Kindergarten

This week we are heading to Thalgarrah. Please ensure your child arrives at school before 9:10am, as we leave straight after marking the roll. 

 

Please remember to dress your child in long pants and enclosed shoes and apply sunscreen at the beginning of the day. Students must bring a packed lunch, water bottle, broad-brimmed hat and small, soft toy.

English

We are learning to:

• hear, say and write the sounds: 
  • ‘ng’ makes the sound /ng/, as in ‘sang’ 
  •  ‘ay’ makes the sound /ay/, as in ‘play’
• recognise that two letters put together to make one sound is called a digraph
• read tricky words: what, where, want, come, some, down and out  
• create written texts that include two related ideas
• use prepositions in our writing 
• use an adjective before the noun when writing simple sentences.

Mathematics

We are learning to:

• recognise, describe and copy repeating patterns
• recognise equal and unequal groups
• share into equal groups.

Integrated Learning

We are learning to:

• identify living things
• understand that living things have basic needs.

Personal Development and Health (PDH)

We are learning to:

• identify actions we can take to be sun safe
• identify actions we can take to be safe in and around water
• identify the ways we can be safe when riding bikes.

Visual Arts

We are learning to:

• use warm and cool colours
• use shape to draw and cut out parts of a flower using organic shapes for the petals and leaves
• view and interpret how Eric Carle made the illustrations in the book The Mixed Up Chameleon
• create an artwork using techniques and materials based on Eric Carle's illustrations.

Upcoming events

• K-2 Athletics Carnival - Friday 8 November
• K-2 Assembly - Tuesday 12 November 12:30 pm

Around our classrooms 

Heidi Gray, Kate Frizell, Sonya Rogers, Fiona Clayton and Eliza Tanner

Early Stage 1 Teachers