Foundation: Connect
A reminder for Term 4 that all students must have their hats every day.
Please feel free to add some sunscreen into yours child's school bags.
Students are loving the fruit at breakfast club that they often have at 'fruit' snack time. We are encouraging students to eat their own fruit first.
Please return all take-home readers every Monday with the reading folder. If you could have a look for any old books, and send them back that would be great.
Term 4
Literacy
Students have been developing their understanding 'ar' as in car. It belongs in the middle or at the end of a word. We have also been reviewing nk, ng and ‘-ed’ and how it can make three different sounds at the end of a word.
Our Reading and Writing focus for the first part of the term, as I'm sure you have heard is Information Texts. So far, we have learnt about the features of information texts and have taken a deep dive into learning about sharks, pandas and crabs. You will have to wait to hear what animals are next over the coming weeks! Please make sure you pop into the JLC to see the shark if you haven't already.
Numeracy
In Numeracy we have learnt about Mass. We have been learning to compare the weight of different objects and to articulate which ones are heavier, lighter or equal to one another. Students have started this by making predictions and estimating their thinking first before 'hefting' objects to test and check their predictions. We have also started to use weighted scales to test our thinking.
Students are also loving our structured fluency component of our math's lessons this term. If you are looking for an idea to use at home, have your child roll a dice with their non preferred hand and say & record/write the number they rolled before repeating this step. This is to help with the fluency of number recognition. This can be easily altered by changing the instruction, for example; record the number that is 'one more' than what you roll.
Important Dates
Week 3 & 4: Foundation students will not have their usual Specialist classes (ART & PE) on Tuesday mornings.
Week 6: Cooking times with Mr Marco 0A Thursday Sessions 1&2 and 0B Thursday Session 3&4.
Library: Continues to be every Thursday for Term 4.
Have a wonderful week!
Kind regards,
Alex Whittle (0A) and Kate Clark (0B)
Foundation Team