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Around the room Weeks 4-6
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Week 5
Week 5 We have already hit the middle of Term 3, and would like to congratulate students and families for a wonderful four weeks at school. Time flies when we are having so much fun! Literacy Phonics: This week the students are learning the phonic sound Ff and will be busy working on some Ff- Ff-Ff Father’s Day surprises……ssssh!! Please don’t mention this to Dad! Our home corner has transformed into a florist’s shop and the children are using their creativity to make flower arrangements and use the language and social skills required for customer service! Dramatic play is very important for children’s development and learning. They can try out roles from familiar family scenes and local community experiences. It enables children to develop their imagination and engage in experiences to make sense of the world they live in. Sight words Through the year, Kindy students have a list of 20 high frequency words, which are found in written texts and readers. Children are encouraged to re...
Term 3 Updates
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 child has settled quickly into classroom routines and applying what they have learnt in Terms 1 and 2. Literacy In Literacy, we have been reviewing all sounds covered last semester (S,A,T,P,I,N,M,R,C,K,H,E,D). Our new sounds this term are L, B, G, F, W, O and U. We will continue to practise identifying rhyming words and counting syllables in words using our bodies (head=1, shoulders=2, stomach=3, knees=4). 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, 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 h...