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Hello Foundation Families,
This week in Mathematics, we began our unit on Addition. We explored how two parts (such as 5 and 3) make a whole (together makes 8). Students used hands on materials such as counters to add two small collections together, and drew pictures to make addition stories. You can see an example of this on Seesaw. Next week, students will continue to learn and practise various addition strategies including counting on, Pairs to 10 and drawing a visual representation.
Throughout Phonics and Literacy sessions, we have continued to recall some of the Magic 100 words. These are the 100 most common words in English and make up half of all the words in reading and writing. Many of these words are decodable, such as 'at' or 'and', however some of these words are sight words, including 'was' and 'said' and need continued repetition to automatically read. The Magic 100 words are great to practise at home to help your child with their reading and writing.
Kind Regards,
Tegan, Emma and Ash
Reminders
- Library kicks back off on Wednesday in our new library! Please bring a library bag to borrow and return the previous week
- Open Afternoon - Thursday 15th May at 3:00pm. Come and join your child in their Specalist Class. FA will have Performing Arts, FE have Physical Education (PE) and FT will have Indonesian.
- We need PMP Helpers! Please fill out availability in this document: https://docs.google.com/document/d/16AlGUHSvnbSra96-NTxTCBEuqHVeKGoV8R2d3KyEO4k/edit?tab=t.0
Pupil of the Week
FA - Arylin Z
For demonstrating perseverance with your writing this week. I loved seeing the effort you put into segmenting words in your phonics dictation.
FE - Ellie Y
For always showcasing a love of learning. It is wonderful to see you share your ideas with your peers and you always strive to achieve your best in learning tasks.
FT - Joshua C
For demonstrating life long learning throughout our phonics lessons. It has been great to see you writing down the different sounds you hear in words.