Classroom News 

Foundation

Welcome back to Term 3! We hope you had a wonderful break- from all the stories we have heard, they sounded fantastic! 

This Term, our Foundies have some amazing experiences in front of them! 

This Friday the 24th of July we will be celebrating 100 Days of School. We have been counting up the days and it is finally here! This is a massive milestone in their learning journey and we cannot wait to celebrate all of the wonderful achievements, big or small! Remember the theme is ‘100 Days Brighter’ so students can dress in any bright colours/gold/stars. 

Last Thursday we had our Fairytale Fiasco Incursion, this was a fun way to begin our Unit of work surrounding Fairytales! 

Literacy 

We continue with our Heggerty’s program each day to develop phonological and phonemic awareness.  We cover the consonants, short vowels, digraphs, blends and rhyme patterns in language play activities. The short lessons are fast paced and repetitive and are usually completed first thing in the morning or just prior to our Literacy sessions. 

In Reader’s Workshop  our  focus mentor texts are based on Fairy tales such as Little Red Riding Hood and The Three  Little Pigs, but  with an Australian twist. We will be looking at comprehension through a variety of strategies such as inferring characters’ feelings, making text connections, questioning and retelling the story using beginning, middle, and end. Students will continue to track their thinking in reading with sticky notes.

In Writer’s Workshop, we explore writing for different purposes as well as looking at the specific language features. This term students will look at how to edit their writing and begin to learn to self-correct, noticing punctuation, correct spelling of high frequency words, and adding or deleting words in their writing.  Students will also continue to publish their work for their Writer’s Gift, which will come home at the end of the year. Teachers continue to  work with students to develop each student’s goals. In Spelling sessions, we will be investigating consonant and vowel relationships (magic e, long/short vowel sounds) and digraphs such as:  sh, ch, th, ph, wh and ng. 

Numeracy

What a marvellous start to our Maths lessons this term. As we dive into the land of fairytales we are working hard to use our problem solving skills to strengthen our knowledge of maths concepts with fun maths lessons adapted to each story. We are continuing to deepen our understanding of topics including Counting, Place value, Addition, Shape and Patterns. 

Inquiry

This term our focus is Design and Technologies, where the students will work through the design process to create a variety of objects to help a Fairytale character with a problem. The students will design and plan their objects, and use recycled materials to make their design come to life. During this process, students will investigate how an object moves depending on size and shape, a push or a pull affects or how an object moves or changes shape. Keep an eye out on Compass for an invite to our families to come along in Week 6 to assist students with their watercraft. 

Book Fun Day

Our theme this year is Symphony of Stories. We have a whole school narrative writing competition where students can submit a published piece of narrative writing that surrounds the theme of music. Book Fun Day is a vibrant celebration of all the fantastic books in the world. On the day, we invite students to dress up as their favourite book character and bring a book from home to share with the class. 

Term 3 Important dates

PMP - Thursday mornings beginning Week 2

100 Days of School- Friday July 24th

Author Visit- Thursday August 13th 

Science Day- Thursday August 20th 

Narrative Writing Competition- Entries close Monday August 10th

Book Fun Day- Wednesday August 26th

Fathers Day Stall- Thursday September 3rd

Maths Footy Day- Tuesday September 15th

We are so excited to venture into another exciting term! If you have any questions or wish to get in touch with your child’s classroom teacher, feel free to reach out through Compass at any time.

Thank you,

Alannah, Vicky, Simone and Wendy