Foundation

Communicating with the Foundation Team

We look forward to partnering with you in 2025, and welcome your input: 

Holly Peters (Class FA)  Holly.Peters@education.vic.gov.au

Lisa Dam (Class FB)  Lisa.Dam@education.vic.gov.au

TERM TWO ENGLISH

INITIALIT

Over the past couple of weeks, the Foundation students have been busy learning new letter sounds and their matching characters. So far they have learnt five letter sets; 

msta, pifr, ocdh, engl and kubj. 

InitiaLit is taught in a three lesson cycle: 

1: Introducing the new sound - meeting the new letter character and sound

2: Getting ready for reading and spelling using the new letter sound

3: Text reading and writing and introduction of new tricky words. 

Through our InitiaLit lessons we have been focusing on blending three and four letter sounds to read words. Students use a variety of actions such as words stretching and counting the sounds using their fingers which helps them isolate the letter sounds in words. 

We are continuing to learn new tricky words and regularly revise the tricky words already learned. Tricky Words should be practiced until they are automatically recognised as they cannot necessarily be sounded out like other words. Each new tricky word learnt is added to our tricky word garden for the students to refer to and use when they complete writing tasks. The tricky words are also located at the back of the Reading Diaries to help your child practise at home. 

We have also been learning the purpose of capital letters, when they are used and that they sometimes look different to lower case letters but still make the same phonetic sound. This supports the children subsequently using them when writing sentences and names of people and things.

WRITING

In writing this term, we are continuing to practice our handwriting skills using our dotted thirds books. We are focussing on the correct formation and starting points of the letters as well as writing posture and pencil grip. Over the next few weeks the students will learn all about recount writing and will start to write about their weekends. 

FOUNDATION SPECIALIST TIMETABLE

Term Two Specialist timetable 

 When students are participating in Health and Physical Education (HPE) and Perceptual Motor Program (PMP) it would be best if they were wearing sneakers or shoes that they can move around in. Please note that this timetable can change! We will keep you updated if this occurs.

We are looking forward to an exciting term of learning! If you have any questions please contact us via email or in person.