Foundation (Prep)

Hello! I hope everyone enjoyed the long weekend.

This week in reading, we discussed talking marks and speech bubbles. We read a book called Grumpy Bear and looked closely at when the character starting speaking and when he stopped. The students then reflected on their favourite phrase from the book and made their own posters of Grumpy Bear talking.

Please see the updated list with this week's sounds:

'Ants on apples, a, a, a'

'Cats drive cars, c, c, c'

'Ducks dive down, d, d, d'

'On the orange, o, o, o'

'Girls giggle, g, g, g'

'Seals swim, seals slide, s, s, s'

'Quick, quiet, queen, kw, kw, kw'

'Five fat fish, f, f, f'

'In the igloo, i, i, i'

'Lizards like lollipops, l, l, l'

'Trotting tigers, t, t, t'

'Bounce balloons, b,b,b'

'Rusty robots, r, r, r'

'Nanny has a net, n, n, n'

'Mummy on the moon, m, m, m'

'Happy house, h, h, h'

'Pretty pink, pigs, p, p, p'

'Crazy kites, k, k, k'

'Empty eggs, e, e, e'

'Umbrellas up, u, u, u'

'Water on the web, w, w, w'

'Vase in the van, v, v, v'

'Yellow yo-yo, y, y, y'

In Maths, students were introduced to estimation, by having a go at making a clever guess. We talked about what a clever guess might involve. Students then practised recording their guess and then checked how close they were. The actual number was recorded in a circle.

Inquiry

As you know, this term we are focusing on Community. The children are talking about people who help us in our community. The highlight of our week was visiting the Warrandyte CFA and having Blake lead us on a tour through the station. A huge thank you to the firefighters who worked with the Prep and Grade 1 students and to the parents who walked with us on the day.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Mrs Callaway

Important Dates:

Warrandyte Festival (March 19) - Please refer to the School Council President's report.
Week 9 - Teacher planning week (All specialist classes will be on one day. The Prep-2 team will be planning on Tuesday, March 28)
Week 10 - We finish Term 1 at 2:30pm on Thursday, April 6.