Today we celebrated Travis' 6th birthday!
Happy Birthday Travis!
Monday, 24 October 2011
Sunday, 16 October 2011
Multiplcation
Today we started learning about multiplication - we call it sorting into groups. We made 2 groups of 5 and then 3 groups of 4. See if you can work out the groups we have made below:
Tuesday, 11 October 2011
Monday, 10 October 2011
K-2 Athletics Carnival
Scone Public will be holding their K-2 Athletics carnival this Friday14th October @ the Scone athletics fields (where the excercise park and netball courts are).
Students should wear their sports uniform, including running shoes, and will need a hat, sunscreen, drinks, and their lunch (unless they are ordering from the canteen).
The students should arrive at school as normal on Friday and we will walk to the park together. Each child will participate in some running races throughout the day and also have some fun joining in the extra activities such as sack races and noodle javelin. The theme for our sports day is PARTICIPATION and FUN!
The children are able to order their lunch on Friday, however they must have their lunch order into the canteen by tomorrow - with the correct money and clearly labelled with ATHLETICS CARNIVAL, THEIR NAME, CLASS AND AGE GROUP.
Food available to order is:pies $2.50
party pies $1.50
sausage rolls $2.00
Hot Dog $2.00
Sauce sachet (tomato or bbq) 20c
Ham/Chicken Salad Roll $4.00
Drinks will be available for purchase at the carnival (flavoured milk, water, juice and cans of drink).
Parents are most welcome to attend, and if possible, we would love you to help out with some activities throughout the day. Parents and friends will be able to buy their lunch directly from the canteen at the sporting complex.
Other food items and treats will also be available.
Hope to see you all there.....and don't forget to wear your running shoes either.....we like to have a parents race at the end of the day!
Students should wear their sports uniform, including running shoes, and will need a hat, sunscreen, drinks, and their lunch (unless they are ordering from the canteen).
The students should arrive at school as normal on Friday and we will walk to the park together. Each child will participate in some running races throughout the day and also have some fun joining in the extra activities such as sack races and noodle javelin. The theme for our sports day is PARTICIPATION and FUN!
The children are able to order their lunch on Friday, however they must have their lunch order into the canteen by tomorrow - with the correct money and clearly labelled with ATHLETICS CARNIVAL, THEIR NAME, CLASS AND AGE GROUP.
Food available to order is:pies $2.50
party pies $1.50
sausage rolls $2.00
Hot Dog $2.00
Sauce sachet (tomato or bbq) 20c
Ham/Chicken Salad Roll $4.00
Drinks will be available for purchase at the carnival (flavoured milk, water, juice and cans of drink).
Parents are most welcome to attend, and if possible, we would love you to help out with some activities throughout the day. Parents and friends will be able to buy their lunch directly from the canteen at the sporting complex.
Other food items and treats will also be available.
Hope to see you all there.....and don't forget to wear your running shoes either.....we like to have a parents race at the end of the day!
Sunday, 9 October 2011
Kindergarten Oakvale Farm Excursion
Well the pictures are finally here! Sorry about the delay - I was unfortunately very sick during the last two weeks of school. But a restful holiday has worked a treat and I'm fighting fit again!
If any parents have some great pictures from the excursion (and wouldn't mind sharing them) just email them through to me at anna.carter5@det.nsw.edu.au and I can upload them on the blog so everyone can see them!
If any parents have some great pictures from the excursion (and wouldn't mind sharing them) just email them through to me at anna.carter5@det.nsw.edu.au and I can upload them on the blog so everyone can see them!
Monday, 5 September 2011
School Closure
Just a reminder to parents and students that Scone Public School will be officially closed on Thursday 8th September (this Thursday). There will be no teachers and therefore no supervision at school on this day. Parents will need to make alternative arrangements for their childs' care on this day.
And also a reminder about our Oakvale excursion on Friday. We will be departing at 8 o' clock and returning at approx 4 o' clock. Students will need to wear their sports uniform and must have a wide brimmed hat. Students will also need a packed lunch and snacks.
And also a reminder about our Oakvale excursion on Friday. We will be departing at 8 o' clock and returning at approx 4 o' clock. Students will need to wear their sports uniform and must have a wide brimmed hat. Students will also need a packed lunch and snacks.
