Kindergarten

Please encourage your child to continue to practice writing their name and writing numbers at home with the correct formation!

Initial Lit

We’ve officially learnt two new letters! We’ve now met Ollie Otter (Oo) and Cody Camel (Cc). I’ve attached each letter and their character below. Please review these at home and discuss both the letter sound and name. Your child might even remember the action we do when saying these sounds!

This week, I’ve also sent home some new decodable words to practise. These word cards also include our two upcoming sounds: Dd and Hh. Please work on segmenting and blending these words – just a couple each night is enough!

We have started learning our tricky words as well! Our tricky words this week are the, my & I. Here are some games you could play at home to help your child remember them!

Word Hunt

Write 3–5 tricky words on a piece of paper.
Have your child hunt for them in books, magazines, food packaging, or signs around the house.
Each time they find one, they read it aloud and tick it off.

Rainbow Writing

Have your child write each tricky word multiple times using different coloured pencils or crayons.
This helps with memory through repetition and visual engagement.

Flashcard Flip

Create simple flashcards with tricky words.
Go through the cards together—your child reads the word as quickly as they can.
You can turn it into a timed game for fun!

Word of the Day

Choose one tricky word each day.
Stick it on the fridge or somewhere visible.
Use it in sentences, read it aloud, and revisit it throughout the day.

Water Writing

Using a small paintbrush and water, have your child “paint” tricky words on a wall, driveway, or fence outside.
Great for kinesthetic learners

Writing

This term, we’ve begun our persuasive writing unit. I’ve been blown away by the fantastic ideas our class has come up with to convince their peers! Here are some of our excellent persuasive texts from our Big Write on Thursday. Some students even attempted to sound out some words independently while writing.

Maths

We have officially finished our unit learning about length. Next week, we will start learning to read numerals and represents whole numbers to at least 20. By the end of the three week, we aim to be able to:

count forwards to 30 (and beyond).
count backwards from a given number 20 or less.
say the number before and after a given number.
identify the number before as 'one less' and the number after as 'one more’ than a given number.
identify and distinguish the ‘teen’ numbers from multiples of ten (with the same initial sounds).

Ways to practice at home

Count the number of buttons as you do up a cardigan or shirt
Encourage your child to count the number of pegs used when hanging out the washing
Count the number of steps from the front door to the letterbox
Count the number of eggs in a carton, and again after some have been used
Count how many times you and your child can throw a ball to each other without dropping it
Read and talk about stories and rhymes that include numbers
Sing songs and nursery rhymes with numbers such as Five Little Ducks and Baa Baa Black Sheep
Have your child count as far as they can, then join you while you continue
Go on a ‘number hunt’ to find where numbers are used – clocks, TV remotes, keyboards, calendars, telephones, and number plates are all great examples!

Library

Mrs Deb McDouall