Ben Venews

Kindergarten

A message from Early Stage 1

The Early Stage 1 team would like to wish everyone a safe, happy and relaxing holiday break and look forward to seeing everyone back at school on Monday 9 October. 

Kindergarten will be going on an excursion to Thalgarrah in Term 4. Please see below for the dates classes will be attending:

  • KE & KF Thalgarrah Excursion, Monday 23 October (Week 3) 
  • KR & KG Thalgarrah Excursion, Monday 30 October (Week 4)

As the school is now using School Bytes to create and accept payments for school activities and excursions, can you please follow this link to set up your parent portal account, if you have not already done so, in readiness for our Thalgarrah excursion. If you have any difficulties, our wonderful administration staff in the front office are available to give support.

 

Reading Tip - A child that reads aloud for 10 minutes each day, will have almost 60 hours of speaking practice by the end of a year!

Athletics Carnival

K-2 classes will be holding our athletics carnival on Thursday 12 October, which is Week 1 of next term. We are looking for parent volunteers to assist with the running of the day. If you are able to help, please email Miss Campbell claudia.campbell10@det.nsw.edu.au

Thank you in advance, we are excited for a fun day of athletics!

English

We are learning to: 

  • hear and say the sounds /w/ and /th/ 
  • recognise that two letters making one sound are called digraphs 
    • ‘wh’ makes the sound /w/, as in ‘whale 
    • ‘th’ makes the sound /th/, as in ‘thumb’ 
  • read tricky words ‘like’ and ‘very’ 
  • write simple sentences including an adjective, subject and verb 
  • choose an adjective to describe a noun

Mathematics

We are learning to:

  • describe, name and make: circles, squares, triangles and rectangles
  • use different strategies to solve addition and subtraction problems

Integrated Learning

We are learning to:

  • explore the ways people share and identify their sense of belonging 
  • discuss why rock carvings are special
  • understand how we can recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ sacred places
  • understand why different sites should be protected and how they can be looked after

Personal Development and Health (PDH)

We are learning to:

  • practise ways of seeking help in a range of different scenarios, for example, use No-Go-Tell when feeling unsafe
  • identify skills and strategies to stay safe and be supported

Visual Arts

We are learning to:

  • use the dot painting technique to create an artwork
  • tell our story through symbols

Reminders

  • There will be no home reading this week
  • Students will return to school on Monday 9 October 
  • Set up your School Bytes Parent Portal account
  • Save the dates 
    • K-2 Athletics carnival - Thursday 12 October (Week 1) 
    • KE & KF Thalgarrah Excursion - Monday 23 October (Week 3) 
    • KR & KG Thalgarrah Excursion - Monday 30 October (Week 4)