Connect: Foundation
Important Dates:
Wednesdays- ALL Preps have library on Wednesday in Term 4.
18th October- Art Show 4-6pm
31st October- Hot Chip Lunch
1st November- Donut Day
Our learning:
Reading and Writing
This term we have learnt the diagraphs ph and wh and we will be learning ai/ay. Students will be reading and writing words such as phonics, phone, alphabet, whizz, whiff, when, pain, main, wait, May, say and pray. Students will be reading and writing sentences such as, Dolphins have shrimp and squid for lunch. We whisk a lot of eggs in the pan. The train set off along the railway track. We will be making connections to the texts that we read and recording sentences about our connections. So far this term, we have learnt the Heart words ‘who’ and ‘what’ and we will be learning the word ‘when’.
Here is a link to our Phonics song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPVbJ-IaHIw
Maths
This term we introduced the concept of ‘half’ and discussed the importance of a shape being the same on each side. Students used playdough to make shapes and used a tool to half them symmetrically. We will be learning about the concept of ‘part part whole’ and exploring how a whole number can be partitioned into 2 or more components. Children learn important maths concepts through play. Here is a link to a Maths game you could play at home:
Game title: 100 Laughs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnPNpIm8ZMw
Wellbeing
During Wellbeing we will be discussing what makes a good friend and identifying friendly and unfriendly behaviours. We will be exploring variety of activities that involve our senses and assist with calming ourselves when we feel anxious or upset.
Reminders
Students can log into Reading Eggs and Mathletics at home. Login details are pasted at the back of the Boomerang book. These are great resource for children to practice phonics and explore maths.
We have noticed there are many children who come to school with laces. If they can't tie their laces, it is recommended they have velcro shoes. Here is a video to assist with learning to tie laces.