Kindergarten

We warmly thank you for joining us in celebrating 100 days of Kindergarten! It was a wonderful day full of happiness and inspiration.

 

Hearing our students talk about their aspirations to become doctors, police officers, palaeontologists, veterinarians, teachers, athletes, and artists was a truly memorable moment for everyone. Your participation and support made this milestone all the more meaningful.

English

We are learning to:

• hear and say the sounds /w/, /sh/, /qu/, /ee/ and /z/  

• orally segment and blend words containing four sounds  

• identify that two letters making one sound is called a digraph. For example, ‘ck’ makes the sound /k/ and ‘sh’ makes the sound /sh/ 

• read tricky words: have, here, with, of, little, all, ball, call 

• use a capital letter at the beginning of a proper noun

• understand that a verb is a word used to describe an action

• identify verbs in oral and written texts

Mathematics

We are learning to:

• identify when we use addition and subtraction in our everyday lives

• combine two or more groups of objects to show addition

• take away a smaller number from the larger number to model subtraction

• identify that length is the measure from end to end, from one point to another

• identify half of a length

• describe and compare the areas of similar 2D shapes

HSIE

We are learning to:

• use stories, images and objects to recall events from the past.

• understand that stories, images and objects are used to recount the past.

Science and Technology

We are learning to:

• understand that humans design structures to meet the needs of animals

• identify structures that have been built by animals to meet their needs. 

Personal Development and Health PE

We are learning to:

• identify body signals in safe and unsafe situations

• say ‘no’ when I feel unsafe

• identify a safe place to go when I feel unsafe

• identify a trusted adult to tell when I feel unsafe.

Visual Arts

We are learning to:

• explore and use materials such as water soluble pastels and chalk pastels

• use line, shape and colour to create artworks

Reminders

Home reading is an important part of your child’s learning. Please allow 10 minutes to listen to or read to your child each day. This time could also be used practising their ‘tricky words’.

Deb McIntyre, Heidi Gray and Eliza Tanner

Early Stage 1 Teachers