{"id":328084,"date":"2026-03-12T14:01:25","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T10:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/?p=328084"},"modified":"2026-03-12T14:01:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T10:01:25","slug":"exploring-habitats-words-and-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/2026\/03\/12\/exploring-habitats-words-and-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Exploring Habitats, Words, and Time!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;color: #000000\">Dear Robloxian parents,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;color: #000000\">What an eventful and exciting week we have had in our Unit of Inquiry: Sharing the Planet! Students have now chosen the animal they will research for their project. It would be lovely if you could ask your child what animal they decided to research on further.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As part of our unit of inquiry, The Robloxians will be completing a project at school, where they create a habitat of their chosen animal. Most of them have picked shoe boxes and others have picked, a Triorama, egg cartons etc.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you decide to START the project at home, please encourage your child to create as much of the project <\/span><b>independently<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as possible. The project is mostly to be done at school. The goal is not perfection, but a wonderful reflection of their own creativity, effort, and learning.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;color: #000000\">This week we were also introduced to food chains and began exploring the important roles animals play in ecosystems. Students learnt about:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Predators and prey<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Interdependance<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;color: #000000\">Through these ideas, students will begin to understand how animals, humans, and the environment are all connected and how these relationships help living things survive.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #cc99ff\"><strong>English<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In English, we continued exploring vowel teams that make the long <\/span><b>\/o\/ <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">sound. Students learned the spelling patterns oe, oa, and ow. You can support your child at home by encouraging them to look for these patterns while reading, practise writing words with these sounds, or watch fun phonics videos that reinforce the long \/o\/ sound.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;color: #000000\">We also introduced compound words. A compound word is created when two smaller words are joined together to make a new word with its own meaning. For example:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">sun + flower = sunflower<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">rain + bow = rainbow<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">tooth + brush = toothbrush<\/span><b>\n<p><\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Students practised <\/span><b>identifying the two smaller words inside a compound word<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and creating some of their own. This helps strengthen their vocabulary and understanding of how words are built.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;color: #000000\">Students also completed their Glow and Grow reflections, which they will proudly present during the Student Led Conferences in April. I am very excited for them to share their learning journey with you and hear your feedback!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Maths<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;color: #000000\">In Maths, we have continued exploring time. Students are strengthening their understanding of:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">O\u2019clock and half past<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Quarter past and quarter to<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Skip counting in 5s to read the clock every five minutes<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Reading both analogue and digital clocks<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;color: #000000\">Understanding the difference between AM and PM<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<p><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399\"><strong>\u00a0Important Dates<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">March 19 \u2013 Eid Holiday Begins (No School)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">March 22\u201326 \u2013 Term Break<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">April 2 \u2013 Primary Swimming Gala<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">April 7 \u2013 Parent Coffee Morning<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">April 15 \u2013 Student Led Conferences<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Robloxian parents, What an eventful and exciting week we have had in our Unit of Inquiry: Sharing the Planet! Students have now chosen the animal they will research for their project. It would be lovely if you could ask your child what animal they decided to research on further. 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