Kindergarten

The Book Week character parade is on Friday 25 August, please watch out for SchoolStream notifications for more details regarding what time the Book Character Parade will be starting. Students can dress up as a character from their favourite book; however, dress up is not compulsory. The Book Fair will be open this week and students will be given the opportunity to preview all the amazing books on offer prior to being able to purchase books.

How to support your child’s literacy development at home

• let your child see you read for pleasure and share your enjoyment of the text with your child
• read aloud daily to your child, tell them what you are seeing in your mind, what you are predicting, what you are thinking, and the ideas you are having about characters and the story 
• help your child find a favourite reading and writing spot in your home 
• have materials like paper, pencils and plenty of books nearby 
• practice reading the ‘tricky words’

English

We are learning to:

• hear and say the sounds /kw/, /ee/ and /z/
• recognise that two letters making one sound are called digraphs: 
  • ‘qu’ makes the sound /kw/ 
  • ‘ee’ makes the sound /ee/ as in ‘seen’  
  • ‘zz’ makes the sound /z/ 
• read tricky words: go, so, no, this, then
• write a simple sentence containing a subject and a verb
• identify the subject and verb in a simple sentence

Mathematics

We are learning to:

• take away the smaller number from the larger number to model subtraction
• describe and compare the areas of similar 2 dimensional shapes
• identify that objects can be heavy or light
• compare two masses by hefting

Integrated Learning

We are learning to:

• look at different maps and find places on them, including a treasure map
• understand that maps can be used to find your way around places
• construct a simple map to represent a place and spaces within it

Personal Development and Health (PDH)

We are learning to:

• identify different emotions and share appropriate responses to different situations
• identify and describe body signals for different emotions
• recognise emotional responses that could indicate unsafe situations

Visual Arts

We are learning:

• to create a map of our choice using the mediums of our choice
• about the artist Piet Mondrian and some of his artwork

Reminders

• home readers are to be returned on Friday and a new reader will be sent home on Monday 
• reading at home is very important as is practising ‘tricky words’

The importance of attending school: