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Home Inquiry 

Rest and Play

It has been an exciting yet big start to the year. Your children have been working extremely hard all day at school building friendships, learning about our school community and everyday routine. With such full on days we encourage you to let your child rest and play when they get home. Some children may want to talk straight after school or some may need some alone time to process the day. Please be mindful of this. We encourage you to talk about the positives in the day and we have some talk points.

What went well today?

What games did you play at recess?

What was something that made you laugh?

What game did you learn in Sport?

Tell me something that you did well?

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 practise. 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.

Fine motor

Having finger and hand strength is really important and so any further practise at home would be amazing. This can include playdough, Lego, pegging clothes on the washing line, sewing or threading just to name a few. We do a lot of cutting in class and further practise of this will help build up the confidence at school too. This includes cutting straight or curvy lines while also moving the page around so they don’t cut their fingers.

Week 11 learning program:  

Readers Workshop – Readers read the world around them  

Word Study – sounds: q, revision of single sounds Heart words: from, revision of heart words

Bookmaking – Spotlight: Books for special occasions 

 Inquiry into Maths  

Shape – I can count and recognise numbers to 20. 

How We Express Ourselves  Central idea:  Through play and the arts, we express our feelings, ideas and new understandings.   

Line of inquiry 1: Play using the arts 

Line of inquiry 2: Communicating through play 

Line of inquiry 3: Play provides opportunity to discover, create, investigate and explore 

Key concepts: perspective and form 

Learner profile: Communicators, thinkers and risk takers 

Christian Studies: Christian Beliefs 

Key Idea: The person and work of Jesus the Christ is central to Christianity 

Children identify stories about Jesus and discuss what Jesus said and did  

Jolly Pouch (purple pouch): Please keep the pouch in your child’s take home folder! Each Friday, your child will receive the next 3 sounds/actions in their Jolly Pouch. It is up to you whether you keep the paper in the pouch or find a safe place at home. We hope these resources are valuable for you to practise what we learn in class. Each Friday afternoon, a video will be posted on our YouTube channel, please subscribe for updates: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbAyQloLFifan6LR4xfIFFA 

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. Thank you! 

Library borrowing: Our library borrowing day has changed from Monday to Wednesday. Please bring library books to return each Wednesday morning. 

GGOSH afternoons: Please let us know if there are any changes to pick-up schedules, especially for GGOSH. GGOSH staff will be collecting the children who are booked in at GGOSH from the classroom just before the home time bell, so please let us know what days your child will be going to GGOSH. If there are changes, please communicate with both of us.  

Assembly sharing: Foundations will be sharing their learning on Monday at assembly. If you would like to come and watch, assembly begins at 2:30pm in the Worship Centre. 

Farewell Mrs Wachtel: We wish Mrs Wachtel all the very best as she takes parental leave at the end of this term and prepares for the upcoming birth of her first child. We wish her happiness, health and joy in the months ahead! 

Welcome Miss Brianna Stanley: Miss Stanley will be teaching Foundation with Mrs Hughes from Term 2 onwards. Please welcome Miss Stanley when you see her visiting over the remainder of the term. Brianna will soon have a working email address for us to share with you as a point of contact. 

Mrs Schwarz Leave: Mrs Schwarz will be taking long service leave in Term 2. We welcome Mrs Lexie Leitiger, (Miss Lexie) who will be supporting our Foundations next term.  

School Calendar

https://www.goldengrove.sa.edu.au/calendar/ 

Keep smiling,   

Emma and Amy 

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

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