Important Dates

In the recent newsletter, a Learning Journey afternoon at Wattle Grove Primary School has been placed on our calendar. For Blue Group children this will be held on Monday 23 September from 2.00 - 3.30pm. Parents are invited into our classroom to view scrapbooks and portfolios. We will also have two science projects to explore and a literacy and numeracy activity to complete together. There will be a family list on our board on Wednesday to indicate if you are able to attend. 

The second important date is our school fete. This will be held on Wednesday 23 October (Term 4). Blue Group are invited to attend and will be required to be signed in and out of the office for the afternoon only. As this is not a Blue Group day, it is not compulsory to attend. As previously mentioned, Room 1 will be selling playdough this year. Blue Group children will be involved in setting up the stall prior to the event. To ensure adequate supervision on the day of the fete, there will be another list on our board to indicate which children will be joining us. 

Finally, thank you to those that have returned dance permission slips and money. Dance lessons begin first day back next term. 

Week Nine

It has been another wonderful week in Kindy. We have continued to explore our Term 3 theme of Commotion in the Ocean. 

We are now starting to learn about the end sound in words. For example, the end sound in cat is t. This is a tricky concept, with students needing to listen carefully to the sounds in the word. This skill can be practised at home using short three letter words, e.g. cat, man, log. Extending and accentuating the last sound will support your child to hear it – e.g. muggggg, mannnnn.

We have now completed our Favourite Book Project, and books have been returned home. Thank you for supporting your child with this project. The students have loved sharing their book with the class and choosing their favourite character.

Literacy

We will be learning the sound Vv... as in van and velcro. 

Our new sight word will be here... as in Here is a book... or ... I am over here. 

Please continue to revise sounds and sight words with your child each day. Regular practise supports your child to retain these concepts.

Phonics sounds learnt so far this term: Nn, Bb, Ee, Ll, Pp, Jj, Ww

Sight words learnt so far this term:  is, in, go, the, see, we, like

Numeracy

We are continuing to work with teen numbers.  We are learning about the number 15.

We continue to practise the skills of counting (forwards, backwards, from a different starting point and with real life objects). We are developing students understanding of the numberline by playing missing number and number sequencing puzzles and games.

Science

Next week in Science, we will work together to plan and construct our own ocean. We include sand, water, stones, shells and sea creatures. The students are starting to ask more questions about the ocean and we have been enjoying finding the answers to questions together.

Week Eight

It was been an extremely busy week in Kindergarten! Wattle Day, Sport Events and more Science Experiments!

Literacy

Our letter for this week is the ‘J j’ phonic sound. We are focusing on the short initial sound only as in ‘jellyfish’ and ‘juice’. We are continuing to explore syllables, rhyme and sight words. Please remember to pack the brain cards so that we can review sounds and add new sounds.

We will be returning your child’s favourite book at the end of next week. Thank you for allowing us to keep the book in class and use them for activities. We have also enjoyed sharing the stories during our mat sessions.

Numeracy

This week we are learning about the number 14. We will also be linking ordinal numbers to our experience participating in the Sport Days. For example, Ms Roberts came 1^st in the running race or Mrs Kealley came 3^rd in the running race.

School Fete

If you have older children attending Wattle Grove Primary School, you may have started to hear about the school fete. This is held in week two of term four. Room 1 will be selling playdough on the day. Over the next coming weeks, we will begin to seek donations. Every donation received will help our stall to be a huge success! More information to follow soon.

Finally, we are really proud of all of our Kindergarten children. They worked hard to learn all of our tabloid games and listened carefully when we ventured out onto the oval during running practice. It has been a busy term learning about this big event. We really enjoyed seeing Blue and Red Kindy Groups participate, even if it was not their scheduled school day.

Father's Day and Book Week Parade Photos

Sink or Float Experiment

Week Seven

Firstly, thank you to all of the Dads, Grandads and other special family members for joining us for our Father’s Day Breakfast. The students and teachers loved having you in the classroom and we hope that you all enjoyed the food and company. Wishing all Dad's a wonderful day on Sunday.

Our Book Week parade was also a huge success. The students looked wonderful in their poetry character costumes. Thank you, families, for your support of this fun celebration of Nursery Rhymes.

Our exploration of the ocean has continued. We explored the concept of floating and sinking with some hands-on experiments in the classroom. The students made predictions and tested these with real-life objects.

Tabloid Games and Whole School Sports Carnival

These two events will take place this week. All students have been sent home a note with the details of these events. Please remember to follow procedures for bringing in and picking up your child on these days. Students need to bring a labelled water bottle, school hat, suitable running shoes and their faction t-shirt to each event. Please see your classroom teacher if you have any questions.

Literacy

Phonics and sight words: This week we will be learning the sound Ww... as in watermelon and window. Our sight word of the week is we... as in We like ice-cream. We attend Wattle Grove Primary School.

Please continue to revise sounds and sight words with your child each day. Regular practise supports your child to retain these concepts.

Phonics sounds learnt so far this term: Nn, Bb, Ee, Ll, Pp

Sight words learnt so far this term:  is, in, go, the, see.

Reading: Thank you for supporting our Home Reading program by returning books promptly. This has meant that all students have been able to take home our class reading book each fortnight. This fortnight's book is titled: What is Long?

There are questions on the right side of each page that can be used to support your child’s reading and comprehension skills. Please remember that children are not expected to read the book themselves yet, but encourage them to track the words with their pointer finger as you read aloud and encourage them to join in as they are able. Ask your child to find things in the book - e.g. Where is the title? Can you circle a word? Where is the full stop? They will love showing you what they know.

Please remember to return your child's library book each Monday so that it can be exchanged. Reading aloud to your child is a wonderful way of supporting their vocabulary and understanding of sentence structures.

Numeracy

We are now learning about teen numbers. This week we are learning about the number 13. We continue to practise the skills of counting (forwards, backwards, from a different starting point) and are developing students understanding of the number line by playing missing number and number sequencing games.

Week Six

We have had such a great week learning the tabloid games in preparation for our carnival in week 7. We had an opportunity to do some science experiments and learn about blubber. We really enjoyed hearing their thoughts and ideas about how whales stay warm in the cold water. Next week we will be exploring what floats and what sinks.

Literacy

We are focusing on a review of the initial sounds Kk, Ll, Bb, Ee, Ww, Pp. We are continuing to explore syllables, rhyme and sight words. Please remember to pack the brain cards so that we can review sounds and add new sounds.

We have really enjoyed the news that the children are sharing with our class. If your child has not shared their favourite book with the class, please send one in this week.

Numeracy

We are learning about the number 12. We will also practise to orally ‘count on’ from a given number. We will continue to develop our knowledge of simple AB patterns. For example, blue, red, blue, red or using our body to create patterns such as touching our heads, touching our knees and repeating the pattern.

Father’s Day and Book Week Parade

Book Week Parade and Father’s Day Breakfast is on Thursday 29 August between 8.30 – 9.30am. We look forward to seeing all the Dads in our classroom (other family members can attend if Dad is unable to).

Tabloid Sport and Races

Both events are scheduled for week 7. A note has gone home, however, we will continue to keep you updated about the schedule for both of these days.

Thank you for your continued support.