Week 6

We are half way through Term 2 and Monday 3 June is a Public holiday! Enjoy the long weekend together.

We are learning about Living and Non-living things in Science and it would be greatly appreciated if every child could bring in something unique and individual to WA. This is to celebrate and learn about our state. We will later sort and make a “Living and Non-Living” poster of Western Australia to display in the classroom.

So far, Show & Tell has been enjoyed by all, with the children bringing in great items and learning from each other. Fantastic Speaking and Listening skills are developing. We would like to see the children develop the confidence to speak independently without assistance and prompting. Sharing news is a fun way to build oral language, gain confidence and assist with initial phonic sounds with links to words and vocabulary. Please continue to practise news and help your child to plan sentences about their object. The information for sharing is not limited to the guide attached to the news bag.

This week the students have been exposed to rhyming. When two words sound the same at the end e.g.cat and hat end with at, they rhyme. When students can hear the rhyming sounds in words, they demonstrate phonemic awareness, which is essential for early reading. To teach this skill books, pictures and games can be used to demonstrate and reinforce rhyming techniques. Children also learn rhyming by listening to stories, poems and songs that are easy and fun to remember.

It is important to revise concepts covered over the semester and next week we will be reviewing all that we have learnt. This will assist in transferring knowledge to long term memory.

The following are some skills you could revise at home:

Literacy

Initial phonic sounds Ss-Aa-Tt-Mm-Ii-Ff-Rr-Uu-Dd-Oo. Syllables i.e. counting parts in a word. Sequencing and retelling stories using a beginning, middle and end.

Mathematics

Numbers 1 to 8. Say a number between 1-8, then ask your child to count on from this number. Order numbers, count objects to match a numeral and identify dots on a dice.

Enjoy your mini break and see you Thursday next week. 

Squeezing Orange Juice

Rainbow Week Photos

Week Five

We had such a great week exploring the letter Rr. It was a week of robots, rockets, rainbows and more. We had an opportunity to do some science experiments and show off our rainbow colours in a parade.

Literacy

Our letter for next week is the ‘O o’ phonic sound. We are focusing on the short initial sound only, as in octopus and on. 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.

As part of our shared reading program we will be reading Olga The Brolga. This fits in with our Australian theme this term.

We are really enjoying the Australian news that the children are sharing with our class. The roster has gone home in your child’s document wallet. A news bag will go home prior to their news day.

Numeracy

Next week we are learning about the number 8. The children will continue focusing on the collection of dots on a dice, without counting. They will also practise to orally count in order starting at one. 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.

Oranges

If you can help support our literacy program by bringing in an orange, that would be much appreciated. We plan on squeezing some oranges to make orange juice. We will be following simple instructions, strengthening/improving our fine motor skills and getting an opportunity to try some freshly squeezed juice.

Thank you for your continued support.

Rainbow Dress Up Day

Just a reminder that our dress up day is this Thursday 23 May. Children are invited to wear rainbow colours. Look forward to seeing you then.

Cooking

We hope to do some more cooking this term! 

Easter Bunny Fun From Last Term