Week Three

We are very excited for Kindy Reds upcoming assembly item this Friday. Please ensure you are at school at 8.15am.

Literacy

This week we are learning the sound Yy as in yoyo, yachts, yellow and yoghurt. We have been applying our letter sound and sight word knowledge to read and write simple sentences. A focus for Term 4 is identifying the final and middle sounds in CVC words. This skill involves listening carefully to the word and identifying those 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 18. We continue to develop our counting skills by practising one-to-one correspondence. We will also be creating patterns and learning the days of the week.

Thank you for your support with our learning program.

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Week Two

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.

 

Week One

Welcome to Term 4!

We hope that you have all had a wonderful school holidays and we welcome you to the start of another busy term! We are delighted with all that the children have achieved so far and look forward to watching them progress even further this term. Week one was jam packed! The children enjoyed their first dance lessons and had a blast at the carnival. Results are in and Red Faction were the winners on 2489, Purple was 2^nd on 2332, Blue was 3^rd on 2245, and Orange came 4^th on 2062.

In Literacy, we will be reviewing all of the sounds covered last term (G, O, L, F, U, B, W) and the new sound for week one was Jj for jelly. We are learning to blend 3 letter words C-A-T, cat. 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 focused on the number 16. Children practised counting to 16, writing the number 16, and using one-to-one correspondence to count up to 16 items. We will also be revising numbers 1-15, positional language and simple patterns.

 

In Science, we started learning about living and non-living. Living things need air, they move, grow and reproduce. In Health, we are learning about Protective Behaviours. We will be teaching children to develop personal safety skills, such as saying “no” and having the right to feel safe at all times.

 

A few key reminders for Term 4.

 

·        Kindy Red have their Assembly item on Friday 30 October (Week 3).

 

·        Kindy Blue have their Assembly item on Thursday 26 November (Week 7).

 

·        Dance Parties and Book Awards are in Week 10.

Please keep checking the blog regularly, as we will continue to use the blog as a platform to post photos, reminders, and updates on what the children are learning at school each week.We look forward to another amazing, final term ahead!

 

Tabloid Sport Day

Just a friendly reminder, that our tabloid sport carnival is tomorrow. Children will be taken to our school oval at 1.15pm and it will finish at approximately 2.50pm. 

Please ensure that your children have their hats, water bottles and they are welcome to wear their faction shirts. 

We look forward to a great afternoon!