Foundation 

Teachers: Nikki Lewis, Bec Mealings, Courtney Williams, Damon Webb, Nic Walsh & Fiona Hedstrom.

Important Dates

Monday 23rd October - F to 2 assembly

Monday 6th November - Curriculum Day (no students at school).

Tuesday 7th November - Melbourne Cup Day (no students at school).

Tuesday 14th November - Myuna Farm Excursion

Monday 20th November - Indonesian Cultural Day

Wednesday 22nd November - Melbourne Zoo Excursion

 

Excursions now on QKR

Payment for our Myuna Farm and Melbourne Zoo excursions are now on QKR!!

Inquiry - Shoe Boxes

As part of our Inquiry topic next term, students will be making dioramas of animal habitats. We will be needing one shoe box per student, so if you have any shoe boxes at home that you wish to donate, please send them in! We have a few that were saved from toy making, but will need lots more. Thank you!

 

Pet Show & Tell - Week 4

Next week for Show & Tell, students will be talking about their pets! If your child would like to bring in their pet, please get in contact with their teacher and organise a time that would be suitable.

 

World Book Online

World Book Online is a wonderful resource for students to use at school. This term, we have been using it to explore living things, finding out interesting information about animals and playing fun games! You can use the website to research almost anything! Here is a link to the website, as well as the log in details if you or your child wishes to explore the website.

https://www.worldbookonline.com/wb/Login?ed=wb

Username: vpswb

Password: vpswb

 

What have we learned in the past 2 weeks?

Weeks 2 & 3 have been fun and full of learning! In Maths, we have been exploring place value, using MAB blocks and unifix blocks, as well as multiplication by creating equal groups. Literacy has been full of new sounds and reading new texts with our partners. We also researched information about a butterfly and wrote it in sentences, as well as practising writing letters on dotted thirds. Our students have been super excited to begin interest groups this term, exploring a wide range of animals and fun craft activities!

 

It was beautiful morning today so we enjoyed PMP activities on the basketball courts!

Shooting some hoops!
Great balancing!
Rolling around!
Hula-hoop star!
Oliver dribbling TWO basketballs!
Walking on stilts!
Mab Towers!
34 made out of tens and ones.
Multiplication as Groups.
Amazing partner reading!
An information report on butterflies.
Another amazing information report!
Students teaching how to write letters on dotted thirds!
Exquisite Echidnas!
Shooting some hoops!
Great balancing!
Rolling around!
Hula-hoop star!
Oliver dribbling TWO basketballs!
Walking on stilts!
Mab Towers!
34 made out of tens and ones.
Multiplication as Groups.
Amazing partner reading!
An information report on butterflies.
Another amazing information report!
Students teaching how to write letters on dotted thirds!
Exquisite Echidnas!

Show and Tell - Term 4

Week 4Talk about your pet! Bring in a photo of your pet OR discuss a pet you would like to have when you are a grown up.
Week 5Short week – no Show and Tell
Week 6Talk about an endangered animal of your choice
Week 7Free choice
Week 8Discuss your favourite farm animal from our excursion
Week 9Discuss your favourite zoo animal from our excursion
Week 10Free choice
Week 11Talk about your holiday wish list (Christmas, Hanukkah or any other holidays you may be celebrating)