Hey Grandma and Grandpa - look what I got!!

SUNDAY 24TH JUNE 2007

I was invited to Angela's fourth birthday party at Lollipops Playland. Angela is my friend from pre-school.

SORAYA'S YEAR 2 SCHOOL REPORT 2007

Assessment of Achievement

A- Outstanding Achievement: The student has an extensive knowledge and understanding of the content and can readily apply this knowledge. In addition, the student has achieved a very high level of competence in the processes and skills and can apply these skills to new situations.
B- High Achievement: The student has a thorough knowledge and understanding of the content and a high level of competence in the processes and skills. In addition, the student is able to apply thisknowledge and these skills to most situations.
C- Sound Achievement: The student has a sound knowledge and understanding of the main areas of content and has achieved an adequate level of competence in the processes and skills.
D- Basic Achievement: The student has a basic knowledge and understanding of the content and has achieved a basic level of competence in the processes and skills.
E- Limited Achievement: The student has an elementary knowledge and understanding in few areas of the content and has achieved very limited competence in some of the processes and skills.

English - Overall Achievement - Outstanding Achievement
Talking and Listening - Outstanding Achievement
Reading - Outstanding Achievement
Writing - High Achievement

Teacher comment - Soraya is able to follow a series of instructions to complete a task. She communicates effectively with a range of people on various topics. Soraya displays a passion for reading. She reads more complex texts with great understanding. Soraya is able to confidently interpret and discuss texts and other materials. She is able to plan and edit her written work independently. Soraya demonstrates good knowledge of grammar and spelling in her writing. Keep up the good work Soraya!

Mathematics - Overall Achievement - High Achievement
Number - High Achievement
Patterns and Algebra - Sound Achievement
Data - High Achievement
Measurement - High Achievement
Space and Geometry - Sound Achievement

Teacher comment - Soraya can link mathematical ideas and use mathematical language to explain how an answer was obtained. She is able to solve number problems by using mental strategies, diagrams and symbols. Soraya can tell the time of the half-hour and quarter to. She is able to divide a collection of objects into halves and quarters. Soraya can name and sort 3D objects.

Science and Technology - Overall Achievement - High Achievement

Teacher Comment - Soraya is able to discuss and identify ways in which living things grow and change. She can illustrate and label the various stages in the life cycle of an insect.

Human Society and It's Environment - Overall Achievement - Sound Achievement

Teacher Comment - Soraya can recount an important family celebration. She is able to explain why a personal or family event is significant. Soraya shows an interest in learning about different cultural traditions and customs.

Personal Development, Health and Physical Education - Overall Achievement -Sound Achievement

Teacher Comment - Soraya participates in sports and games. She demonstrates fair play and co-operation in groups. Soraya can identify and discuss ways to keep safe near the water. SHe is able to describe ways to keep healthy.

Creative Arts - Overall Achievement - Sound Achievement

Teacher Comment - Soraya enjoys performing dances. She has an understanding of body movement and expression. Soraya creates artworks using a range of techniques and materials.

Other school activities involved in:
Swimming scheme and Cross country run.

Social Development R=rarely S=sometimes U=usually
Works co-operatively U
Follow instruction U
Respects school rules U
Displays appropriate behaviour U

Commitment to Learning
Completes tasks in class U
Displays a positive attitude to learning U
Demonstrates school values U
Asks for help when needed U

General Comment - Soraya is a confident and bubbly class member. Her extensive general knowledge is a valued asset to the class. Soraya's inquisitive nature generates meaningful and worthwhile discussions. She interacts well with her peers. Soraya displays good leadership qualities especially during group work activities. She has achieved pleasing results this semester. Well done, Soraya!

Days absent: 2

21ST JUNE, 2007

Soraya's 2007 School Photo.

She's in 2R and her teacher is Miss Rambaldini.

20TH JUNE, 2007

5th June 2007
Mu is starting to pronounce her letters with more clarity. She can now say 'y' as in yo-yo. As she's been saying lellow for a while, I've been encouraging her to say 'yellow' and she is very proud that she can now say it, and said to me "Auntie Dinnar, I can now say yellow plopperly."

22nd May 2007
Mu saw some birds with long legs (can't think what they really are) outside her pre-school and said "that looks just like a menu". Took me a while to figure out she meant an emu. What a crack-up! Oh, and we don't have emus that close to pre-school.

29th March 2007
I asked Soraya what she did before the school bell in the morning.
Oh, she said I just talk to the parents.
Oh, what about your friends? I said.
I have no friends.
Why not? I said.
Because I'm a sanguine.

