Classroom News Foundation
Term 2, Week 2
Classroom News Foundation
Term 2, Week 2
Welcome back to Term 2, all our students have all settled quickly back into school routines . It is wonderful to see our students, walking in independently each morning, changing their reader and getting ready for the day ahead. They are now confidently playing in the junior area of the school with the Year 1 and 2 students. Foundation playground is still open during recess and lunch for those students that require a smaller space.
Our before school developmental play has been replaced with phonemic awareness.
We have a very busy and fun packed term ahead filled with fantastic learning experiences.
Next week, we begin our swimming program, please let us know if you have any concerns regarding your child. We welcome families to come along to the pool and watch their child, however there will be no parent helpers in change rooms except in particular circumstances that have been discussed with classroom teachers beforehand. Please use this week to practise and encourage your child to get dressed and dry themselves independently.
Students will need to be wearing their bathers when they arrive at school in the morning.
In Literacy, we continue to develop our understanding and use of initial sounds through texts, songs, writing and kinesthetic activities. Students are beginning to explore CVC words and spelling rules such as ‘adding the bossy e’ to change the vowel sound. We have started Guided Reading during our Reader’s Workshop session, allowing further reading practice and targeted teaching. Our Mentor Texts this term support our Integrated Topic of Living and Non-Living Things.
In Writing, students will be developing their ideas when brainstorming by using Level 1 and Level 2 Thinking. We will be building our writing stamina and adding detail to make our sentences more interesting. Students will have opportunities to write about rich Language Experiences such as chicken hatching.
The Foundation teachers are extremely proud of the wonderful progress made so far this year!
In Mathematics, our focus will be Number and Measurement. We continue with our focus on counting accurately and efficiently, as well as understanding the place value of numbers. In Fluency we will be looking at “teen numbers' ' and use hands-on materials to understand the place value of these numbers in regards to “ten and ones”.
In measurement we will be using informal units to measure Length, Mass and Capacity.
At home, please continue to support your child in mathematics by using a pack of playing cards or dice to continue counting from one or two digit numbers, adding numbers together and putting numbers in order. There are always real life opportunities to explore numbers in the real world such as signs, shopping, even working out cutlery and plates needed to set the table at home.
This term we are so excited to learn about Living and Non- Living things in our environment. We will be looking at the needs of living things and understand what it is that they require to survive.
We are so lucky to have a Chick Hatching Program arriving at the end of week 3. Students will observe and record the changes they see throughout the two weeks. It is such a rich learning experience that we know they will love and provide many opportunities to enhance our Literacy Program.
Thank you to all the families that have volunteered their time to assist us with this program. We cannot run this program without you and we appreciate your time as do our students whom it will benefit. For those families involved the timetable will be sent out by the end of the week.
Thank you
Vicky, Louise and Kirsten