Monday, 29 August 2011
Oakvale Farm Excursion
I have noticed that some students have not paid for the Oakvale excursion next Friday 9th September. The cost is $38 per student. It would be great if those students could please make their payment as soon as possible. Also, let your child's teacher know if they are not attending, so that we don't have to chase them about their money.
We only had 17 seats available for parents, and therefore had to draw names out of a hat.Notes have been sent home letting parents know if if they are the "helper" parents. If you have NOT been notified, then please ask your child's teacher. Parent helpers can send in their money $38 to the office asap. We would like to thank ALL the parents for their offers of assistance......it is always most appreciated.
We are very excited about our upcoming excursion. Here are just a few things to remember:
We only had 17 seats available for parents, and therefore had to draw names out of a hat.Notes have been sent home letting parents know if if they are the "helper" parents. If you have NOT been notified, then please ask your child's teacher. Parent helpers can send in their money $38 to the office asap. We would like to thank ALL the parents for their offers of assistance......it is always most appreciated.
We are very excited about our upcoming excursion. Here are just a few things to remember:
- Each child needs their own packed lunch/recess/snacks/drink - NO SPENDING MONEY
- Pack a jumper and sunscreen
- The students will be entertained with movies and fun activities along the way, they DON'T need to bring any toys/games/etc
- Bus departs Scone Public School at 8am sharp.......don't be late!
- Bus arrives back at Scone at 4pm......Kids will not be back in time for buses, so each student must be collected by an adult/family member. If another parent is going to take your child home, then the teacher must be notified in writing before the excursion day.
Sunday, 28 August 2011
John Heffernan - Author Visit
Last Friday, author John Heffernan visited our school. He spoke to us about the books he had written and he even told us about a new story he is writing at the moment. We really enjoyed listening to his stories, especially the one about the sheep that went to the beach with him. We laughed and laughed.
Here are a few pictures from the day.
Fruit Break
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Every day we stop for 15 minutes (during the morning) and eat some fruit. We love this time....as you can see from the pictures!
Thursday, 25 August 2011
Sight Word Painting
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Today, for Sight Word Smashers, we took our words outside and painted them on the concrete using water! We had a great time!
Wednesday, 24 August 2011
Maths Groups - Thursday
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We have been learning about time and growing patterns. Today we made our own clocks, played time games on the smartboard, made our own growing patterns and did some tricky add ups. Our teacher thinks we are nearly ready for Year 1!
Sight Word Smashers
In KC and KF we start every day with "Sight Word Smashers"!
We sing our sight word song - Mrs Carter likes to dress up as a Policewoman (maybe one day we will get a photo of her!)
The song goes like this:
We've got so many words to learn
You can't sound 'em out at all.
Learning sight words can be fun
We're gonna smash 'em one by one!
The children repeat it after the teacher (military style) hahaha!
Then we go to our spellephants (at our desk) and write our 3 new sight words.
After that we play a game or do a short activity using our sights words. Today we made the words using magnetic letters! We had fun!
Other days we play sight word bingo, write them on paper with coloured texta's, and sometimes we paint them on the concrete using water and paint brush (as long as it is sunny).
We sing our sight word song - Mrs Carter likes to dress up as a Policewoman (maybe one day we will get a photo of her!)
The song goes like this:
We've got so many words to learn
You can't sound 'em out at all.
Learning sight words can be fun
We're gonna smash 'em one by one!
The children repeat it after the teacher (military style) hahaha!
Then we go to our spellephants (at our desk) and write our 3 new sight words.
After that we play a game or do a short activity using our sights words. Today we made the words using magnetic letters! We had fun!
Other days we play sight word bingo, write them on paper with coloured texta's, and sometimes we paint them on the concrete using water and paint brush (as long as it is sunny).
Monday, 22 August 2011
Savannah's Typing
James' Writing
I love your spelling James! Wonderful sounding out!!!
Gabby's Writing
James' Writing
I love your spelling James! Wonderful sounding out!!!
Gabby's Writing
Sunday, 21 August 2011
Term 3 Week 6
Phonics
This week we are learning
ou & oi
If you have fridge magnet letters at home, then try making some of these words:
Literacy
The children are still learning the same big books as last week.
