Foundation News
St Raphael's School
100 Days at school
On Friday 29th of July, Foundation students celebrated their100 days of school. What a celebration it was! We are sure you all had very tired children on Friday night.
The day was jam packed, full of fun activities that all shared a common theme of...100!
The students in both homerooms shared the day together working in mixed groups in various activities.
The day started with a maths theme where children practised counting to 100. They were challenged to create the number '100' using objects within the learning space. This was a great opportunity to apply some key skills we have been practising in maths including building by tens, making 10 tens frames and using skip counting skills to gather objects.
As part of writing, we imagined ourselves to be 100 years old. We pondered, what would we look like? What would we be doing? Where would we live? The children all surprisingly aspire to be extremely active when they are 100 years old. Some answers included that they are keen to be playing footy, working in a fish and shop, looking after grandchildren and living in Noosa. Sounds like a dream! The children accompanied their writing with a picture of what they may look like when they are 100 and they created very happy, fit, and wrinkle free 100 year olds.
It was then time to play some games! The children worked very well together both in teams and individually to participate in these games in a friendly and fair manner. We played pass the parcel which included messages inside, crack the code, balance game and of course, a piñata! The children demonstrated important social skills such as turn-taking, sportsmanship, collaborative skills and leadership skills.
We are so proud of just how far our Foundation students have come in 100 days. The growth they are continuing to demonstrate and the curiosity and enthusiasm they display towards their learning is the reason why we teachers love our job so much. We can't wait to watch the students continue to flourish and reach their goals throughout the remainder of the year!
Foundation Level Mass
The Foundation students will be hosting their first year level Mass on Monday 8th August.
Families and parishioners are welcome to join us in celebrating the Feast of Saint Mary of the Cross. Mass details are as follows:
Monday 8th August at 12:15pm
St Raphael's Church
Foundation students will be involved in the formalities of the Mass and will be sharing readings and prayers with the congregation.
Fire Fighters Visit Foundation
Next week, firefighters will be visiting Foundation. In preparation for this visit, we ask all families to read and complete tasks within the attachment below entitled: "Family We look forward to finding out the role of fire fighters in our community.
Learning Intentions
Click on the attachment to find out what students are learning at school during the next fortnight.
Timetable
Click on each attachment to find out what is happening in Foundation in the next fortnight.
Dates to Remember
Friday 5th August - Commonwealth Games' Events
Friday 5th August - Whole School Assembly
Monday 8th August - Foundation Level Mass, 12:15pm St Raphael's Church
Contact Details
Michelle Slattery (FM) mslattery@srprestonwest.catholic.edu.au
Lorraine Uzunovski (FL) uzul@srprestonwest.catholic.edu.au
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