Foundation

Teachers: Nikki Lewis, Courtney Williams, Bec Mealings and Lauren Pring

Important Dates

Week 5 - 3 Day Week

Monday 4th November - Student Free Day

Tuesday 5th November - Melbourne Cup Day (Public Holiday - no school)

Wednesday 6th November - Footsteps Incursion #3

Week 6

Monday 11th November - Whole School Assembly

Wednesday 13th November - Footsteps Incursion #4

Week 7

Monday 18th November - Foundation to Year 2 Assembly

Tuesday 19th November - Myuna Farm Excursion

Wednesday 20th November - Footsteps Incursion #5

Week 8

Tuesday 26th November - Melbourne Zoo Excursion

Week 10

Thursday 12th December - Christmas on the Lawn

Week 11

Friday 20th December - Whole School Assembly

Friday 20th December - Final Day of the 2024 School year (12:30pm finish time)

Myuna Farm and Melbourne Zoo Excursions

Permissions and payment are now open on Compass. Payment for Myuna Farm is due Tuesday 12th November and Zoo payment is due Tuesday 19th November.

What to know about the excursion days

On both excursions, the bus will be leaving by 8.55am so we are asking that students arrive at school at around 8:30am. We will make an announcement when it is time to come inside, so we can get ready to walk to the bus together.

The excursion will be going ahead no matter the weather. If rain is forecast, please pack a raincoat (no umbrellas please!) and sunscreen if the weather is warm. Students must be in full school uniform including a school hat.

Students need a small backpack that they will carry around all day. It needs their snack/lunch and water bottle. Please do not pack any heavy thermoses or mega big bottles as the students must carry them around for the day. Students do not need their reading folders on the excursion days or their normal school bags. No students will be allowed to buy a souvenir or food – so do not pack any money for them.

Congratulations Gunnar!

Gunnar from 0BM competed in a national BMX competition over the weekend and performed amazingly well. We all send him a big congratulations!

Funny Halloween Writing

Miss Mealings had an extra session to fill this week and squeezed in a very silly writing lesson that encouraged students to write about what their teacher should dress up as for Halloween. Have a look at the amazing, creative ideas her students came up with! If you would like to do this at home with your child, please send your teacher a photo so they can see their ideas!

What’s on in the Classroom?

Maths

Addition and subtraction - looking at different ways to solve problems involving addition and subtraction such as using manipulatives, fingers, counting on and partitioning numbers.

Time - learning about telling time on a clock to the hour and half hour.

Reading

Continuing to learn about new sounds and spelling rules. Reading decodable texts, retelling the story and answering questions about the events.

Writing

Picture prompt writing response, where students work towards individual writing goals. We will also be preparing to write something special for our buddies in Year 6, but it's top secret until after graduation!