Author Visit
John Heffernan is visiting our school on Friday. This event is free. The students will be attending an information/discussion session with him throughout the day. We are definitely looking forward to that!
Book Week
This Friday, we are commencing our Book Week Celebrations! Students will be meeting John Heffernan. There will also be a Book fair set up in the Library all week. Parents are most welcome to come in and purchase some great discounted books and items. The profits will go to the Scone Public Library - so that we can buy more books!
Orientation Day
The new Kindergarten students and their parents will be coming next Thursday 1st September. They will spend a bit of time in the Kindy classroom. We are very excitied and can't wait to meet them. Their parents will be finding out lots of info about our wonderful school. If you could help out by providing and/or serving some morning tea it would be much appreciated. Please let your class teacher know if you can be there!
This week we are learning
ou & oi
If you have fridge magnet letters at home, then try making some of these words:
Literacy
The children are still learning the same big books as last week.
Author Visit
John Heffernan is visiting our school on Friday. This event is free. The students will be attending an information/discussion session with him throughout the day. We are definitely looking forward to that!
Book Week
This Friday, we are commencing our Book Week Celebrations! Students will be meeting John Heffernan. There will also be a Book fair set up in the Library all week. Parents are most welcome to come in and purchase some great discounted books and items. The profits will go to the Scone Public Library - so that we can buy more books!
Orientation Day
The new Kindergarten students and their parents will be coming next Thursday 1st September. They will spend a bit of time in the Kindy classroom. We are very excitied and can't wait to meet them. Their parents will be finding out lots of info about our wonderful school. If you could help out by providing and/or serving some morning tea it would be much appreciated. Please let your class teacher know if you can be there!
Thursday, 18 August 2011
Fantastic Maths Websites
Recently, some parents and other teachers have been asking for the websites that I use to integrate technology and mainly the Smartboard into my lessons. Well I've tried to find and collate all my favourites and list them here for you.
Let your child loose on the computer with some of these terrific games.
If they are in my class then they should know how to navigate most of the pages and should also know many of the games already!
Have FUN!
Let your child loose on the computer with some of these terrific games.
If they are in my class then they should know how to navigate most of the pages and should also know many of the games already!
Have FUN!
Australian money manipulatives - http://www.rosettaprimary.tased.edu.au/mathsobjects/
Wednesday, 17 August 2011
Tuesday, 16 August 2011
Monday, 15 August 2011
"Rappin' it up!" in Kindy
Kindergarten have been learning about -teen numbers this term. We found a great song on YouTube and we love to rap along with it!
Some of our rapping superstars!
Term 3 Week 5
Phonics
This week we are learning QU
Literacy
KC and KP are reading an Aboriginal story "How the Kangaroos got their tails"
KP are reading "Possum Magic"
KW are reading "McBungle Downunder"
This week we are learning QU
Literacy
KC and KP are reading an Aboriginal story "How the Kangaroos got their tails"
KP are reading "Possum Magic"
KW are reading "McBungle Downunder"
Wednesday, 10 August 2011
Monday, 8 August 2011
Term 3 Week 4
Phonics
This week we are learning about:
th (loud) & th(soft)
mother thick
then thin
this moth
they teeth
the thumb
Literacy
Each class are studying the same books as last week.
Sight Words
If there is one thing you can do to improve your child's reading - it is learning sight words. Please continue to practise those sight words over and over again. I have been checking each child's reading lately and cannot believe that some children have forgotten words they knew last term!!!! We will be having an extra huge focus on sight words at school for the rest of term.
Oakvale Zoo Excursion
Notes have been sent home about our upcoming excursion to Oakvale Farm and Fauna World. The cost is $38 per child, and this covers bus travel and entry to the zoo. If you did not receive the permission note please contact the office or your child's teacher. The excursion is planned for Friday 9th September. There is space on the permission note to let the teachers know if you are interested in coming along to help out. Once we know how many students are attending we can let you know how many "extra" seats we have available. It is a long, but enjoyable day and I hope we will have lots of extra hands to help us out on the day.
Birthdays
This week we are learning about:
th (loud) & th(soft)
mother thick
then thin
this moth
they teeth
the thumb
Literacy
Each class are studying the same books as last week.
