Fabulous Foundation

Term 4 Week 8 - 28th November 2024

We cannot believe we are almost at the end of our foundation journey!

The growth that each student has made, both academically, socially and personally, makes the whole Prep teaching team full of pride. We are so excited for our Teddy bear sleepover and Christmas picnic next week! Please kindly remember to bring a teddy bear on Monday that your child is happy to leave at school overnight.

What we are learning!

Maths:

As the year comes to a close, we are continuing to recap and consolidate much of the maths we have taught throughout the year. We have just finished creating our calendars that have been sent home to families as an end of year gift.The students loved adding in their families birthdays and drawing events that take place in each month of the year. We have also been consolidating our days of the week knowledge by creating days of the week books. The students are very proud of these, and are showcased in their LIM folders which will be sent home at the end of the year.

Little Learners love literacy:

We continue to stream our Little Learners Love Literacy program between the Prep-2 cohort. The students love being challenged and motivated in their new groups this term, and they are all absolutely thriving.The LLLL program focuses on letter sounds and how we can use them in our word formation. We have been practising our letter formation during handwriting sessions. Ensuring that our letters are the correct size and slope, and are sitting on the dotted thirds correctly.

Literacy:

As we continue our Term 4 text type on narrative writing and looking at fairy tales, we have been planning and writing another narrative on our own. We are continuously reminding ourselves that every narrative has the following 4 things: Characters, a setting, a problem and a solution. The students have been drawing amazing pictures that pair with their narrative.

Leader In me:

We are continually embedding the 7 habits language into our daily teaching through the weeks. This week’s focus is Habit 2: Begin with the end in mind.

Inquiry:

This term our inquiry unit is all things weather! We explore how weather is measured, weather patterns and how it is reported through the media. We look at weather in other countries and discuss appropriate clothing.

Important reminders:

- Hats are required for outside play in Term 4.

Please ensure that every item of clothing, including lunch boxes are clearly labelled.
Please remember to ensure your child’s blue satchel is in their bag each day as we begin to put important forms and reminders in them.
Please ensure that your child has a substantial lunch such as a sandwich/roll/wrap or thermos for example for lunch along with a snack (cracker/yoghurt) and fruit or vegetables.
Please make sure your child has a spare change of clothes in the bags, just in case.
Please remember to bring a teddy bear by Monday for our teddy bear sleepover