Mac St News - Friday 9th August 2024
Principals Report
Dear Parents, Carers and Community Members,
It has been a wonderful fortnight at Macarthur Street, it’s hard to believe that we are nearing the midpoint of Term 3!
It was fantastic to see all our 100-day old students in dress up to celebrate the big milestone for our Foundation students. They have all grown both physically, emotionally, socially and intellectually during their first 100 days. We can’t wait to see how they grow in the next 100!
In Reading, students have been learning and building knowledge of ‘two letters make one sound’, in particular the /ck/ spelling. We have been reading a decodable text using this spelling in class for students to apply their understanding.
In Writing, our little cherubs are absolute superstars, learning about verbs and creating sentences using a who, what, where and when. Just a reminder can students please bring a drink bottle to school with them if possible.
Our room is nice and warm, but it can be an interruption to learning when students need to leave to get a drink. Have a great rest of the week!
Week 2 of Term 3 and Grade 1/2's are well and truly back into it. This term our knowledge unit is on geography.
The students are learning all about Australia and where it is in the world. To spice things up, the class are filming a news segment across the term visiting each state and territory.
This week we starting filming and our news anchors Kadison and Summer did great reading their script...
Watch this space as we will have something special to share at the end of term!
Grade 5/6S are exploring the five oceans—Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Southern, and Arctic.
They are enjoying embarking on a grand voyage across the planet’s vast water world.
Each ocean is a point of wonder, rich with its unique features and intriguing secrets that capture the interest of the students.
This fortnight our Grade 1-6 students have been learning about how to sign colours in Auslan. They have also been working on their conversational skills.
We practiced signing to others “What is your name?” and “My name is”. Interestingly we learned that when signing you do not need to say all of the words and sometimes the phrases are out of order. For example to ask “What is you name?” we sign “Your name what?” and “My name is” becomes “My name”.
Our Foundation students have been continuing their knowledge of feelings as well as beginning to learn how to fingerspell the letters of the alphabet.
2024 Book Week
Book Week is coming! This year’s theme is ‘Reading is Magic’, and here at the Mac St library, we wholeheartedly agree!
To celebrate the magic of books, students are invited to dress up as their favourite book character on Friday August 23.
Costumes don’t have to be fancy or complicated: consider making a simple headpiece out of coloured card (animal ears! A crown! A top hat!), making a cape, or carrying a prop such as a magic wand or plushie.
Happy reading, everyone!
Students birthday
Happy Birthday to the following students who have celebrated their birthday over the holidays or will celebrate it in the coming days.
- Phelix
- Jackson
- Samuel
- Mikail
- Lukasz
