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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 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 7 learning program:

Readers Workshop – Strategies that help us read

Word Study – sounds: ck, short vowels Heart words: go, no, ago

Bookmaking – Spotlight session: Craft: Making our words look stupendous  

Inquiry into Maths  

Location: Beebots, number sequences (can you sequence numbers from different starting points), more or less, friends of 10 

Where We Are In Place and Time   

Central idea:  Celebrations and place are significant to people   

Line of inquiry 1: Families and cultures  

Line of inquiry 2: Places that are special   

Line of inquiry 3: Significant events are celebrated  

Learner profile: Open-minded, Knowledgeable, Inquirers  

Key concepts: Connection, perspective  

Christian Studies: Christian Church  

Key Idea: Christians pray, worship and celebrate the sacraments  

Children share their experiences of Christian prayer, worship and celebrations.   

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.  

Sickness: 

There are a number of students with runny noses and coughs. If your child is unwell, please keep them home to rest to stop the spread of infection please. Please continue to practice good hygiene at home. Thank you.  

Mid Year Foundations: 

We have a group of Mid Year Foundations beginning their transition to join our class in Term 3. They will have 2 transition visits, Wednesday of Week 8 and Week 9. Please make them feel welcome. 

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! 

Glow week  

GLOW week is fast approaching! We are on the hunt for donations to help make the week a success. We would love donations of: 

• Cardboard boxes – all sizes 
• Cake decorating items (piping bags / tools etc) 
• Sand paper 
• Sample paint pots with some paint you are no longer using! 

Please drop any donations into the office any time between now and the end of the term.  

 Thank you! 

The GLOW team 

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.   

Keep smiling,   

Emma and Amy 

Emma Wachtel: wachtel.emma@goldengrove.sa.edu.au 

Amy Hughes: hughes.amy@goldengrove.sa.edu.au