Foundation Report

100 Days of School

The Foundation students recently celebrated a very special occasion... 100 Days of school! Friday the 29th of July marked the official 100th day of school for our Foundation students, however they celebrated a little bit early due to the swimming program. 

Students celebrated this special day by participating in lots of fun learning activities that related to the number 100 and they came to school in a 100 themed dress up. The Foundation students and their teachers did not disappoint, with so many amazing costumes. They all looked absolutely fantastic!

Students then finished the celebrations by inviting parents and carers to join them for a parade of their costumes and a wonderful performance.

Congratulations to our Foundation students! We are so incredibly proud to see how much they have all grown and achieved this year already, and we are excited to see them continue to develop and grow.

Phonics

We have been seeing wonderful results with our Phonics program across the Foundation year level. This term, students have been learning how to produce, build and read words with the vowel digraphs /ai/ and /ee/ and will continue to learn new sounds and digraphs throughout the term. Look out for these new sounds when reading with your child at home.

Literacy

Students have been learning about classic stories and tales, such as Three Little Pigs and Billy Goats Gruff. This week we have focused on the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Students have been working hard to identify the characters, setting and plot. Comparing this fictional text to non-fiction factual information has allowed students to compare the family of bears in the story to a bear you would see in the real world. 

Numeracy

Within Numeracy, students have been learning to recognise, count and record (write) teen numbers. We have built on our knowledge of numbers 0-10 and spent time learning about teen numbers. When orally counting, students are highlighting the ‘teen’ at the end of each number. For example, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, as sometimes students can say ‘ty’ at the end. Through explicit instruction, games and team collaboration, we are noticing that students can identify a teen number as 10 and ___ (for example: 16 is 10 and 6).