Fabulous Foundation

Term 3 Week 8 - 6th September 2024

Term three is flying by!

The students are all participating in regular concert rehearsals. The excitement of being on a real stage is growing and they are sounding just amazing.

Our concert is on 12th September. See compass for more information.

What we are learning!

Maths:

Students have been busy participating in 1:1 maths assessments. We have also begun our topic of collecting and recording data and learning to use tally marks to collect the information and then use that information to create a graph. They have all enjoyed asking each other questions such as “What is your favourite ice cream flavour?” “What is your favourite bug?” “How many students in the class are wearing blue or white socks today?”

Little Learners love literacy:

We continue to stream our Little Learners Love Literacy program between the Prep-2 cohort. The students love being challenged and motivated in their new groups this term, and they are all absolutely thriving. The LLLL program focuses on letter sounds and how we can use them in our word formation.

Literacy:

We provide students with a key word such as log, mat, pin and then as a class we list all of the words that we know rhyme with the key word. From that list we then compose our rhyming couplet. The students are becoming more familiar each day and enjoying challenging themselves!

Leader In me:

We are continually embedding the 7 Habits language into our daily teaching through the weeks. This week’s focus is Habit 4: Think Win-Win.

Inquiry:

All students planted some snow peas in class and every other day watered them and watched them grow. Many of the students have now taken them home and fingers crossed will continue to grow with some TLC from them.

Important reminders:

- No Hats are required for outside play in Term 2 & 3.

Please ensure that every item of clothing, including lunch boxes are clearly labelled.
The T-shirt you all received at information night “I'm a leader in Prep at LePage are welcome to be worn by the Preps as part of their daily uniform.
Please remember to ensure your child’s blue satchel is in their bag each day as we begin to put important forms and reminders in them.
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.
Please make sure your child has a spare change of clothes in the bags, just in case.