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Week Two

We have had a wonderful start to Term 3. The children have been excited to return to school to see their friends and teachers. It has been lovely to see all their smiling faces! Each one has settled quickly into classroom routines and applying what they have learnt in Terms 1 and 2. We are hopeful that this will be a smooth term and all school activities will gradually return to normal. 

Literacy 

This week we will be introducing the phonic sound Ll as in leg, leaf, and lollipop. We will be making a lobster craft and lion craft. Looking, touching and labelling items, helps children build on their vocabulary of words. 

News Telling

The Kindy theme for Term 3 is “Commotion in the Ocean” and all learning areas will be integrated to link with this theme. We will be starting our news telling program later in the term, using the above topic. Children will bring in an object or picture about something connected to the ocean. We will be learning from each other, hence each child will share some information about their chosen item. 

Reading

We will be starting Guided Reading in Kindy next week. The students have been learning about the concept of print, now they will start learning to hold their own book and follow the text with their finger as we read together. Students will also begin to have these books sent home from week 4. Please spend some time with your child reading the book. There are questions on the right side of each page that can be used to support your child’s reading and comprehension skills. Please remember that children are not expected to read the book themselves yet, but encourage them to track the words with their pointer finger, as you read aloud and encourage them to join in as they are able. Talking about what is happening in the pictures and what might happen next are great ways of building your child’s understandings of what is being read. It is important that books are returned promptly on the due date to ensure they can be sent home to other students. If you have any questions, please speak to the class teacher. 

Numeracy

This week we will continue to build on number sense and will continue to work on understanding number lines. Students will find the missing number on a 1 to 10 number line. They have also been learning to identify the number that comes before and after. Students have been introduced to the concept of counting on. This week we will be counting objects into a bucket, e.g. 5 shells, and then count on 6, 7, as we add two more items. They will also be learning all about the Number 12 (Twelve is just a one and a two, write the number and say choo-choo!).

NAIDOC will be celebrated by the whole school this week. The Kindy classes will participate in a ‘Bush Tucker’ incursion run by the South East Regional Centre for Urban Landcare (SERCUL). We will also be doing a Rainbow Serpent with our buddy class. This is a free incursion, but permission slips should have been returned by now. We have been having a lot of fun listening to indigenous music and keeping the beat with tapping sticks.

The Kindy teachers have organised a SCITECH Incursion for their students next week. It will be run during school hours, and each child is required to pay $6 to attend. A parent note has also been sent home regards this incursion. Please remember to return permission slips and pay the money early this week. 

  

Thank you for your support during these challenging times and keeping your children on track with their learning. We look forward to a brilliant week ahead! 

Week One

Welcome to Term 3! We hope that you have all had a wonderful school holidays and we welcome you to the start of another fun-filled term! We are delighted with all that the children have achieved so far and look forward to watching them progress even further this term. 

In Literacy this week we have been reviewing all sounds covered last semester (S,A,T,P,I,N,M,R,C,K,H,E,D). We will continue to practise identifying rhyming words and counting syllables in words using our bodies (head=1, shoulders=2, stomach=3, knees=4).

In Numeracy, we have been focusing on the number 11. Children will practise counting to 11, writing the number 11, and using one-to-one correspondence to count up to 11 items. We will also be revising numbers 1-10 and simple patterns.

Please ensure that your child's portfolio is returned, so that we can continue to add to it throughout the term. 

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