Ashcroft Public School

This week 1M have been busy building their literacy skills! 📚✨

During InitiaLit, students learnt new digraph sounds and practised reading and spelling tricky words. They worked hard to identify the tricky parts and apply their phonics knowledge. ✏️🧠

In literacy groups, students enjoyed reading, writing and phonics activities while continuing to build their skills. 📖👏

We are very proud of their effort and progress this term!

On Tuesday, our 2168 Children’s Parliament representatives attended a Parliament sitting, where they addressed the room on the important topic of online safety and cyberbullying.

Throughout the year, our students have been working alongside students from other local schools to explore this issue and develop ideas for creating safer online spaces for young people.

At the sitting, they confidently shared their thoughts and recommendations, demonstrating growing leadership, public speaking, collaboration and advocacy skills.

We are proud of the way they each have represented our school, using their voices to make a positive difference.

🖤💛❤️ During National Sorry Day and National Reconciliation Week, Preschool explored Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander stories, cultures, histories and perspectives.

Exploring culture through indoor and outdoor learning experiences, they...

🌏 learnt about the significance of National Sorry Day and National Reconciliation Week

🌺 discovered the meaning of the purple hibiscus

💬 shared ideas and thoughts through discussions and storytelling

🎨 created hibiscus flowers, decorated hands and painted boomerangs

🗣️ learnt Dharug words, including the greeting “Warami”

🔍 explored Aboriginal symbols, patterns and artwork

🦘 learnt about Australian native animals and their cultural significance

🎵 participated in music, dance and sensory experiences

🤝 developed respect and appreciation for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures

👫 built communication, teamwork and social skills

We are proud of the curiosity, creativity and respect our children showed throughout these important learning experiences 🖤💛❤️

There was definitely even more blue than usual around Ashcroft Public School today as students and staff showed their support for the NSW State of Origin team! 💙

Thank you to everyone who wore a jersey or blue clothes and donated a gold coin to support our School Ambassador's project.

📚 Every Day Counts! 📚

Regular school attendance is essential for student success. Being at school every day helps children build strong learning habits, develop friendships, participate in classroom experiences and stay connected to their learning journey.

🎉 Congratulations to 1S! The first class to achieve 5 consecutive days of 100% attendance! 🎉

That means every child in 1S was at school, every day - learning, participating and having fun together 🧠🗣️🤩🌟

🌟 KG has had an exciting few weeks full of learning!🌟

🔢 Maths - they practised ordering numbers to 20 and strengthened their counting skills and understanding of number sequence.

🎨 Art - they have been experimenting with paint and colour to create artworks for our upcoming Art Exhibition, inspired by Claude Monet.

🎵 Music - they explored different groups of instruments and sorted them based on how they are played. They loved discovering the different ways music can be made!

📚 Literacy - they practised reading and writing tricky words to strengthen their reading and writing skills

KG continue to show enthusiasm, creativity and a love of learning in everything they do. 🧠💡💙

We are so proud of their efforts! 👏

🌏📚 Another great week of learning in 5/6V as they continue to explore new concepts and ideas! ️✏️💡

During Morning Routine last week, they have been focusing on comprehending short excerpts and finding information in the text to answer inferential questions. 🧐📖

In Mathematics, they have been learning about different types of angles 📐 and in English, they have been using the text 'Young Dark Emu' to learn more about Australia's history.

They've also been focusing on Aboriginal perspectives and last week explored the sustainable farming practices of our First Nations Peoples 🌱🖤💛❤️

It has been wonderful to see students developing their understanding across a range of learning areas while making meaningful connections to Australia's rich history and culture.

Well done 5/6V 👏