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Manipulate phonemes in spoken words by addition, deletion and substitution of initial, medial and final phonemes to generate new words (ACELA1457)

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Our phonics program. We are currently progressing through Phase 3 sounds.

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Take a look at our free, printable Phase 3 resources, Phase 3 games, or Phase 3 videos.

By the time they reach Phase 3 of the Letters and Sounds programme, children will already be able to blend and segment words containing the 19 letters taught in Phase 2.

Over the 12 weeks which Phase 3 is expected to last, 25 new graphemes are introduced one at a time.

During Phase 3, children will also learn the letter names using an alphabet song, although they will continue to use the sounds when decoding words.

Tricky words

During Phase 3, the following tricky words (which can't yet be decoded) are introduced:

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Take a look at our free, printable Phase 3 resources, Phase 3 games, or Phase 3 videos. By the time they reach Phase 3 of the Letters and Sounds programme, children will already be able to blend and segment words containing the 19 letters taught in Phase 2.

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This is an app we use at school. It is very popular and the computer version is free!!!

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Teach Your Monster: Free Phonics, Reading and Mathematics Games

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Help children learn with our free, award-winning reading, mathematics and phonics games.

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Knowledge and Understanding

Plants and animals used for production have basic needs, such as food/nutrients, water, space, protection

Process and Production Skills

Investigating and Defining-Explore opportunities for design

Designing-Develop and communicate design ideas through describing, drawing, modelling and/or a sequence of written or spoken steps

Producing and Implementing-Use given components and equipment to safely make solutions

Evaluating-Use personal preferences to evaluate the success of design processes

Collaborating and Managing-Work independently, or with others when required, to safely create and share sequenced steps for solutions

Digital Technologies

Representation of Data- Data can have patterns and can be represented as pictures, symbols and diagrams

Digital Implementation-Use data to solve a simple task/problem

Science

Biological Science- Living things have a variety of external features. Living things live in different places where their needs are met

ACARA ATSI Science Elaborations

SU Biological sciences Living things have a variety of external features (ACSSU017) exploring how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ observations of external features of living things are mimicked and replicated in traditional dance

SIS Evaluating Compare observations with those of others (ACSIS213) • consulting with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to compare observations and evaluate identifications of animal tracks

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Create short imaginative texts that show emerging use of appropriate text structure, sentence-level grammar, word choice, spelling, punctuation and appropriate multi-modal elements, for example illustrations and diagrams (ACELY1661).

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Living things have a variety of external features

Living things live in different places where their needs are met

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A menu of 6 interactive science experiments for 5-6 year olds.

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KS1 Science Plants learning resources for adults, children, parents and teachers.

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Great STEM website with lots of links for fun activities to try at home

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Great STEM website with lots of links for fun activities to try at home

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Spring STEM activities for kids! Of course, Spring is an excellent time of year to learn about, observe, and plant seeds. You can also explore the weather including wind by making parachutes or make bugs that light up! Make a kaleidoscope, look at rainbows, or make a ladybug house. Spring holds many opportunities to take STEM outside too. Science, technology, engineering, and math ideas perfect for Spring learning.

Hands -On Spring STEM Activities for Kids

SPRING STEM ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS

I planned out a fun itinerary of Spring STEM activities for kids of multiple ages to do together. Many of these Spring activities will fall into a couple of the categories below, but I divided them up a bit to make it a little easier to find what you are looking for. Click on the links below to learn about each activity.
YOU MIGHT ALSO WANT TO CHECK OUT: Spring Science for Kids Practical Outdoor Nature Science
Spring is a great time to plant something and see how it grows or what it will turn into. Make a greenhouse, an ecosystem, or just learn about the best plants to grow with kids. Below you will find some books and youTube videos that talk about the growth of the seed.
Eggshell Seed Growing Activity
Checkout our own Spring and Summer Container Garden on our back porch!

8 Easy To Grow Plants for Kids is a quick list of good ideas from Crafts On Sea to get you started in the garden

Make a Pop Bottle Ecosystem from Layers of Learning

Plant An Indoor Bulb Garden from Fun At Home With Kids

Super Simple Greenhouse For Kids from Handmade Home

Mini Greenhouse

Of course when you plant something, you will end up observing it as well. These Spring STEM activities are more about observing the process of growing as opposed to the end result. You will have a chance to watch the entire growth cycle of a seed with a seed jar or experiment with the needs of a seed such as air, light, and water. Observe what happens each day. Measure growth.
Make a Seed Jar Regrow Lettuce Color Changing Flowers How Do Leaves Breathe from Edventures With Kids Spring Flower STEM Investigation from Life Over C's
Do Seeds Need Light from Gift of Curiosity plus 4 more cool ideas for observing seed growth.

