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Foundation

In the past few weeks, the Foundation students have been learning about what a word is. They have listened to sentences and counted how many words they could hear using a caterpillar image. They can point to each segment of the caterpillar as the teachers say words in a sentence. They have also learnt the sound /m/. They have learnt to recognise /m/ with “Maggie Mouse who likes to mmmmunch on mmmmuffins.” This week they are focussed on the beginning sound /s/. They have been having fun learning “Sssammy Ssseal, sssurfs in the sssea!”.  (Move hand to show seal surfing in the seal)

Gr 1

Students in Grade 1 have been revising sounds and letters and have revised syllables. They have been clapping and counting syllables in words. For writing they have been using sentence starters such as I can see a… and Look at the …. The students have enjoyed reading the story – The Very Hungry Bear. They have focussed on what happened at the beginning, middle and end of the story.

Gr 2

During Spelling, the students have focussed on hearing the long vowel sounds such as  /ā/  for tray, pain and mane. They have also focussed on the spelling of tricky words – different, why and family. The students have enjoyed reading the story – The Snail and the Whale. They have focussed on the structure of a narrative text and they created a story map to summarise the main events in the story. They also explored the features of a non-fiction text – Uluru – More Than a Rock. Teachers continue to track student progress through Progress Monitoring assessments.

Foundation

In Maths they have been learning to count forwards and backwards (from 0 to 10 and 10 to 0). They have also been learning how to write the numbers 1 to 5.

Gr 1

In Maths, they have been revising base-ten and creating 2-digit numbers using 2 tens frames.

They have revised reading numbers as words and making models of numbers using bundles of ten.

Gr 2

In Maths, the students have explored 3-digit numbers. They have made models of 3-digit numbers and learnt to break numbers into parts such as 345 = 3 hundreds, 4 tens and 5 ones.

Gr 3 and 4

During Literacy, the students have continued to read the novel Matilda. During reading, students are also given instruction on interesting words that they come across during reading. One of the words they explored is arrogant. They learnt it’s definition, explored how to use in a sentence and when you can change to word to arrogance. The students have also been reviewing the long vowel sound  /ā/  and have revised spelling choices for words such as /ay/ for tray, /eig/ for eight and /ai/ for snail.

During Maths, the students have revised addition and subtraction. They have been learning to write and apply two-digit addition and subtraction fact families.

Gr 5 and 6

During Literacy, the students have continued to read the novel War Horse. 

During Maths, the students have been learning about the properties of numbers. They have learnt number factors, prime and composite numbers and square and triangle numbers.

New - Focus on Reading

This year we are having a focus on improving reading from Foundation to Year 6. It is expected that your child read their take home reading materials every night for 10 to 15 minutes, depending on your child’s age. Year 5/6 students should be reading every night for 15 minutes, while a Foundation student would be expected to read for 5 minutes.

Children are encouraged to borrow books from the library every week when their class goes to Library.

Please encourage your child to have their library bag on their library day and to find time during the week to read the book together. Research suggests that:

Reading to young children is an important way to help them build language skills. It exposes them to new words and ways of using language.

New - Catholic Eduction Sandhurst - Magnify Introduction Letter 

Magnify Sandhurst combines evidence-based practices in teaching and learning to support each student's unique needs, strengths, and goals. This program will focus on strengthening core areas like literacy and numeracy, building supportive classroom environments, and integrating Catholic values in daily learning.

Please have a read of the attached letter from CESL Executive Director Kate Fogarty.

Learn more about Magnify -

https://www.ceosand.catholic.edu.au/learning/magnify-sandhurst