23 December 2021
Wow! Another busy and amazing term in Reception!
A bit of a mixed start with wonderful Eid al Adha celebrations followed by a sharp lockdown in South Australia. But fear not, from the lockdown – Miss Gilbert’s Lockdown Learning was created!
Students worked so hard to complete and upload their learning online through Class Dojo Portfolios and followed along Lockdown Learning episodes including: making rainbows, volcanoes, exploding soda, oobleck exercise letters, STEM boats and a special interview for the Tokyo Olympics.
Towards the end of week 2 saw us back in the classroom with teachers and High School students sporting newly mandated attire – masks. We thank parents for your hard work and support during this time.
English
In English, the best way to learn about instructional writing is to follow recipes and make fairy bread and jelly cups of course! We had lots of bossy receptions using lots of bossy verbs – fantastic! Our little mathematicians were involved in numerous hands-on learning experiences to model addition, subtraction, division, and graphing.
HASS
HASS saw us journey into the Dreamtime and explore the Dreaming Stories of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and their connection to Country. We examined all of the places special to us and how to care for them. This led to a revamp of our recycling at AIC and look forward to further improvements thanks to our Student Council’s hard work and initiative.
Health and PE
Health and PE was all about safety and we look forward to our excursion to the Road Safety Centre and picnic later in the term. We were also lucky to have an 8-week hockey clinic with Coach Charlie, thanks to the fantastic organisation from our Sports Co-ordinator, Mrs. Katy Javor.
We learnt lots of new skills but had even more fun. Students also had the opportunity to partake in Auskick as an after school sports program – we have many budding AFL stars!
Science
Science week was full of the amazing exploration of animal eggs, hermit crabs, bridges, ramps and much more!
Book Week
Book Week was full of the amazing exploration of different texts, costumes, smiles, book fairs and much more!
We also congratulate all of our students for their hard work across all Specialist classes including: Arabic, Islamic and Quran Studies.
This year, our Sara, Ahmed A, Ikhlas and Ibrahima competed in high levels for the Quran Competition. A tremendous effort for our little ones.
As always, we thank our families for your dedication to your child’s education and success at AIC. We wish everyone a safe and happy holiday and look forward to our fourth and final term of learning in Reception!
– From Miss Gilbert and Mrs Panos