Foundation
Foundation Cluster News
Welcome to Week 9. Wow, what a busy Week 8, we are so proud of each of you for your first 5 day week of school! We loved attending our first Assembly and seeing our buddies again.
Library
We are now borrowing books from the library; it is important to note that no borrowing occurs if library books are not returned. Please return books in the library bag to class on Tuesday ready for Wednesday library day. Thank you all for your support and being avid readers with your children.
Kimochis at Home:
We have now have 4 very special Kimochis that are going to come for a visit on the weekend. Brave bug, Curious Cat, Kind Lovey Dove and Active Hugs. Students have designated weekends where they will bring home a small Bug, Cat, Lovey Dove or Hugs and a book with instructions of what they will need to do. They will take the Kimochi home on a Thursday/ 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. Thank you.
| Week | Cat | Bug | Lovey Dove | Hugs |
| 9 | Edie | Elijah | Zoravar | Ashar |
| 10 | Eshanaa | Harrison | Riley | Willow |
Week 9 Learning Program:
Reader’s Workshop – Readers re-read
Word Study – sounds: j,zw
Bookmaking – Author Study: How to draw like Nick Bland.
Term 1 Word Study Structure:
During our Word Study learning time, students are introduced to a letter, the sound the letter makes and its Jolly Phonics action. We practice letter formation, SA print style, with an emphasis on letters being formed from top to bottom (please see handout in Jolly Pouch). We look at 3 letters per week and by the end of Term 1, have covered all 26 letters of the alphabet. As your children learn more sounds, they will begin to sound out and write simple cvc words (consonant-vowel-consonant) eg. sat, pin, hat.
Inquiry into Maths
Growing Our Number Muscles
I can count and represent numbers to 10 and I can recognize and name shapes
How We Express Ourselves Central idea: Through play, we express our feelings, ideas and new understandings.
Line of inquiry 1: What is play?
Line of inquiry 2: How we share our feelings, ideas and new understandings through play (communicate)
Line of inquiry 3: How we show our feelings, ideas and new understandings through play (express)
Key concepts: Function 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 learn about who Jesus is and discuss what Jesus said and did .
Harmony Day
Take Home Folders:
Take Home folders need to come to school every day. Students will need these to take home notes, craft they make during the day, and new sounds will also be placed in this folder from Week 3 onwards.
Jolly Pouch (purple pouch): Please keep the pouch in your child’s take home folder!
Each Friday, your child will receive the next 3 sounds/actions in their Jolly Pouch. It is up to you whether you keep the paper in their pouch or find a safe place at home. We hope these resources are valuable for you to practise what we learn in class. Each Friday afternoon, a video will be posted on Toddle to support your child at home.
Family Photo: We would love a family photo to put on our family wall in the classroom for children to look at when they miss their family during the day. Please either send a hard copy photo in or email one to us and we can print it off.
Volunteers: We love having volunteers in the classroom. If you are interested in volunteering, there are a few tasks you will need to be able to help in the classroom.
- Current Working With Children Check (WWCC)
- Responding to Abuse, Harm and Neglect training (RRHAN-EC)
- Valuing Safe Communities (VSC) training; and
You can find the information here on the school website: https://www.goldengrove.sa.edu.au/parents-community/employment-opportunities/
School Calendar https://www.goldengrove.sa.edu.au/school-life/school-calendar/
Please note: During teaching hours, we are unable to check emails.
Blessings,
Brianna and Tania
Brianna Stanley: stanley.brianna@goldengrove.sa.edu.au
Tania Tenten: