Week Three

What a successful and enjoyable day was had by everyone at the Student School Fete last Wednesday. Thank you to the parents who volunteered to help take the children around to visit all the amazing stalls and spend their money. They all went home happy and content with a lot of great goodies they had purchased!

Reminder

This week students will be taking part in a whole class activity where they will share/ state one event that their family celebrates together. In preparation, please name and discuss how your family celebrates this special event with your child.

Literacy

The focus letter sound for week 3 is the letter Zz as in zebra starts with z, z, z and zip starts with z, z, z. What other words can your child think of that start with the letter Zz? 

We will also be focusing on the sight word 'will'. 

In the coming weeks teachers will be assessing many of the concepts taught this year, this includes sight words, initial letter sounds and upper and lowercase letter recognition, rhyming, syllables, blending and segmenting 3 letter words. The students have also started practising using sight words and sounding out to write simple, short sentences e.g. I will sit on the mat. The children have done an amazing job at learning so many difficult concepts and we are super proud of their efforts.

Numeracy

This week we will be focusing on using concrete materials to partition numbers up to 6 (addition). We are also learning to copy, continue and create simple alternating patterns. Patterns can be made from many materials found around the house, i.e. fork/ spoon / fork / spoon / fork. 

STEM

We love exploring and learning new things in Kindy and enjoy learning about living and non living things.

This week we will be discovering how to make fizzy Wizard’s brew and designing spider webs that can hold a spider without breaking. Learning is so much fun!

Summer is on the way

Our school has a no hat no play policy. As the weather is warming up, please ensure your child has a hat each day that is clearly labelled with their name. Please also check that the hat that has gone home is your child's. Some hats and jackets have gone missing the past few weeks. 

We would like to extend our appreciation to all parents for their on-going support and involvement in their child’s learning and school activities. 

Thank you.

  

Week Two

What an exciting start to the term we are having.  There are lots of special events happening. Please take care to read all student notes and the class board each day to ensure you stay informed.

Student Fete – Wednesday 23^rd of October

The students attended a Student Fete spruiking assembly last week, where we heard about the games and items that will be for sale at the class stalls this week. We were excited to hear about the “Adopt a Pet” soft animal store and the “Decorate a Cupcake” stall. Most items will cost $1 or less. Please remember to send money in coins, in a named zip-lock bag or purse. Maximum of $10 per child.

Room 1 is selling bags of playdough at our stall. A big thank-you to all parents who have donated ingredients and their time to colour, scent, glitter and package our playdough. 

Blue Group students are invited to come in and attend the Student Fete. Parents need to bring students to school via the front office to the classroom at 12.50pm. When you arrive at the classroom please sign in your child and then return at 2.30pm to sign out and collect your child. Parents are not permitted to stay for the fete.

Dancing Lessons

Dancing Lessons are underway and we have enjoyed learning the steps to some fun routines. We look forward to showing off our moves at the end of year Dance Party.

Literacy

This week we are learning the sound Yy as in yellow and yo-yo. Our new sight word is to, as in… I go to daycare. We have been applying our letter sound and sight word knowledge to read simple sentences and texts.

A focus for Term 4 is blending and segmenting CVC words. CVC words are three letter words that comprise of a consonant, a vowel and another consonant, e.g. pig, man, zip.

Blending: This skill involves blending sounds together to pronounce a word e.g. s  u  n … sun

Segmenting: This skill involves listening carefully to the word and identifying the sounds that you can hear e.g. sun … s  u  n

Numeracy

We continue to work with teen numbers. This week we will be learning about the number 17. We continue to develop our counting skills by practising one-to-one correspondence (touching each object as we count) and learning that the arrangement does not affect the count.

HASS (History and Social Sciences)

This term we are learning about family celebrations. In week 3, we will be asking students to name a special event that their family celebrates and tell us how they celebrate it. Special events could include religious festivals, family reunions, birthdays, community events etc. Please speak with your child about a family event to support them to complete this in Week 3.

Thank you for your support with our learning program.

Fun with our parachute!

Whiteboard Drawings - Learning to draw people

Week One

Welcome back to all Kindergarten children and families. We hope you have all had a wonderful break and are looking forward to another exciting term.

Literacy

Our letter for this week is the ‘X x’ phonic sound. We will be exploring words that have this sound. For example, we can hear the sound Xx at the end of fox and box.

We are continuing to review our sight words and are beginning to identify and blend the sounds in CVC (consonant – vowel – consonant) words.

We enjoy shared and guided reading in the classroom, and we will continue to integrate reading into all learning areas.

Numeracy

This week we are reviewing numbers 1 to 15. Our focus number is 16. We will continue to identify missing numbers and count on from different starting points.

Dancing

Blue Group will be dancing on a Monday afternoon this term. We are looking forward to starting this program as soon as school returns. If you have not paid and would like your child to attend the lessons, the office will be available for payment on Monday morning. 

Student Fete

The Student Fete is held during week 2 on Wednesday 23 October. It begins at 1pm. Blue Group are welcome to attend and on the day are required to sign in your children at the office. Parents do not attend unless you have been assigned/volunteered for parent help. Week 1 will be busy for Kindergarten as we prepare the Playdough for our stall.

Health

During our health lessons this term we will be focusing on Protective Behaviours. The overarching theme is ‘Everyone has the right to feel safe at all times’. We will be learning about body parts, private/public spaces, feeling safe and unsafe, early warning signs, safety networks and asking for help.

Blue Group Assembly

Our assembly item will be held on Thursday morning during week 7. More details to follow soon.