Week Four

A BIG thank you to all the Mums for attending our short but special Mothers Day ‘surprise’ on Thursday and Friday. The children worked very hard for the last three weeks preparing for this special celebration, and your presence made all their efforts worthwhile. It was wonderful to see all the mums and I hope it provided each one with memories to treasure of their child’s first year at school. 

Literacy

Over the next three weeks we will be focusing on the initial letter sounds -  

Rr as in Robot starts with Rr, Rr, Rr

Cc as in Carrot starts with Cc, Cc, Cc and  

Kk as in Kite starts with Kk, Kk, Kk.   

Please note that Cc is referred to as ‘curly c’ and Kk as ‘kicking k’ 

Sight words will be Look, at, Mum.  

Numeracy

The children are learning to identify and write numbers 7, 8 and 9. We will also learn to count and order numbers to 9 in the correct order and use one to one correspondence.  

This term our theme is “A Home Among The Gum Trees!” and will relate to our country, Australia. We will be learning about our Indigenous Australians, WA and the unique flora and fauna found here. We will use the theme to build the children's vocabulary and knowledge of the country they live in.  

News Telling 

Starting this week, the children will be asked to bring in something that represents Australia e.g. animals, plants, landmarks, places you might have visited, sport, foods, cultural icons such as thongs or hats with corks etc. to share with the class during show and tell. Please ensure your child is prepared on their rostered news day. 

We would like the children to develop the confidence to speak independently without assistance and prompting. Sharing news is a fun way to build oral language and gain confidence in speaking and listening skills. Please practise news and help your child to plan a few sentences about their object. Children are required to speak clearly and loudly and to look at their classmates when sharing their information.  

It has been very rewarding to see each child making progress in their learning since the beginning of this year and we are extremely proud of them. It must be noted that each child progresses at their own pace and at their appropriate developmental levels, hence regular support and reinforcement of concepts taught need to be consistent both at school and home. The children are being assessed for mid-year reports that will be issued at the end of this term. Please practise and support your child, so that they can independently and consistently demonstrate their learning.

We look forward to many enjoyable and productive learning experiences ahead.