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Home Inquiry for Foundation that started in Term 1 of 2024

Jolly Sounds

Check out our YouTube channel and continue practicing the single sounds and diagraphs we have learnt. You can get them to write it any way you like for example with a water sprayer, playdough, shaving cream, write it in flour. Just as long as they are starting from the correct position and forming the sound correctly. Handwriting hero app is great to use to ensure formation is correct. Make sure the purple pouch is always in the Take home folder.

Heart Words

Keep practising these words at home with your children. We have sent home the next set of heart words, which we will be learning this term. Please work through these at your child’s own pace. There are a lot of words, which can be overwhelming so it may be a good idea to work through them bit by bit eg. Focus on 5-10 at time, until they have mastered them.

Jolly Words

These are words that can be sounded out and blended. The children say each sound in the word and then blend them together to read the word. We encourage them to chop the sounds on their hand and then blend them. They are to keep the card until they are comfortable with the words and blending accurately and then in the mornings they can swap for a new card. Once they have ticked off all the coloured dots in that colour card section then we will test them and move them to the next lot. Please keep these in their Jolly pouch always. 

Home Reading

On Fridays your child will bring 4 books (2 decodable and 2 interest) in their take home book bag to engage and share with you at home each week. We hope you enjoy sharing this experience with your child. Please keep their take home book bag in their take home folder.

YouTube Channel

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLnfvRwv4dyqmDKu0nLh2Vw 

Home Inquiry for Foundation that started in Term 3 of 2024

Rest and play

Your children have been working extremely hard all day at school and we encourage you to let your child rest and play when they get home. Give them time to digest what they have learnt throughout the day before asking too many questions.

Word study (purple pouch)

Jolly phonics: In your child’s take home folder, there is a purple pouch with the Jolly Phonics focus sounds and actions. In Term 3, Students received 3 sounds each week on a piece of paper. Students need to be able to recognise and write them in order to recognise them in words. 

Letter formation can be practised many ways, for example with a water sprayer, playdough, shaving cream, write it in flour. Just as long as they are starting from the correct position and forming the sound correctly. Handwriting hero app is great to use to ensure formation is correct. We have a YouTube channel where we have recorded the sounds and actions so please watch at home. 

Please keep purple pouch in their take home folder.

YouTube Channel

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLnfvRwv4dyqmDKu0nLh2Vw 

Learning program:  

Readers Workshop – Becoming Avid Readers   

Word Study – Small groups:  

Blue and orange – Nouns/Adjectives 

Purple – Sentences 

Green – Rhyming words 

Bookmaking – Spotlight session: All about me   

Inquiry into Maths  

Number – See how far you’ve grown 

Sharing The Planet   Central Idea: People’s actions can affect the well-being of animals and plants. 

Line of inquiry 1: External features of animals and plants in our environment. 

Line of inquiry 2: Ways human activities impact animals and plants.  

Line of inquiry 3: How we can help protect animals and plants.  

Learner Profile: Caring, Reflective, Principled  

Concepts: Connection, Causation, Responsibility   

Christian Studies: Christian Living  

Key Idea: Christians have a responsibility in and for the world 

Children discuss their experiences of God’s world and demonstrate how they can care for it. 

Swimming: Our Foundation classes will be attending 2 separate swimming session in Week 8 (Tuesday-Friday). Foundation W will be swimming from 12:45-1:30 and Foundation H will be swimming from 1:30-2:15. Due to the nature and layout of the indoor swimming space, we ask that parents do not attend the swimming lessons. We find that students are more actively engaged and focused when they don’t have people watching them. Parents/carers are welcome to pick up their child from the pool at the conclusion of their session. More information to come.  

Kimochis at home:  Please ensure they are taken care of and don’t get drawn on or eaten by any family pets. Your child will bring home Cat/Bug on Thursday or Friday and bring them back to school on the Monday. If you do not have a printer at home, we are happy to print for you. Thank you! 

School Calendar: https://www.goldengrove.sa.edu.au/calendar/ 

Keep smiling,   

Emma and Amy 

Emma Wachtel: wachtel.emma@goldengrove.sa.edu.au 

Amy Hughes: hughes.amy@goldengrove.sa.edu.au