Fabulous Foundation

Term 2 Week 6- Friday 2nd June 2023

The Preps have had a beautiful 2 weeks at school! We have started practising for our film with Bruce, and we are so proud of how courageous and willing everyone is. We can't wait to see how they further step into their roles; costumes, face paint and all!

We have also started our buddy program with the grade 5/6s, we have had so much fun doing activities with them, and having a picnic style lunch with them!

What we are learning:

Phonics (Little Learners Love Literacy)

We have begun our new sounds this week which are n & h. We are still chanting “The letter is ____, the sound is ____”. It would be wonderful to continue this at home with the letters n & h. We are also continuing the focus on what we call heart words. These are The, My, the, my and I. We talk about when the upper case at the beginning is required. We have also started to blend CVC (consonant, vowel, consonant) words, using the letters we have learned so far; m,a,s,p,f,b,h,t,i and c.

Writing:

In our writing lessons we are focusing on creating sentences, using words that make sense. We are learning that we can’t just put any words together to make a sentence, it needs to make sense! We are also learning about the importance of spaces between words sooursentencesdontenduplikethis! We use the language ‘finger spaces’ to remind the students to leave a space of two fingers in between each word when writing. We have also been learning what question marks, full stops and exclamation marks are, and how to use them in our own writing.

Reading:

We continue to have a weekly mentor text in reading. We have linked some of our mentor texts to our inquiry unit. This fortnight we have enjoyed “Tinyville Town: I’m a Veterinarian '' and “Tinyville Town: ‘I'm a Firefighter”. Each day we have a different focus, asking and answering questions, rhyming words, providing feedback and learning 3 new words for our word wall. The preps are enjoying new words each week and love to make their own sentences using words from our ever growing word wall! The preps are getting so knowledgeable at rhyming words, their ability to come up with different rhyming words is improving every day!

Leader In Me:

We have continuously been using 7 Habit language when we are in class and out in the yard. This week's focus is habit 3: Put first things first.

Inquiry

Our unit of inquiry this term is People and Places in Our community. We are in the process of organising some special visits from people that can help us in our community so stay tuned!

We have been exploring houses from around the country, and discussing how our houses look similar or different to each others, and houses from around the world.

Specialist Days (starting week 3):

Monday - Health

Tuesday - Art/Culture & Music

Movie rehearsal

Wednesday- Art/Culture & PE

Thursday- Movie Rehearsal

Friday - Auslan

Important reminders

*Please continue to check the blue pouches nightly, as we use these to send notices home.

* We have begun sending home one decodable book per student per week. Students can only borrow a book if they bring their blue satchel. Please see our compass post for more information.

* We have sent home the students’ scripts, with their roles highlighted for the movie. If you could spend a few minutes each night practising their lines, that would be wonderful! :)

* A number of children are coming to school without a jumper. Please be sure to pack a school jumper for your child when playing outside at recess and lunchtime.

* We are finding that some jumpers are being taken home with the wrong name on it. If you could please check your child's jumper to ensure it has their name on it, that would be fantastic!

*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.

*Daily we have a fruit break, we kindly ask that you please pack your child a piece of fruit or a vegetable to snack on during this time.

*Please have your child’s drink bottle filled with water only.

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