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Letters c and o

Literacy Books

Please use correct format of date:

Day of week, day month year

e.g. Wednesday, 15 January 2025

Check for left handed children

Correct posture

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No homework

Do Matific roll over

Get Matific login in cards ready for next week!

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Page 1 + 2

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Do baseline assessment as well as listen to reading

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Starting next week

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Pages 2 - 11

(+- 3 pages p day)

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Say the sound, read the sentence to clarify:

1. a - as in apple

2. e - as in bed

3. u - as in umbrella

4. i - as in pin

5. o - as in pot

6. sh - as in shell

7. ch - as in chat

8. th - as in think

9. wh - as in whistle

10. a_e - as in spade

11. e_e - as in complete

12. u_e - as in cute

13. i_e - as in bike

14. o_e - as in bone

15. ai - as in rain

16. ar - as in star

17. ue - as in blue

18. oa - as in road

19. y - as in shy or my

20. ea - as in dream

21. igh - as in high

22. ow - as in snow

23. ew - as in chew or stew

24. er - as in river

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Use the following words:

1. church

2. two

3. house

4. dream

5. they

6. plate

7. enjoy

8. there

9. going

10. light

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1. Google Drive - This is going to become more streamline- teachers are expected to use this, e.g. with the Chronicle articles, upload straight to the drive in correct folders, no emailing anymore. Whatever is expected to be submitted, prep etc. SG will go through this in the phase meeting.

Especially LSEN under Learner Support 2025, fill in NB. If done well, this could then replace the tracking forms.

2. Timetables - Clubs end at 13h45; Amrian and Prudence will come and see each teacher to sort out lesson times.

3. Ursula will speak to Flo and Michelle about prep for Sepedi and Afrikaans and then this to be loaded up on the Drive.

4. Have to bring in “Robotics” in prep, but this is done only as coding/ instructions. Use iPad app- Scratch etc. Can be covered anywhere in your prep.

5. LSEN - LSEN under Learner Support 2025, fill in NB. If done well, this could then replace the tracking forms. Use bridging notes and start filling in. All behavioural/ Learner Support children.

6. Gillian - Term 1 with Grade 1; Term 2 Grade 3; She will also be used to help out with substitution etc.

7. Trips for Term 1 (Date?) - Confirmed trip with Jonathan from the Blueberry farm - 6th of Feb

8. Gr. 3 Market Day - Friday the 7th of March

(no peer groups)

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Children create a bright background using oil pastels and paint; patterns and squiggles etc. Print out photos and words; Children can cut out their own photos and words. Stick on black card to round off- please have this up in your class xx 

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Please also put up their 'All about me' sheets they filled in from the class visits last year.

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Welcome back xx

Timetables

New Grade meeting slot

Mondays, 14h15

Whatsapp groups up and running, including weekly schedule. Please post simple one for this week, and detailed one for next week, before Monday morning

Year and weekly planning:

Our year plan is now a working document, please feel free to make suggestions and notes as we go. Weekly prep will follow the year plan, but with detail and may differ if we find we need to slow the pace or change things - especially Maths and phonics, what does not get covered we pass on to Grade 4

LSEN: NB!! let's be on this as it can eliminate a ton of admin if done well. This is a weak(er) group and we will have to be on top of parent communication, referrals, etc.

Classrooms: Please be on top of your classroom- neat, organised and presentable- this was a concern and this is why we got money for our classrooms. Avoid messy heaps of papers, have a usable reading corner and space for down time, posters of NB concepts, etc. This is an area of focus across management.

I see, I think, I wonder...

print photo's and speech bubbles with a name

Email your Word Doc with 'Wish List' links to me, I'll put this together and mail this to SG and RR.

Gradebook: (I sucked last year, this year I will own it!) but seriously, we need to use our grade book throughout the term as we do assessments. Let's also look at our Maths and Lit to decide on assessments and have this finalised by week 3 latest.

Gradebooks NB

Market Day:

Let's start thinking of how we'd like to do this; Remember to invite senior college kids to come buy ahead of time- they loved buying last year- just need to arrange this with Claude!!

More toys and baked goods

Blueberry Heights Trip: 6th of Feb

Update Google form

Blueberry picking - in groups

5K walk - Shall we do a scavenger hunt?

picnic and games - last year the kids got a little bored, I'll think of some games to play

Coffee and snacks- reminder for staff to take along some cash ( but shall we club in for Joyce?)

Kyla on leave the weekend of the Netball Level 1/ 8th

Marking:

NumberSense: Decide on assessment pages; Rest we mark together

Literacy:

LifeSkills:

Mothii:

Expectations

Be on time for lessons/ class time

Try to get involved in lessons; Learning & experience xx

Positive talk and helpfulness towards children- our kids have a different relationship with you, trusting. Be the "good cop" in a constructive way.

Team

Super NB to be positive this year with all the changes.

Have each other's back, always.

Share ideas and discuss things you think are important

If there is something you are unhappy with, be transparent and sort it out directly and respectfully.

Part of teaching is going over and above what is expected, it's a service work, like nurses and pastors etc. We do a lot of small things, with love, that all adds up to big things for our children and us. xx

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JP Phase Meeting Notes:

1.     Tush:

Sport program change: integrated sport program.

Tuesday and Thursday

Morning sports

Sports start next week Tuesday

Go and see Tush in your shirt is tacky

Run-offs:

Ironwood, 28th of Jan, at MH

Monday, 8h00 starting, Grade1s, but Tush to send info

Interns involved, need to check ages!! NB.

2.     Morning Duty:

Monday – Kyla & Megs

Thursday – Modjadji & Mothii

3.     R60 to Sherryn for Molly birthday

4.     Birthday- bring something for tea, and do something in your Grade

5.     Home time throughout the week are 14h00. Strictly.

6.     Responsibility and accountability – bring in to prep where we can.

7.     Send Grade 3’s to help usher children and parents to classes on Wednesday.

8.     New parent info evening, 17h30, smart dress code + name badges

9.     Add PIMS to your parent info powerpoint

10.  Birthdays – treats are welcome, but strictly by 10h00, no later,  and delivered to the class.

11.   Choose Clubs by end of week, Bosveld?

12.  Check chargers and cables for iPads

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Notes from Ursula Workshop

NumberSense leaves out some crucial skills

Handling of apparatus and concrete resources are not enough

Kits, measuring things, blocks.

introduce concepts concrete first

Plan guided activities using classroom resources (Math groups)

Try to use more than one approach

Check your resources in class, what do we need, what needs to be replaced etc.

Stop when your class does not get a concept, even if it is only your weaker children, stop and teach the concept intensively.

Counting:

Use number language - terminology (most, least, etc)

Manipulation

counting in multiples

doubling, halving, vertical sums

Number sentences, chains, pyramids, bubbles, etc

increase/ decrease by

Problem solving:

Activities that help develop new number strategies (Blooms)

inchworms, grasshoppers - slow and fast leaners both need help.

Assessment:

Ursula suggests not doing a whole page at a time for assessment

pre-select on different pages the different concepts that need to be assessed.

thoughts?