Foundation 

Literacy 

In literacy, our students have been exploring digraphs - where two letters combine to make a single sound, such as 'sh' (s &h) and /ck/ (c & k). The children have been fantastic at identifying these sounds whether they appear at the beginning or the end of words.

Taking their learning a step further, students recently combined their knowledge of tricky words and digraphs to write dictated sentences.

We have also been enjoying The Gruffalo as our current mentor text. To wrap up last week's reading, the students brought the story to life by wearing character face masks and enthusiastically retelling the tale together!

Mathematics 

Last Week: Foundation students explored foundational division skills by identifying amounts that can be shared equally between two groups and making groups of two and three using concrete materials.

This Week: Our mathematicians have been busy sorting objects with one difference (such as red blocks and green blocks) into two groups, before identifying which group has more or less. They also extended this skill by sorting collections into two distinct categories—for example, sorting a collection of animals into farm animals and zoo animals. The students did a wonderful job identifying which group had more or less and explaining their mathematical reasoning.

Education in Faith 

In Religious Education, Foundation students explored the story of Jesus and the Samaritan Woman, learning how Jesus showed respect and kindness to someone from a different culture. Through our Respect Detectives activity, students identified the ways Jesus listened, spoke kindly and treated the woman fairly. They then drew a picture and completed the sentence, “Jesus showed respect when he…” to reflect on how they can follow Jesus’ example by including others, showing kindness and respecting people who may be different from themselves.

Inquiry 

In Inquiry, our students have been exploring how to keep our bodies healthy and safe.

• Understanding Boundaries: The children discussed personal boundaries and identified actions that can make them feel unsafe or uncomfortable, such as unkind words, personal space issues, not following game rules, or being pushed down the slide. Together, the class brainstormed a variety of short, empowering phrases to use when their boundaries feel challenged.
• Exploring Our Bodies: We also discussed the main parts of our human body, covering both external and internal features. A huge thank you to Seraphim for being our fantastic life-size template as we created and labelled our very own diagram together!

• Healthy Foods & Lunchboxes: Building on this, the students learned about different food groups and how nutritious foods support various parts of the body to stay strong and healthy. To put this into practice, the children created healthy lunchboxes using pretend food items before drawing their creations on a paper lunchbox.

   

Kind  Regards, 

Miss Melanie & Miss Georgia