Foundation Learning Community

We are halfway through the Term already and now our gorgoeus Foundation children are preparing for full time school life!  

Specialists 

Sport times for Foundation will be each Wednesday and Friday. They can wear their sports uniform on these days.  

Italian – The students will now have Italian lessons (L.O.T.E) on a Wednesday and will also borrow books from the library. They will use their blue folders for this. The school has a wonderful range of picture stories for them to enjoy at home. 

Home Reading and check in days 

• Thank you for taking the time to read to your child at home and jotting this down in your child’s reading diary. We have started our ‘Check Ins’ with the students on their day.  (On the front of the clear folder you will see a sticker indicating your child’s check in day.) We are having a quick look at their diaries and practicing some letter formation.  

This week the students received a keyring in their reading folder. The keyring has a picture of Maggie Mouse. We are starting to look at letters and the sounds they make. Each time a new character is introduced we will add this to the children’s keyring. Please keep the keyring in their reading folder (clear).  

To support your child we have some suggestions of activities you might find helpful: 

• Talk about the letter and the sound it makes.  
• Discuss what your mouth does when making that sound (this supports articulation) 
• Words they know that begins with that sound 
• Complete the handwriting page in their diary of the letter of the week 
• Practice writing the letter 
• Sing nursery rhymes 
• Come up with rhyming word pairs 
• Segmenting sounds in small words (cat – c-a-t) 

Mathematics   

In Mathematics, we are completing our topic on ‘Time’. We have been saying the days of the week and discussing which days are weekends and weekdays. We will now move on to some Place Value and counting which will include number recognition of numbers to 10.  

Dates to add to your calendar 

Fete 15th March– The children are working hard on learning their song and dance moves for their fete performance. Their performance will be at 11:00 – we hope you will be able to make it. We are super excited!! 

Teddy Bears Picnic – 27th of March – On this day the students bring their favourite teddy to school which we take on a picnic to Mivo Park. Information was sent home regarding this on PAM.  

Thank you for a wonderful first few weeks of school and for supporting your child on their school journey.