Striving for more in EY4

This week marks the middle of Term 2 and brings us closer to the end of Semester 1. As a reporting term, we are busy collecting evidence for our Highly Individualised Curriculum Plan (HICP) goals and already thinking about ways to extend learning for next semester. We are very excited to be joined by Miss Riane, pronounced Ree-ah-na, on Mondays and Fridays beginning this week. Miss Jodie is our whole school Expert Reading Team Leader and will be working with teachers on the 2025 Annual Improvement Plan on those days. Miss Riane is one of popular specialist subject teachers and we are all looking forward to teaching and learning with her as she brings fresh ideas and ways of working into the classroom.

The wet weather has interrupted many outdoor play sessions and brought coughs and colds to school, so we are spending extra time revisiting personal hygiene protocols. The students remember to wash hands before eating when coming in from the playground and after visiting the toilet, but we sometimes need reminders to cough into our elbows and wash hands or use sanitizer after blowing noses. We really appreciate families keeping children home to rest when unwell so they can make a quick recovery and stop the spread to others.

Our daily fruit break stop continues to be popular with students tasting hummus with carrot sticks and apple slices while some more adventurous children decided dipping cheese sandwich wedges in hummus was the best treat of the day!

Coach Tim has been teaching us how to throw modified javelins and shotput We are getting lots of practice in turn taking, being safe and waiting patiently. On Friday we will celebrate Under 8’s Day and will welcome parents and younger siblings to Early Years for an hour of activities. With this year’s theme being “Unleashing scientific thinking through play” we can guarantee lots of ways to creatively engage young minds and bodies.

Take care of you and yours.

Until next time

Miss Jodie, Miss Riane, Miss Nairda, Rose, Jack, Harrison, Jake, M***a and Mason.