EXPERIMENT WITH SOMETHING

Experiment with Spring STEM ideas too! Weather science can be pretty neat and Spring is filled with all sorts of weather. Use some of the engineering projects in the next section to explore weather as well.
Explore Rainbows with Light Create a Tornado Try A Cloud In A Jar from No Time For Flashcards
Test out wind with The Feather Experiment from Life over C's

DIY Thermometer for Kids from Lemon Lime Adventures

ENGINEER OR BUILD SOMETHING

Design, Engineer, Test, and Learn! Fun ideas that combine the many facets of STEM in one activity! Use the outdoors to test a pulley, move a car, learn about wind and friction. Add a bit of art with kaleidoscopes and light up bugs! Or create a hotel for our mighty insects!
Build A Parachute from All Done Monkey
Build A Wind Powered Car from LEGO, recycled materials, or just add a sail to a toy car. How can you harness the power of wind to make your car go?!
Build An Outdoor Zip Line Build An Outdoor Pulley Make a Kaleidoscope
Make Circuit Bugs to explore technology this Spring from Steam Powered Family
Make an Anemometer from Activity Mom
Build an Insect Hotel from Teach Beside Me or Build a Ladybug House from Only Passionate Curiosity

Add some tech and learn about the life cycle of a flower with these top picks of youTube videos.
Watch the Life Cycle of A Flower with top picks from igamemom
Make sure to read up on seeds and weather too!
TOOLS FOR KIDS TO USE
Get the right tools for Spring STEM activities! Encourage playing in dirt and mud too!

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Spring STEM Activities and Plant Science Activities for Kids

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Spring STEM activities for kids! Of course, Spring is an excellent time of year to learn about, observe, and plant seeds. You can also explore the weather including wind by making parachutes or make bugs that light up! Make a kaleidoscope, look at rainbows, or make a ladybug house.

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Living/Non Living
Stem
Seeds
Water
Sunlight
Leaves
Habitat
Needs
Grow
Features
Animal
Plant
Scales
Fur

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Biological sciences
Living things have a variety of external features (ACSSU017)
• exploring how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ observations of external features of living things are mimicked and replicated in traditional dance

( we will be linking this to our Design and Technology work and looking at the dance of Honey Bee)

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Noongar people

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Aboriginal languages, clans and dialects plus the Honey Bee dance.mp4

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During Terms 1 and 2 we will be learning all about History. More specifically we will be discussing present and past family life.

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Create short informative texts that show emerging use of appropriate text structure, sentence-level grammar, word choice, spelling, punctuation and appropriate multi-modal elements, for example illustrations and diagrams. (ACELY1661)

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Differences in family sizes, structures and roles today (e.g. work outside the home, domestic chores, child care), and how these have changed or remained the same over time (ACHASSK028)

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How the present, past and future are signified by terms indicating time (e.g. 'a long time ago'; 'then and now'; 'now and then'; 'old and new'; 'tomorrow') as well as by dates and changes that may have personal significance (e.g. birthdays, holidays, celebrations, seasons) (ACHASSK029)

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The differences and similarities between students' daily lives and life during their parents' and grandparents' childhoods (e.g. family traditions, leisure time, communications) and how daily lives have changed (ACHASSK030)

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Recognise, model, read, write and order numbers to at least 100.  Locate these numbers on a number line (ACMNA013)

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This term we will be focussing on addition strategies.

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Investigate and describe number patterns formed by skip-counting and patterns with objects (ACMNA018)

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Recognise and classify familiar two-dimensional shapes and three-dimensional objects using obvious features (ACMMG022)

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Measure and compare the lengths and capacities of pairs of objects using uniform informal units (ACMMG019)

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This is an app we have on the school iPads. It is a free download and the kids love it!!

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You and your child can play this game at home. Place your number trains anywhere on the 120 chart. The other player calls out a number and tries to "sink" their opponents number train. If they hit a number train they say "hit" if not, they say "miss". They have to try to figure out using their knowledge of the 120 chart where the number train is. The game can be made harder by saying "Is it on the number that is ___ less/greater than ____".

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During Terms 1 and 2 we will be working through the department based unit 'Protective behaviours'.

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Positive ways to react to their own emotions in different situations, such as:

walking away

seeking help

remaining calm

(ACPPS020)

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Ways in which the body changes as individuals grow older (ACPPS016)

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Personal strengths and how these change over time (ACPPS015)

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Strategies to use when help is needed, such as:

dialling 000 in an emergency

reading basic safety signs

accessing a safety house or a trusted network

asking a trusted adult

(ACPPS017)
Focus on identifying trusted networks.

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Goldilocks and the Three bears.
You can help your child at home by asking them to retell the Goldilocks story we have been learning in class.

You can also sequence stories that your child reads at home. First, next, then and finally.

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Talk about your family and how life has changed since you were a child and how life differs since your child's grandparents were a child.