We’re back from our Afterschooling break and a new school year is about to begin!
Our afterschool block plan always begins with a view of the next twelve months. Seasonal festivals, celebrations, term dates, holidays and special events are plugged into the calendar.
I then identify what weeks we will Afterschool. This year we are following the school term as outlined by the Education Department of Western Australia.
Next I ‘block’ our Afterschool weeks into either a Language focus block or a Mathematics focus block.
Our Afterschool Block Plan
From February 2016 to December 2016
- Language Block – February 1 – March 4 (5 weeks) Preparation for reading and writing activities
- February 1 – Lammas, February 9 – Shrove Tuesday, February 10 – Ash Wednesday
- Mathematics Block – March 7 – April 8 (5 weeks) 1:1 Correspondence and Counting.
- March 17 – St. Patrick’s Day, March 20 – Michaelmas, March 27 – Easter Sunday
- April 9 – May 1 Easter break
- Language Block – May 2 – June 3 (5 weeks) Phonics & Learning to write letters and numerals
- May 8 – Mother’s Day
- Mathematics Block – June 6 – July 1 (4 weeks) Amounts and Numerals
- June 21 – Yule
- July 2 – July 17 Winter break
- Language Block – July 18 – August 19 (5 weeks)
- August 1 – Imbolc
- Mathematics Block – August 22 – September 23 (5 weeks)
- September 24 – October 9 Spring Break
- Language Block – October 10 – November 11 (5 weeks)
- October 31 – Halloween, November 1 – Beltane, November 11 – Remembrance Day
- Mathematics Block – November 14 – December 15 (41/2 weeks)
- November 29 – Advent begins,
- Project-based learning (38 weeks) – Every afternoon Monday to Friday; Every Saturday.
From here I develop our weekly afterschool rhythm.I have included in our weekly rhythm two days that Ooffa will be home as he needs to attend therapy sessions for Speech and Occupational Therapy.
I will review this rhythm during our April Easter break.
Exciting news for you all, today I am providing you with February’s Afterschool monthly activity planner to give you an idea of what’s coming up and the Afterschool Weekly Play Rhythm will return next week! I know so many of you have missed receiving this.
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