Fabulous Foundation

Term 1 Week 6- 8th March 2024

And just like that, we are more than half way through the term! The students have blown our minds with their patience, generosity and courage as we continue through the year. They have all picked up the routine so calmly and beautifully.

What we are learning!

Maths:

In maths, we have been learning the days of the week. We have been discussing and exploring what we do on each day of the week, and each time of the day. We have learnt that we may do different things in the morning, midday, afternoon and evening. At home, you can continue to practise the days of the week. You can even try questioning your child on the day of the week today, yesterday and tomorrow!

Little Learners love literacy:

Our Little Learners Love Literacy program is going extremely well. We have had so much fun meeting a different character each week, this week's character is Peter the Penguin! We have covered the sounds m s f a and p. Ask your child what the letter is and what sound/s that letter makes. This is a great way to begin conversations about their day at school!

Writing:

We are beginning to discuss sentences and the importance of specific words when saying or writing a sentence. We have learnt that using silly words in the middle of a sentence, will cause it to not make sense. And if we don't say sentences that make sense, it will be trickier to write and read sentences. We are also learning the difference between a word, letter and sentence.

Reading:

In reading we have a weekly mentor text. We read this text each day exploring different parts of the text. This week, we have started to learn about narratives. Our mentor text this week has been ‘Little Red Riding Hood’. We are learning that every narrative has characters, a setting, a problem and a solution. When reading a story with your child, you can discuss the characters, setting , problem and solution. This is a great way to strengthen their comprehension skills.

Leader In me:

This week's focus habit is Habit 4: Think Win-win. We encourage the students to think about themselves and others when playing or communicating with one another. If we both feel happy, safe and welcomed at school, then that is a win-win situation!

Inquiry:

This week we started sharing our family photos with the class. It was so great to see each child’s face light up when they got to share the people in their family. We also decorated paper cut outs of ourselves to hang up in our classroom. This represents that we all belong in our school community, and within our families!

Specialist timetable:

Monday: Music and Art

Wednesday: AUSLAN

Thursday: Culture, PE and Assembly

Important reminders:

Please ensure that every item of clothing, including lunch boxes are clearly labelled.
Please be aware that Monday the 11th March is a public holiday, and Tuesday the 12th is a student free day.
We are now beginning full weeks at school. We can't wait to see you all at school on Wednesdays!
The T-shirt you all received at information night “I'm a leader in Prep at LePage are welcome to be worn by the Preps as part of their daily uniform.
Please remember to ensure your child’s blue satchel is in their bag each day as we begin to put important forms and reminders in them.
Term 1 is a hat term please ensure your child has a school hat to wear for recess and lunchtime outside play
Please ensure that your child has a substantial lunch such as a sandwich/roll/wrap or thermos for example for lunch along with a snack (cracker/yoghurt) and fruit or vegetables.
Daily we have a fruit break, we kindly ask that you please pack your child a piece of fruit or a vegetable to snack on during this time.
Please have your child’s drink bottle filled with water only.
Please make sure your child has a spare change of clothes in the bags, just in case.

We asked Prep B: Now that you are in Prep what are some things you would like to learn?

Here are their answers…

Aaliyah: I want to learn how to draw a giraffe

Ovi: I want to learn how to swim

Lucy: I want to learn how to read

Eleanor: I want to learn how to do a handstand

Sebastian: I would like to learn how to climb to the top of every wall at Clip & Climb

Larry: I want to learn how to go down tall slides

Chester: I want to learn how to drive a fire truck

Maddox: I want to learn how to do a backflip on the trampoline

Oliver B: I want to learn how to do the monkey bars

Oliver K: I want to get better at doing the big monkey bars

Aydin: I want to get better at walking across the wobbly bridges at the playcentre

Samuel: I want to learn how to ride my bike

Georgia: To get better at drawing

Khali: To learn about soccer

Josh: To learn to read and write

Xavier: To learn to get better at building.

Ollie: To learn how to read.

Piper: To learn lots of drawing.

Ouinn F: To learn how to do draw.