Sight Words
If there is one thing you can do to improve your child's reading - it is learning sight words. Please continue to practise those sight words over and over again. I have been checking each child's reading lately and cannot believe that some children have forgotten words they knew last term!!!! We will be having an extra huge focus on sight words at school for the rest of term.
Oakvale Zoo Excursion
Notes have been sent home about our upcoming excursion to Oakvale Farm and Fauna World. The cost is $38 per child, and this covers bus travel and entry to the zoo. If you did not receive the permission note please contact the office or your child's teacher. The excursion is planned for Friday 9th September. There is space on the permission note to let the teachers know if you are interested in coming along to help out. Once we know how many students are attending we can let you know how many "extra" seats we have available. It is a long, but enjoyable day and I hope we will have lots of extra hands to help us out on the day.
Birthdays
Thursday, 4 August 2011
3D Shape Hunt on PhotoPeach
We have been learning about 3D shapes this week. So today we decided to go on an adventure around the school...looking for 3D shapes. We took our cameras with us to get some great photos. We found cylinders, cubes and spheres......but we couldn't find any cones or pyramids.
We sang a song to help us remember the names. Here it is:
Sphere, sphere, what's your clue? - I look like a ball you kick with your shoe.
Cube, cube, what's your clue? - I look like the ice you drop in your mountain dew.
Cylinder, cylinder, what's your clue? - I look like a can of chicken noodle soup.
Cone, cone, what's your clue? - Don't let the ice-cream drip on you!
Pyramid, pyramid, what's your clue? - I look like the house the Egyptians walked through.
We have been learning about 3D shapes this week. So today we decided to go on an adventure around the school...looking for 3D shapes. We took our cameras with us to get some great photos. We found cylinders, cubes and spheres......but we couldn't find any cones or pyramids.
We sang a song to help us remember the names. Here it is:
Sphere, sphere, what's your clue? - I look like a ball you kick with your shoe.
Cube, cube, what's your clue? - I look like the ice you drop in your mountain dew.
Cylinder, cylinder, what's your clue? - I look like a can of chicken noodle soup.
Cone, cone, what's your clue? - Don't let the ice-cream drip on you!
Pyramid, pyramid, what's your clue? - I look like the house the Egyptians walked through.
Monday, 1 August 2011
Reading To Learn - "Possum Magic"
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| We found places on the map of Australia that Grandma Poss and Hush visited. We even matched up the food that they ate while they were there! Minties in Melbourne, pavola in Perth........ |
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| We deconstructed one of the sentences from the story! We are very clever and even know about doing words! |
Sunday, 31 July 2011
Term 3 Week 3
We've got a very busy, but exciting week planned. Keep reading to find out what we are up to this week!!!
Phonics
This week we are learning about:
ch & sh
Literacy
KC & KF are reading: Possum Magic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BboBeS-vhjg
KP are reading: How the Kangaroo's got their tails (Aboriginal story)
KW are reading: Sebastian lives in a hat.
Visiting Performance
Alphashows are doing a performance of Aladdin on Thursday 4th August. It costs $8 and students are sure to enjoy it! Please make sure you get your money in asap!
Education Week Awards
Our school will be celebrating Education Week on Thursday with a special "Success at SPS" Assembly at 12:30pm. The assembly will feature our dance groups, band, choir, public speakers, sporting teams, debaters, poetry competitors, artists and more! Parents are invited to attend!
Birthdays
Phonics
This week we are learning about:
ch & sh
Literacy
KC & KF are reading: Possum Magic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BboBeS-vhjg
KP are reading: How the Kangaroo's got their tails (Aboriginal story)
KW are reading: Sebastian lives in a hat.
Visiting Performance
Alphashows are doing a performance of Aladdin on Thursday 4th August. It costs $8 and students are sure to enjoy it! Please make sure you get your money in asap!
Education Week Awards
Our school will be celebrating Education Week on Thursday with a special "Success at SPS" Assembly at 12:30pm. The assembly will feature our dance groups, band, choir, public speakers, sporting teams, debaters, poetry competitors, artists and more! Parents are invited to attend!
Birthdays
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