Foundation Level Newsletter

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From The Team

It’s been a busy and exciting time in Foundation. Students enjoyed catching up with Bruce the Blue-Tongued Lizard in the Year 3/4 space, and seeing how much the baby chicks have grown since our last visit. We loved welcoming families for our Open Morning where parents joined us for hands-on maths games; the competition between parents and their children during our subitising game was very entertaining!

We also celebrated dads and special carers with a delicious Father’s Day Breakfast Club in the hall, and students had the opportunity to buy presents at the Father’s Day Stall. The Foundation and Year 1/2 students got creative making their very own seed houses, combining science and sustainability with hands-on learning.

Structured Literacy – Our New Approach

This term we implemented our new Literacy program, designed to align with the Victorian Teaching and Learning Model (VTLM) 2.0. Our new approach encompasses six main elements to ensure our Foundation students are confident “reading rockstars”.

The 'Big 6’ of Reading

These six key components are:

Oral Language
Phonological Awareness
Phonics
Vocabulary
Fluency
Comprehension

- Merran

What We Are Learning

Reminders

Excursion Permission Reminder: Please complete the Compass permission for our upcoming Myuna Farm excursion on Monday 15th September. Permission is due by 10th September.
Communication folders: Please remember to bring these to and from school each day.
High Frequency Words & Yellow Reading Log: Continue to help your child to practise their high frequency words and read each night.

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Catching Up With Bruce the Lizard

Seed Houses

After reading and discussing one of the shortlisted Book Week books, Grow Big Little Seed, students enjoyed a craft activity where they created their own garden bed with seeds to bring the story to life. It has been very exciting watching them sprout!