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Home Inquiry
Rest and Play
It has been an exciting yet big start to the year. Your children have been working extremely hard all day at school building friendships, learning about our school community and everyday routine.
With quite busy school days, we encourage you to let your child rest and play when they get home.
Some children may want to talk straight after school or some may need some alone time to process the day. Please be mindful of this. We encourage you to talk about the positives in the day and we have some talk points below.
- What went well today?
- What games did you play at recess?
- What was something that made you laugh?
- What game did you learn in Sport?
- Tell me something that you did well?
Jolly sounds
Check out our Youtube channel. Every week a new set of sounds will be put up to share with your children at home or even show you how we teach them the sound and action. In their purple pouch is the sound and action sheet to practice. You can get them to write it any way you like for example with a water sprayer, playdough, shaving cream, write it in flour. Just as long as they are starting from the correct position and forming the sound correctly. Handwriting hero app is great to use to ensure formation is correct.
Fine motor
Having finger and hand strength is really important and so any further practice at home would be amazing. This can include playdough, lego, pegging clothes on the washing line, sewing or threading just to name a few. We do a lot of cutting in class and further practice of this will help build up the confidence at school too. This includes cutting straight or curvy lines while also moving the page around so they don’t cut their fingers.
Week 5 learning program:
Readers Workshop – Readers read the world around them
Word Study – sounds: c, k, e, h
Tricky words: of, for, see
Bookmaking – Author Study: Aaron Blabey
Inquiry into Maths
Number 1-10, Shapes
How We Express Ourselves Central idea: Through play and the arts, we express our feelings, ideas and new understandings.
Line of inquiry 1: Play using the arts
Line of inquiry 2: Communicating through play
Line of inquiry 3: Play provides opportunity to discover, create, investigate and explore
Key concepts: perspective and form
Learner profile: Communicators, thinkers and risk takers
Christian Studies: Christian Beliefs
Key Idea: The person and work of Jesus the Christ is central to Christianity
Children identify stories about Jesus and discuss what Jesus said and did
Toddle: Information has been sent out by Admin for families to join Toddle. We post important information reminders, student learning, photos/videos and assessments on this platform.
Wednesday Rest Day: Just a reminder that each Wednesday until week 7 we will be having this day as a no-new learning day. We have seen the benefits with the children who have been able to have the Wednesday off.
Take home folders/purple pouch: Please make take home folders come to school every day. Their purple pouch was sent home for the first time on last Friday. Please keep the purple pouch inside the take home folder as each week a new set of sounds will be placed in this for you to practice with your child at home.
Library: Library day is Thursdays, your child will need to return their books each Thursday in order to borrow new ones.
Mrs Hughes on leave: Mrs Hughes will be taking long service leave from Wednesday 21st Feb (Week 4) until Tuesday 5th March (Week 6). Please email Mrs Wachtel with any important messages during this time.
Change of clothes: Please make sure your child has a change of shorts/pants and underwear in their school bag incase of any accidents. Thank you!
Family photo: We would love a family photo to put on our family wall in the classroom for children to look at when they miss their family during the day. Please either send a hard copy photo in or email one to us and we can print it off.
Chapel/assembly: On Monday (Week 5), Foundations will attend assembly for the first time. On Friday (Week 5) our Foundations will attend chapel for the first time, during our first Chapel, Foundation students will be presented with their own Bible. If you would like to come along, Chapel begins at 8:50am in the Worship Centre.
Keep smiling,
Emma and Amy
Emma Wachtel: wachtel.emma@goldengrove.sa.edu.au
Amy Hughes: hughes.amy@goldengrove.sa.edu.au