Foundation 

Communicating with the Foundation Team

We look forward to partnering with you in 2023, and welcome your input: 

Holly Peters  Holly.Peters@education.vic.gov.au

Lisa Dam  Lisa.Dam@education.vic.gov.au

MATHS

In Number and Algebra over the past few weeks, the students have been continuing to consolidate their number recognition and counting skills to develop their mathematical thinking. The students have participated and completed a variety of fun and engaging hands-on authentic learning situations that has allowed them to learn and develop their number sense as well as working cooperatively in different situations. We have been learning the numbers 0-20 (and beyond) including how to write them using the correct formation and starting points, recognise the numerals and make models using these numbers. Every day we have been recording the number of days we have been at school in preparation for our ‘100 days of school’ celebration later in the year! 

The Foundation students have been practising counting the numerals 0 to 20 by recognising, ordering and accurately counting to correctly build unifix towers to represent these numbers. Students practised counting sets of objects by creating ‘Tall Towers’ of unifix up to the number 20 and are learning the importance of one to one correspondence when counting -  that the last number you count represents the total number. As well as building the children's number sense, unifix blocks also assist in the development of fine motor skills and hand eye coordination.  

In Measurement and Geometry, the Foundation students have been learning all about two dimensional shapes. They have been looking for them in their immediate environment and sorting them according to a variety of different attributes and learning the names of the different shapes. They have also learned the features of the different shapes including how many sides and corners and even learned the new word ‘vertices’. The students have enjoyed making shapes using matchsticks and creating Shape Faces! 

HARMONY DAY

Our Harmony Day Celebration was the perfect opportunity to acknowledge our unique qualities by celebrating our diverse heritage and cultures. Students came to school dressed in the Harmony Day colour of orange or in an outfit that represented their culture/country they have links with or have a personal interest in. The costumes were amazing! We had a fantastic day investigating and exploring all the different artefacts, pictures etc. that the students brought along with them to share. Thank you for all your efforts. 

WELCOME TO FOUNDATION PICNIC

Unfortunately due to the inclement weather we had to cancel our much anticipated Welcome to Foundation Picnic however we still raffled off our amazing prize which was donated to us from TheirCare (before and after school care). 

Congratulations to the Newby family! Enjoy your family outing to an AFL game of your choice at the MCG or Marvel Stadium! 

SPECIALIST TIMETABLE TERM ONE

Please see below for information regarding the days each grade has their Specialist classes. Due to events happening in the senior school our timetable has been altered - the times below apply to weeks 7, 8 and 9. 

PMP

In 2023 the Perceptual Motor Program (PMP) will be running on a weekly basis for the Foundation students. The purpose of this program is to grow the Fundamental Movement Skills of the students via working through different activities which require different movements. Justin Scicluna runs our PMP program.

  If there are any family members who would be willing to volunteer and assist with the PMP sessions, please email justin.scicluna@education.vic.gov.au. In order to assist with these sessions, you will require a current Working with Children Check (WWCC) and it must be presented to the office before commencing the session. If you do not have a WWCC and would like to obtain one, please visit the below link;

https://www.workingwithchildren.vic.gov.au/individuals/applicants/how-to-apply-1

The PMP session times for weeks 7, 8 and 9 are as below;

Thursdays  

Foundation B: 11:00am-11:50pm

Foundation A: 11:50-12:40pm

We are looking forward to an exciting first term of learning! If you have any questions please contact us via email or in person. 

holly.peters@education.vic.gov.au

lisa.dam@education.vic.gov.au