Foundation: Connect
Week 4 and 5 - Halfway through Term 1 already!
The colourful playground is now for Foundation - Year 2 students only
Hats are required to be worn every playtime
If you would like to be your child's class Parent Representative:
Please let your teacher know!
Please remember to pack cutlery if required for a lunch order
Your child's login details for Mathletics, Wushka and Literacy Planet will be inside the front cover of their diary
Morning Routine
Your children are doing a fabulous job each morning, getting more and more confident with each day!
The Foundation teachers aim to foster your child's independence and we encourage a quick drop off at the door for them to begin their morning routine. It's OK if they forget a step along the way - we are here to help!
Take Home Books (Hooray!)
- We will commence 'Take Home Books' at the beginning of Week 4
- On Mondays students will pick 4 BOOKS:
- 2 Interest Books and 2 Decodable Books
- Interest Books are books that can be read to your child - these are chosen to foster a love of reading
- Decodable Books may have just pictures (for your child to 'read the pictures' to you), they may have sounds, words or sentences.
- 2 Interest Books and 2 Decodable Books
- If your child brings the same book home, it is OK - we are focusing on maintaining this as a new habit.
- The 4 books are to be kept for the week and changed on the following MONDAY.
Literacy
- During Week 4: Students will begin to focus on learning the sounds (s,a,t)
- Week 5: students will be learning the sounds (p,i,n)
- The focus will be on responding to literature: Telling an oral story from pictures.
- Paying close attention to sentence structure
- Ordering events
- Expressing ideas
- Explaining understanding of the picture verbally
Numeracy
- Number writing and formation
- 'One more, one less'
- 100 Days of School focus
- Number fluency games and sharing
Level 5 Buddies
We are thrilled to have assigned at least one Level 5 buddy to each Foundation student! As the term goes on, activities will occur at least once a week with additional shared lunch eating times and exciting activities planned. Watch this space!
