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.