Week 2

Week 2

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. Dancing lessons are underway, and we are enjoying learning the steps to some fun routines. We look forward to showing off our moves at the end of year Dance Party in Week 10.

Literacy-Kindy

This week we learnt the sounds Vv and Xx as in volcano and X-ray. 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.

Literacy- Pre-primary

This week we learnt the end blend sound 'sk' as in mask. We have been applying our letter blend sounds and sight word knowledge to read sentences and texts. We are learning to write a persuasive text. For example "I believe summer is better then winter because..." and to give three reasons for that belief. 

Numeracy-Kindy

We continue to work with teen numbers. This week we learnt 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.

Numeracy- Pre-primary

This week we focused on place value. Building with unifix cubes to make a tower of 10 and blocks of one...14 would be 1 tower of ten and 4 ones. 

HASS (History and Social Sciences)-Kindy

This term we are learning about family celebrations. In week 3, we will be asking children 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.

Geography- Pre-primary

This term we are learning about the globe. Children will identify the Earth is round and that it has continents that are separated by oceans.

Thank you for your support with our learning program.

Week 1

                                                                 Welcome to Term 4!

 We hope that you have all had a wonderful school holiday and we welcome you to the start of another busy term! We are delighted with all that the children have achieved so far and look forward to watching them progress even further this term! Week 1 is done and was jam packed! The children enjoyed their first dance lessons and had a blast at the carnival. Results are in and Red Faction were the winners on 2489, Purple was 2^nd on 2332, Blue was 3^rd on 2245, and Orange came 4^th on 2062.

Kindy 

In Literacy, we will be reviewing all of the sounds covered last term (G, O, L, F, U, B, W) and the new sound for Week 1 was J for jelly. The new sight word for this week was go…I like to go to school. We are learning to blend 3 letter words C-A-T, cat. We will continue to practise identifying rhyming words and counting syllables in words using our bodies (head=1, shoulders=2, stomach=3, knees=4).

PP

We have been reviewing our end blend sounds. We are learning the violet words and putting them into sentences. 

Kindy 

In Numeracy, we focused on the number 16. Children practised counting to 16, writing the number 16, and using one-to-one correspondence to count up to 16 items. We will also be revising numbers 1-15, position language and simple patterns.

PP

We have been reviewing friends of 10 and are learning place value. 14 is made up of 1 lot of 10 and 4 ones.

Kindy 

In Science, we started learning about living and non-living. Living things need air, they move, grow and reproduce. In Health, we are learning about Protective Behaviours. We will be teaching children to develop personal safety skills, such as saying “no” and having the right to feel safe at all times.

PP 

In Science, we started learning about weather. In Health, we are learning about Protective Behaviours. We will be teaching children to develop personal safety skills, such as saying “no” and having the right to feel safe at all times.

A few key reminders for Term 4:

  

·        Dance Parties and Book Awards in Week 10.

 

·        Please keep checking the blog regularly, as we will continue to use the blog as a platform to post photos, reminders, and updates on what children are learning at school each week.

 

·        Please continue to work with your child at home to practise concepts taught at school, and most importantly have fun while you do this! – Studyladder is a great way to help your child revise concepts at home and new activities will be added to Studyladder each week.

 

As always, please contact me if you have any questions or concerns. We look forward to another amazing, final term ahead!