20th March 2007
AD: Soraya, would you like some pink yogurt?
Soraya: No, thanks. I only eat Amway yogurt that we make ourself.
AD: Oh, really, you don't eat this. (Showing her with the spoon).
Soraya (quickly changing mind): Oh, I'll have one of those.

Preschool paintings and photos for Febuary 2007

Mu's measurements

Aalya is almost 5 and weighs 18kg and is 104.5cms tall already!

15th January 2007
Mr Bruce turned 50 so we went to the club with Lauren, Michael and Aalya. Lauren asked Aalya where she got her beautiful dress. Aalya said "my wardrobe".
6th January 2007
Aalya was looking at a picture on a packet of pull-up nappies. There was a picture of a child. She asked me if he was wearing pyjamas, and then she said "no, I think he's wearing his wake-up clothes."

December 2006

At the end of year presentation, Soraya received an award for Excellence in Reading.

Aalya graduated to the Whales Room after being in the Dolphin's Room. Children in the Whales Room don't wear nappies, there she's a big girl.

Pretty good to get a certificate to an event you didn't end up going to!

The "kids" Andrew, Aalya and Soraya watching a movie - Land Before Time.

NOVEMBER 2006Hands up if you love Sunday School!!

SORAYA'S YEAR 2 SCHOOL REPORT 
ENGLISH - OVERALL ACHIEVEMENT - HIGH ACHIEVEMENT
Talking and Listening - High Achievement
Reading - Outstanding Achievement
Writing - Sound Achievement

Teacher Comment - Soraya uses comments or questions to expand on ideas during class discussions. During Reader's Theatre she experiments with varying voice, tone, volume and pace to indicate emotion. Soraya is learning to make inferences about a character's actions, qualities and motives.MATHEMATICS - OVERALL ACHIEVEMENT - SOUND ACHIEVEMENT
Number - Sound Achievement
Patterns and Algebra - Sound Achievement
Data - High Achievement
Measurement - High Achievement
Space and Geometry - Sound Achievement

Teacher Comment - Soraya can count to 100 by two, fives and tens. She uses ordinal numbers 'first' to 'thirty first' on a calendar. Soraya is learning to recall the number of days in each month. She uses an array to model multiplication. She is learning to use the face value of coins and notes to count money.

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY - OVERALL ACHIEVEMENT - HIGH ACHIEVEMENT
Teacher Comment - Soraya followed a guided design process to make a number of toys including a 'roly poly', a pinwheel and a 'star jump Sally'. She was able to explain how her toys worked. Soraya confidently shared her design with her peers.HUMAN SOCIETY & ITS ENVIRONMENT - OVERALL ACHIEVEMENT - HIGH ACHIEVEMENT
Soraya enjoyed looking a pictures of toys from the past. She was able to discuss the similarities and differences between popular toys now and toys from the past. She was able to identify changes in her own life and predict what toys children might play with in the future.

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT, HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATIONOVERALL ACHIEVEMENT - BASIC ACHIEVEMENT
Teacher Comment - Soraya is still developing the skills to hop on her non-preferred foot. She has difficulty maintaining her balance when standing or hopping on one leg. Soraya is developing skills to throw a small ball overarm accurately to a partner. She can identify different foods for a healthy life.CREATIVE ARTS - OVERALL ACHIEVEMENT - OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT
Teacher Comment - Soraya has enjoyed being a valued member of the School Choir. She learnt simple sign language to perform when singing True Colours at the School Spectacular. Soraya can respond to the beat and changes in tempo and dynamics when playing a percussion instrument.

Social Development (Rarely, Sometimes or Usually)
Works cooperatively - usually
Follows instructions - usually
Respects school rules - usually
Displays appropriate behaviour - usually

Commitment To Learning
Completes tasks in class - usually
Displays a positive attitude to learning - usually
Borrows regularly from the library - sometimes
Ask for help when needed - usually

Days Absent: 6

General Comment
Soraya is an entertaining and thoughtful student. She has the ability to complete work of a high standard. Soraya sometimes needs to be reminded to complete her work quickly and to the best of her ability. She usually shows sensitivity to the needs, rights, feeling and effort of others. It has been a privilege to have Soraya as a student for the last two years and a joy to observe her growth and development. Best wishes for Year 2, Soraya.

We were in a shop and Moo pointed up "look Auntie Ninnar, bumwhackers." Huh? Took her closer to make sure what they were, and they were pinatas. I had one at my birthday and she'd remembered whacking them with the stick. I'm still not sure where the name came from!!

Today we were in the car and Moo started chatting. "My Grandpa and Grandpa came to stay and my Grandpa took me to the farm. Cows have pulls you know."

