Dear Parents / Carers,

This newsletter is designed to inform you of what your child will be learning in Foundation classrooms in the coming week. We will be sharing with you important dates, curriculum topics, ways you can help at home, etc.

Upcoming dates

October 23rd - 28th	0C and 0D Swimming - all week. Please go onto Compass and approve attendance. Please get your child to start drying themselves and getting themselves dressed - as teachers will not be able to do so.
October 30th - November 3rd	STEM Week: Stem Activities throughout School.
November 6th	Curriculum Day: no students at school.
November 7th	Melbourne Cup public holiday: no students at school.
November 27th - December 1st	0E, 0F, 0G, 0H, 0I Swimming - all week. Please go onto Compass and approve attendance. Please get your child to start drying themselves and getting themselves dressed - as teachers will not be able to do so.

Important Reminders

Don’t forget hats in Term 1 and Term 4.
Ensure that your child reads every night for 15-20 minutes.
Classroom doors open at 8:35am each morning. It is an expectation that all students will read for 10 minutes at the start of each school day. Classroom instruction begins at 8:45am.
Student diaries should be signed each night and brought to school every day.
Record the total running nights of reading each night in the school diary.
Bring blue satchel to school every day.
Art smocks are to be brought to school.
Nude food (no wrappers in lunch box).

ALL students and families must use the school crossing when crossing roads that surround our school.

Mathematics

CURRICULUM FOCUS

VOCABULARY

ACTIVITIES YOU CAN DO AT HOME TO SUPPORT YOUR CHILD'S LEARNING