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From The Team

Our Foundation students have settled beautifully into Term 3, embracing a range of fun and engaging activities. We celebrated 100 Days of Learning with great excitement, marking a big milestone in their school journey. The visit from Healthy Harold was a highlight, helping students learn more about making healthy choices in a fun and interactive way. The arrival of the baby chicks in Level 3/4 has brought lots of joy and curiosity, offering a hands-on learning experience about lifecycles. Students also enjoyed reconnecting with their Year 6 buddies, strengthening friendships, and building a sense of belonging across the school.

This term, we have introduced a new approach to literacy by combining Reading and Writing into a single daily Literacy block. We began this model in Week 2 and have been so impressed with how settled and receptive the students have been. This new Structured Literacy Block is designed in line with the Victorian Teaching and Learning Model (VTLM) 2.0 and is based on ‘The Big 6’ of Reading, which includes six key components: Oral Language, Phonological Awareness, Phonics, Vocabulary, Fluency, and Comprehension.

With such a great start to the term, we’re excited for more fun, learning, and special moments still to come.

- Merran

What We Are Learning

What We Are Learning In Specialist Classes In Term 3

Cultural Studies

This term, our Year F- 4 students will be exploring our neighbours in Asia. Throughout the unit, students will develop their geographical knowledge, simple greetings, main landmark features and cultural aspects of each country visited.

We will be focusing on the well-known Asian countries of Japan, China and Malaysia.

China: Students will revisit China - the geography and landmarks of this fascinating country, look at population comparisons, and their native wildlife (pandas).
Japan: Students will explore Japan’s geography. They will learn about the cultural importance of origami and create their own paper artworks, explore famous landmarks, and try some Japanese foods.
Malaysia: Students will explore the varying landscapes of Malaysia,native animals (orangutans), and investigate the many languages spoken in Malaysia

We are looking forward to exploring and gaining greater understanding of our neighbours in the world.

Performing Arts

In Performing Arts this term, students will be performing melodic patterns on the xylophone, singing familiar melodies, creating and responding to rhythmic patterns using hand drums, and learning about rhythmic notation using quarter notes, eighth notes, half notes and rests.

Physical Education

This term in PE, Foundation students will be introduced to the Fundamental Motor Skills kick, bounce punt, and strike. They will learn the correct technique for each of these skills through the sports of tennis, soccer and AFL. They will play modified games to practise these skills and develop their teamwork.

Visual Arts

Students in Foundation will explore the art form of printing this term, whilst continuing to develop their fine-motor skills and understanding of colour, line, shape, space and texture. They will create backgrounds using bubble wrap and marbling paints, and experiment with stamp printing. Students will also design a printing plate using foamboard cut-outs.

Reminders

Book Week is nearly here! On Thursday 21st August, students are invited to dress up as a character from a book to celebrate the joy of reading in a fun and creative way.
Communication folders: Please remember to bring these to and from school each day.
High Frequency Words & Yellow Reading Log: Continue to help your child to practise their high frequency words and read each night.