Foundation Unit

We cannot believe there are only a few days of the school year left and that this will be our final newsletter for Foundation 2024!

This fortnight, the Foundation students have been enjoying reading and comparing different books by author, Margaret Wild. We have read books such as, ‘The Sloth who Came to Stay,’ ‘Nighty Night!’ and ‘Chatterbox’ and students have been identifying and discussing the different writer’s craft techniques they have noticed such as, onomatopoeia, alliteration, repetition and precise verbs. Students have been writing a book recommendation about their favourite book using examples of writer’s craft to justify their opinion. 

In Maths, we have been improving our number fluency by playing lots of maths games. A favourite amongst the students is a game called, ‘Get out of my house!’ Students have also been carefully observing the calendar each day as we countdown to the end of term and Christmas! 

This Tuesday was Transition Day and the current Foundation students impressed us with their bravery and courage as they met their 2025 classes and teachers, and learnt where their new classrooms will be. The students returned to us after recess full of enthusiasm for Year 1. Everyone spent the day after Transition Day writing letters to their new teachers and took great pride in decorating them with all their favourite things. 

Thank you to everyone who sent their child in with an extra bag for all the artwork that is being sent home. We will assist the Foundation students in clearing out their tubs towards the end of next week, and workbooks that they have used over the year will be sent home. 

The Foundation teachers would also like to thank all parents and carers for your ongoing support during your child’s first year of schooling. We are really proud of the home/school partnerships we have built with you over the course of the year in order to best support your children at school so that they can all flourish. We cannot express enough just how incredibly proud we are of all the students and how much they have grown, both socially and academically this year! It has been wonderful getting to know all of your children and we wish them all the very best for 2025 and beyond! 

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and a safe and happy summer holiday.

Foundation Teachers

Libby Cannon (PLC), Courtney Lawrence (PCL)/Alison Meggs, Bree Smith (PBS)