"They have what?" I said.

"Pulls, you know to pull the milk out of the cow.Here are some photos Grandpa sent over.

2006 pre-school photo

Soraya loves here little sister, who was already asleep, so she left her a note......

Grandma and Grandpa Green were staying and Grandpa woke up. Moo's been having trouble working out whose name belonged to who. Grandpa was awake (well, his eyes were open - it was 6.30am). Moo said "the boy one is awake!!!"

October 2006
Look! We had our hair sprayed at the School Fair!

Soraya created a menu all by herself-
Monday - nodles
Tuesday - meat-balls
Wednesday - tomatos
Thursday - nugets
Friday - chicken
Saturday - patatos
Sunday - steack

Mr Bruce playing with Aalya. G'night Mr Bruce.

Snowboarding in the lounge room is lots of fun....

The girls love to play shops, and now have a shopping trolley to complete the experience!

Soraya's school photos.

12TH OCTOBER 2006

The two photos above were taken by Mitey.

Pre-school photo day. Aren't photos getting expensive?? So, when Aalya got home,

we took our own. This one taken by Auntie Dinnar.

5TH OCTOBER 2006

Soraya was playing with the sentence builder - hmmm love the one about a blue woman.

Aalya drew a picture of a mother and baby mouse all by herself.

AUGUST 2006

Aalya decided to make a scarecrow out of scraps of paper!

22ND AUGUST 2006Padawan Moo Moo (from Star Wars)

20TH AUGUST 2006

Moo on her tricycle.

"Mitey if we get our helmets, I can ride my tricycle and you can skate, okay? But don't forget my water bottle!!!"

14TH AUGUST 2006

Aalya drew a picture of a mother and baby mouse all by herself.

Aalya drew a picture of a mother mouse with her baby.

9TH AUGUST 2006

I was feeling rather unwell and we had to have an "adventure" to the doctor. She was SO well behaved and waited nicely, that I bought her something at the chemist. Her face says it all, doesn't it?? The kit has a mobile phone, a hair dryer, brush, comb, mirror, lipstick.

8TH AUGUST 2006

The saga of George the imaginary friend continues.

Moo's (Aalya) pink phone rang and it was George. He's still not well. What happened I said...............George went swimming with his Mum. There were 5 tigers there and one of them bit his arm, so he had to stay home today.
You might remember, George had to stay home yesterday as he was sick.

7TH AUGUST 2006

We sing a song about toffee apples and the girls hadn't seen any. I found some at our local supermarket and the girls sure enjoyed them. Even ate all the apple!!

1ST AUGUST 2006

Quote Of The Day

Auntie Dinnar - "Rabbits with pink eyes are deaf (like white cats with blue eyes...)"

Soraya - "Then why do they have ears then????"

5TH JULY 2006

Soraya was sitting at the kitchen bench and looked at me with those big sparkly eyes and said "I think you are just the nicest step-mum" Aw. Then we sorted out that perhaps me living with her Dad wasn't the best idea, lol. In 6 year old terms of course and then we decided that I was the Nanny or the 'spare' Mum.

29TH JUNE 2006

Aalya said she would like me to buy her a cow.

She was very specific. It took a week for me to realise that we often drive past a

house that has two painted cows on their front verandah.

27TH JUNE 2006

So, which one's the dolly????

26TH JUNE 2006

I hope everyone enjoys my pancakes!

9TH JUNE 2006

It's hard to tell who's got the better face!!

7TH JUNE 2006

Adam (8) and Matthew (10) came to the car (we don't often arrive at school at the same time). Both boys came to the window, I say to Miss Moo Moo, so, which one is your boyfriend. She pointed at Adam and said "that one, I love Adam". Matthew looked relieved and Adam ran to Julie (his Mum) to tell her. Aaaahh.

JUNE 2006

We were on our way home and Aalya asked me if we could visit the 'castle'. The what? Oh, that's not a castle Aalya, that's a big church. Oh, she said, so there's no kings or queens there??

6TH JUNE 2006

The lovely goilies. Soraya 6 years 5 months and

Aalya 3 years 2 months.

21ST MAY 2006

Darth Bhana

Dressed up by Michael (Mitey)

20TH MAY 2006

"I'm concentrating on my music"

9TH MAY 2006

I love my new jumper!

2ND MAY 2006

Aalya's 'babies' (dollies) got put in the naughty corner as they make too much noise (crying). By the way she is 'crying' for them now and has told them she is sick of them. Must be nap time. She's a crack up. She's told them on the way past on her way to bed that they have to be quiet or they'll be in BIG BIG trouble. What a funny girlie!!