignment, the questions will be fed to you as you play the game. You'll be completing them without even knowing. If you are working through the sums that are set, you're on the right path. You won't be asked to select an assignment, these will take effect as soon as you log in. The concepts covered this week are: division, factors, multiplication, order of operations and place value.

Study Ladder - I have set up a Study Ladder account for you all. Follow the link here and sign in using your username and password (these were emailed to your parents) to complete the set tasks. Once you have logged in, click on the 'My Individual Program' link where you will find a number of set tasks.

 Check in regularly at the WGPS blog also. There are a lot of links that will direct you to a number of educational sites.

Writing activities can be fun also. I encourage you all to write for an extended period of time at least once or twice per week. You may choose a narrative, persuasive, information report, poetry, diary/journal, newspaper article etc.

Dorothea MacKellar Poetry Competition is on. We have been working on poems in the class. The optional theme is "We Used to Live There," but you can create a poem of whatever you wish. Remember, you will need to draft out your work a number of times before you get to a good copy. Once you are happy with your poem, send it to me and I can have a look at it and submit it for you.

You can also practise the spelling words for the Year 5 Spelling Bee. Set yourself the challenge of learning a few words everyday. Perhaps you could even put these words into sentences, find dictionary definitions of the words you are unsure about, find synonyms/antonyms, use these words in your writing etc.

Take care and best wishes to all of the children, and families, learning from home at this time.

MERIT AWARDS

Congratulations to the children who received a Merit Certificate at Friday's assembly. The effort that you have all applied so far this year, in and out of the classroom, has been outstanding. Keep up the wonderful work.

GARLIC BREAD

We have had quite a few helpers in the canteen of late, helping Mrs Forrest out with preparing some garlic bread. Thank you to Mrs Forrest for working with the children - they certainly enjoy their visits to the canteen.

READING

Just a reminder that every child should be making time to read everyday. Reading plays an important role and has a huge impact on the education of children. Making time to share reading is an important step in learning comprehension strategies, not to mention that it is fun. Please follow up with your child to see if they have read each and every day. Everyone has a home-reader that they should be reading at night. When children arrive at the class in the morning, they can then exchange their home-reader. Many students have already formed this habit, which is wonderful to see. Please support this routine at home and enjoy reading together.

LITERACY PRO

Well done to Neve who has already achieved her Blue and Red Certificate for Literacy Pro. Neve really enjoys reading and it sure does tell. Keep up the excellent effort - we are all so proud of you.

AUSSIE DAY

The WGPS Bushfire fundraiser raised over a whopping $1400 for the appeal. Thank you to everyone who participated in the Aussie Day dress up. The money raised will go towards helping those affected by the bushfires.