What an exciting start to the term we
are having. There are lots of special events happening. Please take care
to read all student notes and the class board each day to ensure you stay
informed.
Dancing Lessons
Dancing Lessons are underway, and we are
enjoying learning the steps to some fun routines. We look forward to showing
off our moves at the end of year Dance Party in Week 10.
Assembly Items
Red Group Assembly Item – Friday 30
October.
Blue Group Assembly Item – Thursday
26 November.
Literacy
This week we are learning the sound Vv
as in volcano and vet. We have been exploring volcanoes, including making them
and seeing them erupt in our sandpits! Photos will follow throughout the week.
We have been applying our letter sound
and sight word knowledge to read simple sentences and texts.
A focus for Term 4 is blending
and segmenting CVC words. CVC words are three letter words that
comprise of a consonant, a vowel and another consonant, e.g. pig, man, zip.
Blending:
This skill involves blending sounds together to pronounce a word e.g. s u
n … sun
Segmenting:
This skill involves listening carefully to the word and identifying
the sounds that you can hear e.g. sun … s u n
Numeracy
We continue to work with teen numbers.
This week we will be learning about the number 17. We continue to develop our
counting skills by practising one-to-one correspondence (touching each object
as we count) and learning that the arrangement does not affect the count.
HASS (History and Social Sciences)
This term we are learning about family
celebrations. In week 3, we will be asking children to name a special event
that their family celebrates and tell us how they celebrate it. Special events
could include religious festivals, family reunions, birthdays, community events
etc. Please speak with your child about a family event to support them to
complete this in Week 3.
Homework Folders
Thank you for returning your child’s
homework folders last term, we will be sending them home again this week. We
have been busy preparing sight words and name cards to practise at home. We
will continue to send home readers, on a rotation through our Kindy classes.
Please ensure that homework folders are returned on your child’s Kindy day.
Thank you for your support with our
learning program.