Fabulous Foundation

Term 4 Week 2 - 18th October 2024

Welcome to Term 4! Can you believe the year has flown by as fast as it has? Soon we will be getting ready for Grade 1. This term is 11 weeks long however it does go fast with lots of learning and fun still to come!

Both classes have settled in well and are already working hard. We have lots of assessments to do in the coming weeks and then we will begin visiting the Grade 1 rooms to make ourselves familiar with the new 2025 space.

What we are learning!

Maths:

This term we are recapping and consolidating much of the maths we have taught throughout the year. Assessments will take place around week 6-7. It has been lovely to see the confidence of each student increase throughout the year.

Little Learners love literacy:

We continue to stream our Little Learners Love Literacy program between the Prep-2 cohort. The students love being challenged and motivated in their new groups this term, and they are all absolutely thriving.The LLLL program focuses on letter sounds and how we can use them in our word formation. We have also been practising how to sound out and blend words that we read. We have been using our sound arms to help us when we find a word that we have never read before.

Literacy:

Our new term 4 text type is Narrative text and we are exploring this through fairy tales. We have already covered Goldilocks and the three Bears and the Three Little Pigs. We will begin a new one next week. Through narrative we have learnt that there are always characters, a setting, a problem and then a solution. Fairytales are a great way to break down these four parts to teach them explicitly.

Leader In me:

We are continually embedding the 7 habits language into our daily teaching through the weeks. This week’s focus is Habit 5: Seek first to understand, then to be understood.

Inquiry:

This term our inquiry unit is all things weather! We explore how weather is measured, weather patterns and how it is reported through the media. We look at weather in other countries and discuss appropriate clothing.

Important reminders:

- Hats are required for outside play in Term 4.

Please ensure that every item of clothing, including lunch boxes are clearly labelled.
Please remember to ensure your child’s blue satchel is in their bag each day as we begin to put important forms and reminders in them.
Please ensure that your child has a substantial lunch such as a sandwich/roll/wrap or thermos for example for lunch along with a snack (cracker/yoghurt) and fruit or vegetables.
Please make sure your child has a spare change of clothes in the bags, just in case.

Prep A Acting out

The Three Little Pigs!