The Axolotls: Term 1 Week 6

10 March, 2026

Dear families,

It has been a friendly and inclusive week in the Axolotl class. Here is a summary of our learning this week:

Craft with Sarah – cardboard creations, using recycled materials.
Group interest project with Amelia’s class – Oceans. Reading ‘Magic Beach’ by Alison Lester and responding through drama.
Social skill focus – welcoming a new friend into our class and being inclusive in our play.
Reading and responding to the story ‘Tom Tom’ by Rosebery Sullivan and Dee Huxley. Recording our comprehension through drawing.
Enjoying fruit from our community fruit bowl.
Class meeting – topics discussed included: keeping the bathroom clean, and putting paper towels in the bin, speaking to our friends in respectful ways.
Sustaining on Friday, helping to care for our school.
Music on Mondays, Spanish on Wednesdays.
Team sport games on Tuesday with Joanna. ‘Beat the ball’ and ‘Across the river’. Practising fundamental movement skills.

Juniors (Early Stage 1)

Soundwaves and Literacy stations (with Joanna) – phoneme – grapheme relationship (letter sounds) m, a.
Mathematics – Forming groups – patterns. Recognising, describing, continuing repeating patterns.
Handwriting – Kangaroo hop letters (m)

Elders (Stage 1)

Literacy stations (with Amelia) – group reading, Soundwaves books.
Soundwaves – e,ea. Reading and spelling cvc, cvcc, ccvcc words.
Mathematics – Forming groups. Equal grouping, sharing, and multiplication problems.
Handwriting – Kangaroo hop letters (words and sentences with ‘m’)
Individual reading with Joanna/ Parent helper (every child)

Have a lovely weekend everyone,
Joanna