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.
