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Home Inquiry
Jolly Sounds
Check out our YouTube channel. Every week a new set of sounds will be put up to share with your children at home or even show you how we teach them the sound and action. In their purple pouch is the sound and action sheet to practice. You can get them to write it any way you like for example with a water sprayer, playdough, shaving cream, write it in flour. Just as long as they are starting from the correct position and forming the sound correctly. Handwriting hero app is great to use to ensure formation is correct.
Heart Words
Students were sent home the next sheet of heart (snap) words. Please check our YouTube channel to show you how to practice the heart words.
Jolly Words
These are words that can be sounded out and blended. The children say each sound in the words and then blend them together to read the word. We encourage them to chop the sounds on their hand and then blend them together to read the word. They are to keep the card until they are comfortable with the words and blending accurately and then in the mornings they can swap for a new card. Once they have ticked off all the colour dots in that colour card section, we will test them and move them up to the next colour card if they are successful. Please keep these in their Jolly (purple) pouch always. See our YouTube channel for the video showing how to do them.
YouTube Channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLnfvRwv4dyqmDKu0nLh2Vw
Week 3 learning program:
Readers Workshop – Strategies that help us read
Word Study – We are now splitting into small groups.
Blue and orange – long vowel magic e
Purple and green – s,a,t
Bookmaking – Spotlight session: All About Me books
Inquiry into Maths
Number: Addition
Who We Are Central idea: Our identity helps us to understand our and others’ similarities, differences and emotions
Line of inquiry 1: What makes me 'me' and how am I the same as, and different to others.
Line of inquiry 2: Emotions affect our behaviour, interactions and relationships
Line of inquiry 3: We can show understanding and respect in our relationships
Learner profile: Communicators, Principled, Open- minded, Caring
Key concepts: Causation, Responsibility
Christian Studies: Christianity in the World
Key Idea:People make decisions using a range of religious perspectives and ethical frameworks.
Children make connections between their actions and consequences for themselves and others.
Kimochis at home: We have 2 very special Kimochis that are going to come for a visit on the weekend. Brave bug and Curious Cat. Students have designated weekends where they will bring home a small bug or cat and a book with instructions of what they will need to do. They will take the Kimochi home on a Friday and bring them back on the Monday. Please make sure they are taken care of and don’t get drawn on or eaten by any family pets. If you do not have a printer at home, we are happy to print for you.
| Week | Cat | Bug |
| 3 | Theodore | Rhea |
| 4 | Weston | Jaideep |
| 5 | Prayash | |
| 6 | Amani |
You Tube channel: Please use this link to watch the videos each week. We often put up very valuable information that will help your child at home with their sounds, reading and heart words. Please make this a part of your routine to watch frequently.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbAyQloLFifan6LR4xfIFFA
Library books: Please make sure you pack your child’s library books to change on a Wednesday. There are students that continue to forget so your help is appreciated.
Home reading: We now have decodables and free choice books that go home on Fridays. These are for you to practice reading with your child at home. They are changed over on Fridays.Please make sure your child has their clear folder with their books every week.
Jolly words/Heart words: Please encourage your child to change their jolly words frequently before school. They must bring their blue take home folders daily. Heart words should also be practiced most nights to help support them in the classroom.
Volunteers in the classroom: We love having parent volunteers in the classroom to help with sound and heart word practice. If you would like to volunteer, you will need to have all relevant checks completed through the school front office. Volunteers are welcome on Monday-Thursday from 8:30am-9:00am during our morning activity time before our learning day starts. Please let us know if you would like to help!
We will be making a time to meet after school next week (Week 3) to chat about how the mornings will run.
100 days of Foundation: Wednesday 6th of August Week 3
Keep smiling,
Amy and Brianna
Amy Hughes: hughes.amy@goldengrove.sa.edu.au
Brianna Stanley:
stanley.brianna@goldengrove.sa.edu.au
It has been an exciting and big start to ‘big’ school. Your children have been working extremely hard all day at school building friendships, learning about our school community and everyday routines. There will be more introductions to our routines as we build our stamina, so please take advantage of the rest day before we head into the complete 5 days.
Library
Our Library Day will begin Tuesday Week 3 (Tuesday 5 August). We will begin to visit the library and borrow books.
Chapel and Assembly
Our Foundations will not be attend weekly assembly and chapel from Week 4 (Monday 11 August onwards) - we are supporting them with learning their daily and weekly routines and seeking to gradually build in the process of learning new components in their routine.
Family photo for classroom
Thank you to the families that have provided a family photo, we are enjoying them in our classroom they are a lovely addition to our space, so please keep them coming in, again either send a hard copy photo in or email one to me and I can print it off.
Learning program: Week 3
Readers Workshop – Name study
Word Study – s,a,t. Letter names and sounds
Bookmaking – What is a book? What is in our book box?
Inquiry into Maths
Number 1-10, Shape, Sorting
Unit of Inquiry
Who We Are Central Idea: Everyday, people learn more about themselves and others
Line of inquiry 1: Ways to build and maintain relationships
Line of inquiry 2: Ways people express and read feelings
Line of inquiry 3: Developing ways to grow as learners
Some Regular Reminders:
Wednesday Rest Day
The purpose of having optional rest days is to build up the learning stamina of the children, as we consider a lot of the children would be used to having three days of kindy and this would look different to them having five days of Foundation learning. We notice when the children start engaging with a full five days of learning there can be some high emotions and children feeling tired after 3 days of full learning, therefore would like to encourage you take this opportunity to allow your child to rest on each Wednesday for the first five weeks of the term. This will help them to slowly get used to being at school for five full days. If children are at home, it is important that they are able to play and have some time with you cooking, creating or just doing something fun together, rather than a day where they are still ‘working’. Your child’s wellbeing means a lot to us, and we want them to continue to have a smooth transition into Foundation.
Toddle
An invite to join Toddle was emailed out during the holidays, a copy of the invite sheet has been sent home with students and will be found in their blue take home folder. We post important information reminders, student learning, photos/videos and assessments on this platform.
Blue Take Home Folder
All students have been given a blue take home folder. They are to come to school every day. Students will need these for notes to be sent home, take home craft they make during the day and new sounds will be placed in this folder from week 3 onwards.
Keep smiling,
Tania Tenten
tenten.tania@goldengrove.sa.edu.au
School Photos
School photos will be taken on Tuesday 5th August, Week 3. Foundation photos will be taken in sports polo tops and sports track pants for both boys and girls, as well as predominantly white or plain black sports shoes. Please note that students wear their sport polo top and not their rugby top for these photos. Please also avoid sending your child wearing visible t-shirts or undergarments of a different colour underneath their polo top.
Please order online via the following link:
Order Code: X8041PRE51G
Hats
Students do not need a hat in Term 2 and Term 3. These can be washed and kept at home or in the front pouch of their school bag, so they don’t get lost during this time.
Gumboots
During the colder months as the weather gets wetter and muddier, students must wear gumboots in the nature play at break times. If your child enjoys playing in nature play, please send gumboots labelled with their name to school. These are kept in plastic bags on the children’s bag hooks by our classroom.
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