Week 5

Week 5 

We have already hit the middle of Term 3, and we would like to congratulate the children and families for a wonderful five weeks at school. The children have continued to amaze us with their progress. Please continue to support your child through home practice. A few minutes each day can really make a big difference in supporting your child to retain the concepts taught at school.

 

Kindy Literacy -

This week the children have been learning the phonic sound Ff as in Fish starts with Ff, Ff, Ff – Football starts with Ff, Ff, Ff – Fire starts with Ff, Ff, Ff.   

Don’t mention this to dad, but we will also be busy working on some Ff-Ff-Ff Father’s Day surprises……ssssh!! 

Through the year, Kindy students have a list of 20 high frequency words, which are found in written texts and readers. Children are encouraged to recognise these words without having to ‘figure them out’. They are sometimes referred to as sight words or look and say words. This week’s sight word was ‘The’ e.g. Mum is at the school. The sun is hot. The children have enjoyed learning and reviewing these words while reading them in sentences. They have also been observing how to track words in a sentence, from left to right, when reading. The children have also been using clues from pictures to predict what some words might be. 

 

Kindy Numeracy -

 

The children were focusing on the numbers in the teens and this week the number was 15. We will be practising how to accurately count objects and identify that the last number counted answers the question “How many?”. We are also learning to place numbers in the right order, to make a number line.  

Pre-primary Literacy -

The students are learning to write a narrative following the proper structure, including a beginning (with characters and a setting), middle (with a problem and solution) and an ending. We are also revising beginning blends and learning the end blends. We are continuing to learn the Pre-primary sight words. By the end of Term 3, students are expected to read the Golden, Red, Blue, Green and Orange words.

Pre-primary Numeracy -

The students are learning the number bonds for numbers 1-10. We are also skip counting by 2s, 5s and 10s. We are continuing to do simple addition and subtraction. We are also learning our odd and even numbers. In Measurement, we are focusing on measuring weight.

Show and Tell

Our news telling has been going very well and we have learnt some very interesting facts about various sea creatures.