Ben Venews

Kindergarten

A message from Early Stage 1

Welcome to Term 3. We hope everyone had a relaxing and enjoyable break. Kindergarten students were very excited to count down to 100 days today and enjoyed celebrating with their parents. Photos will be included in the next newsletter. 

 

We are still searching for parent helpers to listen to students read in Kindergarten. We can fit in with parent schedules and availability. Once a week, half an hour, would be ideal. Please email your child’s teacher if you would be willing to assist.

English

We are learning to:

  • hear and say the sounds /j/,  /w/, /k/ and /sh/
  • orally segment and blend words containing four sounds  
  • identify that two letters making one sound is called a digraph. For example, ‘ck’ makes the sound /k/ and ‘sh’ makes the sound /sh/ 
  • read tricky words: them, there, have, here, of, with
  • identify proper nouns in a range of contexts 
  • use a capital letter at the beginning of a proper noun.

Mathematics

We are learning to:

  • identify when we use addition and subtraction in our everyday lives
  • combine two or more groups of objects to show addition
  • take away a smaller number from the larger number to model subtraction
  • identify that length is the measure from end to end, from one point to another
  • identify half a length.

Integrated Learning

We are learning to:

  • understand the concept that places are spaces that we use
  • recognise that there are many different types of spaces which are used for different reasons
  • identify the place we live and describe its features
  • understand that not all places where people live are the same.

Personal Development and Health (PDH)

We are learning to:

  • recognise that being respectful to others can support safety and wellbeing
  • identify and describe different families
  • share ideas about people who care for us, for example, parents/carers.

Visual Arts

We are learning to:

  • identify and describe subject matter and ideas in artworks
  • explore and use materials, such as water soluble pastels and chalk pastels
  • use line, shape and colour to create artworks.

Reminders

Home reading is an important part of your child’s learning. Please allow 10 minutes to listen to or read to your child each day. This time could also be used practising their ‘tricky words’.

 

Home readers are returned each Friday and new ones are given to students the following Monday.

 

Heidi Gray, Kate Frizell, Sonya Rogers, Fiona Clayton and Eliza Tanner

Early Stage 1 Teachers