Foundation

Home Inquiry 

Rest and Play

It has been an exciting yet big start to the year. Your children have been working extremely hard all day at school building friendships, learning about our school community and everyday routine. 

Jolly Sounds

Check out our YouTube channel. Every week a new set of sounds will be put up to share with your children at home or even show you how we teach them the sound and action. In their purple pouch is the sound and action sheet to practice. 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. 

Heart Words

Students were sent home the first sheet of heart (snap) words. Please check our YouTube channel to show you how to practice the first set of heart words. 

YouTube Channel

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

Fine Motor

Having finger and hand strength is really important and so any further practice at home would be amazing. This can include playdough, Lego, pegging clothes on the washing line, sewing or threading just to name a few. We do a lot of cutting in class and further practice of this will help build up the confidence at school too. This includes cutting straight or curvy lines while also moving the page around so they don’t cut their fingers.

Week 11 learning program:  

Readers Workshop – Readers read the world around them  

Word Study – recap of sounds learnt Heart words: like, me, be 

Bookmaking – Books for special occasions: Focus on blurbs  

Inquiry into Maths  

Recap of concepts from this term 

How We Express Ourselves  

Central idea:  Through play and the arts, we express our feelings, ideas and new understandings.   

Line of inquiry 1: Play using the arts 

Line of inquiry 2: Communicating through play 

Line of inquiry 3: Play provides opportunity to discover, create, investigate and explore 

Key concepts: Perspective and form 

Learner profile: Communicators, thinkers and risk takers 

Christian Studies: Christian Beliefs 

Key Idea: The person and work of Jesus the Christ is central to Christianity 

Children identify stories about Jesus and discuss what Jesus said and did  

Kimochis at home: We have 2 very special Kimochis that are going to come for a visit on the weekend. Brave bug and Curious Cat. Students have designated weekends where they will bring home a small bug or cat and a book with instructions of what they will need to do. They will take the Kimochi home on a Friday and bring them back on the Monday. Please make sure they are taken care of and don’t get drawn on or eaten by any family pets.  If you do not have a printer at home, we are happy to print for you.  

 Assembly sharing: Our Foundations will be sharing at assembly on Monday 8th April. If you would like to come along, assembly begins at 2:30pm in the Worship Centre. 

Family photo: If you have not provided a family photo, please send us one ASAP. 

Keep smiling,   

Emma and Amy 

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

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