Foundation

Foundation Cluster News Term 4 Week 1

Prayer 

Dear God,  

Thank you for an amazing time of rest and please be with us as we enter our final term of Foundation for 2023. Amen     

Home Inquiry for Foundation that started in Term 1 of 2023

Rest and Play

Continue to provide them time to rest and play when they get home especially with you if you have time.

Jolly Sounds

Your children should be experts on the sounds by now but if they need some letter formation practice please continue to do so.

https://www.youtube.com/@misshandmissf6570/videos

Snap Words

Please keep practicing these. If you want to extend them, please get them to write them in a sentence or say them in a sentence to you. Children are still working at their own pace if they are ready for the next sheet please let us know. 

Jolly Words

Jolly Words are a great way of children using both their sound knowledge and blending skills. If you want to extend your child please get them to write a few of these words in a sentence. 

 Please keep these in their Jolly pouch always. See our Youtube channel for the video showing how to do them. https://youtu.be/W0anivlK2g0

Home Reading

A letter and their 4 take home books were sent home on Friday Week 2 in their take home folder. This is a new way we are engaging with books so please keep an open mind and enjoy sharing this experience with them. Just a reminder please keep their take home book bag inside their take home folder and bring this to school each day.

Home Inquiry for Foundation that started in Term 3 of 2023

Rest and play

Your children have been working extremely hard all day at school and we encourage you to let your child rest and play when they get home. Give them time to digest what they have learnt throughout the day before asking too many questions.

Word study (purple pouch)

Jolly phonics: In your child’s take home folder, there is a purple pouch with the Jolly Phonics focus sounds and actions. Students will receive 6 sounds each week on a piece of paper. Students need to be able to recognise and write them in order to recognise them in words. We have a YouTube channel where we have recorded the sounds, actions and formations so please watch at home: https://www.youtube.com/@misshandmissf6570/videos

Jolly Words (purple pouch)

These are words that can be sounded out and blended. The children say each sound in the word and then blend them together to read the word. We encourage them to chop the sounds on their hand and then blend them. They are to keep the card until they are comfortable with the words and blending accurately and then in the mornings they can swap for a new card. Once they have ticked off all the coloured dots in that colour card section then we will test them and move them to the next lot. Please keep these in their Jolly pouch always. See our Youtube channel for the video showing how to do them. https://youtu.be/W0anivlK2g0 

Learning program: 

Readers Workshop – Avid Nonfiction Readers Word Study – Students have been split into 2 groups 

-Purple is focusing on listening to instructions, ph for f and sentence writing

-Orange focusing on the diagraph ai as well as hands on manipulation of CVC words and sentences.

Bookmaking – Spotlight session: Expert books 

Inquiry into Maths 

Symmetry- making sure pictures and items are symmetrical 

Capacity- Measuring different containers using water to see if they are full, half full, empty and working on estimating. 

Graphing- counting out and graphing objects to see which has the most, least or the same. 

How the World Works  

Central Idea: Through exploring and observing we discover how to group plants and animals.

Line of inquiry 1: Animals and plants have different features.

Line of inquiry 2: Living thigs can be sorted.

Line of inquiry 3: Groups of living things can be categorised. 

Learner Profile: Caring, Inquirers 

Concepts: Connection, Form 

Christian Studies: Christian Living 

Key Idea: Christians have a responsibility in and for the world

Children discuss their experiences of God’s world and demonstrate how they can care for it.

Foundation Excursion to the Adelaide Zoo and Botanic Gardens

As part of our Unit on How the World Works we have organised a trip to the Adelaide zoo/Botanic Gardens to explore the external features of animals and plants. This will happen on Thursday the 2nd of November. Further information will be sent home next week with information about what to bring and timings. We are looking for a couple of volunteers who have all their checks to meet us at the Adelaide Zoo to take a small group around. If you are free and have your checks please email Celeste. Thanks 

New Students:

We welcome back Billy who was with us earlier in the year and we welcome Zion into our Foundation class for term 4. We know our students will welcome them with open arms and ensure they feel valued and respected.

Miss Fitridge/ Mrs Wachtel

Just a reminder that Emma has been away on her honeymoon this week and will be coming back in week 2. She will answer to Mrs W, Mrs Wachtel or Miss Fitridge if the children find it hard to adjust to her name. 

How the World Works: 

This term we will be looking at exploring and observing plants and animals (insects/farm animals/ocean animals etc) if you have any contacts or know of people who could share more about these things please let us know.

Kimochis at home: Please ensure they are taken care of and don’t get drawn on or eaten by any family pets. Bring them back on the Monday. If you do not have a printer at home, we are happy to print for you. Thank you! Term 4 

Keep smiling,  

Celeste and Emma 

Celeste Hueppauff: Hueppauff.Celeste@goldengrove.sa.edu.au  

Emma Fitridge: fitridge.emma@goldengrove.sa.edu.au