Week Five

We have had a busy year learning the sounds of all letters (uppercase and lowercase). We have learnt 20 golden words and are learning CVC (consonant-vowel-consonant) words. The children have been listening carefully and identifying the initial, middle and end sound. We have also been busy counting, subitising and using new mathematical language. We are so proud of what they are achieving in literacy and numeracy!

Literacy

We will be reviewing our sounds, golden words and CVC words.

Speaking and listening continue to be a focus. We are enjoying listening to the celebrations that you have in your homes.

Numeracy

We are reviewing numbers 1 to 19. We will continue to identify missing numbers and count on from different starting points.

During week 5, we will be making patterns with fruit. When we have created our pattern we will be having a picnic under the trees (weather permitting). We would appreciate it if you could please share one piece of fruit with our class (the brighter the better!). These we will be washed and cut in the morning ready for our numeracy activities.

Dancing

Dancing resumes Monday afternoon and will continue until the end of the term.

Blue Group Assembly

Our assembly item will be held on Thursday morning during week 7. We have begun rehearsals with Room 4. Each child will have a speaking part. A note will go home outlining what your child will be saying, to practise at home. As it is a Christmas Theme, we ask that on the day your child wears Christmas colours and a Santa Hat (if you have one).

Week Four

Thank you to parents for supporting your child with their Celebrations retell task at school last week. The students did a great job drawing a picture of their family celebration, and writing about what was happening in the picture.  It is so wonderful to see students listening carefully to words and writing down the sounds they hear. It was lovely to see such a variety of family events, including fireworks shows, Easter, Diwali, birthday’s, Christmas and Chinese New Year. If any parents would like to come in and talk any special family traditions with the class this term, you would be most welcome.

Literacy

We have reached the end of the alphabet! This week we are learning about the letter Q. Q as in quilt, queen and quick. We will be learning that Q and U stick together like glue, meaning the letter q is always followed by a letter u, and together they make the qu sound.

Your continued support with revising letter sounds and sight words at home will support your child to learn and apply this knowledge as we apply this knowledge to reading and writing.

Numeracy

Our number of the week is number 19.

On Wednesdays students have been learning about the concept of heavy and light. This includes hefting with our bodies to feel the difference in weight of objects. An important skill is for students to use language to describe their observations, e.g. the rockmelon is heavier than the banana.

Health

This term our focus is on Protective Behaviours. So far this term we have explored the concept of public (e.g. restaurant, shops) and private places (e.g. our bedroom, toilet at school) and are beginning to talk about how our body feels when we feel scared or unsafe. 

Have a wonderful week.

Fun with Science

We used our wiggly fingers to help the magic happen!

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