Foundation 

Whilst Mrs McBride has been away ... the students in Foundation have been working hard on all their learning. 

In literacy, there has continued to be a big focus on our phonics learning, including learning and practising, 

• sound representations for letters ‘ch’, ‘sh’, ‘ng’.
• grapheme–phoneme correspondences (GPCs) to read, spell and handwrite the words ‘chat’, ‘such’, ‘mesh’, ‘hang’, 'check;, 'fish', 'rash' and king
• handwriting lower-case GPCs ‘ch’, ‘sh’, ‘ng’, 'n'. 'g', and 'h' and revise formation of previously taught GPCs in a dictated sentence.
• to read decodable text to practise GPCs and high-frequency words, apply emerging grammar knowledge, build fluency and make meaning.

We have been working on our word and sentence writing, making connections to our mentor texts Giraffes Can't Dance and Farmer John's Tractor.  Students have completed a number of written pieces to show Mrs McBride and should be very proud of what they have completed. 

Students completed a short information report about some of the animals in the Giraffes Can't Dance story. 

Ryker - Zebras have strips. Zebras has white too. Zebras have black on their head.

Lexie - The elephant has legs. The elephant eats leaves. The elephant lives in the zoo.

Emily -- A lion looks like a cat. A lion eats meet from animals. A lion can run very fast. A lion lives in the bush. A lion has long legs and it is sometimes at the zoo.

Ruby - The zebra eats grass. The zebra has two ears. The zebra has black and white strips. The zebra is a very good dodger. The zebra can have a baby.

Evelyn - The elephant lives in the zoo. The elephant has lips. The elephant can have a baby. The elephant lives in the zoo.

Oliver - The rhino lives in the zoo. The rhino has a horn.

Henry - Rhinos have one horn that is short and one horn that is long. Rhinos live in the Africa jungles. The rhino can't see very well. Rhinos eat grass off the ground. 

Sadie - The zebra is a type of horse but it has a pretty mane and black strips and a black nose and very fast legs and has black hair at the end of the tail. The zebra is a very good dodger.

Ivy - The lion eats meat and the lion runs very fast. The lion has long legs. The lion lives in the bush. The lion looks like a cat.

Alex - The lion has a mane. The lion eats meat. The lion lives in Africa. 

The students enjoyed their visit with Harrold the Giraffe in the Life Education program. There was a large focus on being a good friend, during this session, and the follow up work has complemented the other learning we have been doing in our integrated studies.

In Numeracy, students have continued their learning on partitioning of numbers and place value, along with practising the other skills they have learnt throughout the year. 

The students will have lots of amazing learning to share with Mrs McBride when she returns next week. A huge thankyou to Mrs Harley, Mrs J and Mrs Tiley who have stepped into this class over the 4 weeks. The preps have enjoyed having you as their teacher during this time.