The Axolotls: Term 3 Week 9

22 September, 2026

Dear families,

It has been a cooperative and artistic week in the Axolotl class. Here is a summary of our learning:

  • Craft with Crafty Chris – gesture drawing, blind-contour drawing, and magazine collage.
  • Class meeting – we started to brainstorm ideas for our end of year concert.
  • ‘Flowing together’ Geography unit of work. Discussing what we know about bodies of water. Learning about clouds. Responding to the story ‘Greetings from Sandy Beach’ by Bob Graham, water-colour painting beaches/ bodies of water.
  • Spanish on Wednesday with Carolina – cooking Columbian arepas.
  • Music on Monday with Kym – Drumming.
  • Summerhill Day – signing up and joining experiences across the school such as; drumming, bird collage, leaf painting, shrink-art, macrame rainbows, capture the flag, giant cardboard crayon fort construction.
  • Sausage sizzle to raise money for those affected by the floods in Nepal. Thank you all for supporting.
  • Reading and responding to Non-fiction texts about different animals.

Juniors (Early Stage 1)

  • Soundwaves: ai, ay, a-e.
  • Mathematics – describing and comparing the masses of objects using a balance scale.
  • Literacy stations – group reading with Joanna, Soundwaves books, writing/tracing.

Elders (Stage 1)

  • Soundwaves: v, ve.
  • Mathematics – measure, record, compare and estimate the masses of objects using uniform informal units.
  • Literacy stations – group reading and comprehension/ extension with Joanna, Soundwaves books, sight word writing and sentences.
  • GIP (Group interest project) ‘Insect Detectives’ with Faith and the Year 1 children. The Stage 1 children will present on Thursday 24th September at 9.30am, Stage 1 families are encouraged to attend.

Please remind your child to bring their sun hat to school every day.

I am still looking for a family who would be keen to help feed Candy the axolotl during the school holidays. Please let me know if you would like to help.

Next week we will be visiting Lane Cove Library on Monday 21st, please can your child bring along a book bag.

I am looking for a parent helper who would be keen to join the children for Craft next Wednesday 23rd, 11-30 – 12.30. Please let me know if you can help.

Have a lovely weekend everyone,
Joanna

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