Discovery Centre

Curriculum

Another busy week in the Discovery Centre with lots of fun activities and our final week of assessment. That means that this week Foundation students attend school for the full week including Wednesday.

In Literacy sessions this week students looked at the initial sounds in words and had to practise their listening skills to follow step by step instructions to draw The Cat in the Hat. Their pictures were so impressive! In Mathematics we continued to work on strengthening students’ understanding of numbers by practising counting collections of small objects and subitising. We will be spending a lot of time practising the important skill of subitising this year, which is to quickly recognise the number of objects in a small group without the need to count them.

On Friday students were very excited to begin Junior Rotations! Each week students will rotate through a different activity with a different teacher from the Junior School. They also work with students from all of the different classes from the Junior School, giving them the opportunity to broaden and strengthen their social connections. They will complete activities such as cooking, team building games, a STEM challenge, Indonesian dancing and recycled box creations. It is fantastic, engaging program and is a great way to finish off the week!

Have a wonderful week

Miss Erin Dawson, Mrs Yana Gill, Miss Brooke Henwood, Miss Jessica Tossell

Student Voice

What have you enjoyed in Specialist classes

• I like Indonesian because we get to use playdoh - Gabriel FD
• I like Indonesian because we learn new words and PE because we get to play games - Ayna FD

Reminders

• Foundation students attend school Wednesday this week
• We will begin using iPads in class this week so please ensure your child has labelled headphones at school so they can get the best experience and not distract other students
• We will begin borrowing from the Library this week so please ensure your child has a labelled library bag. FG and FJ will go to the Library on Tuesday and FH and FD on Wednesday
• Please pack water only for your child to drink at school

Pupil of the Week

FD: Marley N -

For working so hard in writing this week, it was fantastic seeing you have a go at writing some of the sounds you heard in words when writing your weekend recount. Great job Marley! 

FG:  Samy C -

For demonstrating teamwork in Maths this week. You carefully took turns with your partner in Maths activities and worked hard to follow the rules when rolling dice. Well done Samy!

FH: Leo G -

For demonstrating kindness by being such a good friend to everyone in FH and always using your best manners. Keep it up Leo!

FJ: Arya A -

For demonstrating a love of learning in Maths. You worked hard to build and record your domino out of unifix. Great work Arya!