Working Together

 In class:

Fine Motor - Hair Cutting

Rhymimg Word Sort

Mystery Box - Identifying Initial Sounds

Building Towers - Ordering Numbers 1 to 10

Counting 10 Raindrops

In the Playground:

Kindy Fire-Fighters!

Rocking the Boat!

Predicting the Weather:

Weather Wizards!

Term 2 Week 6

Week 6 & 7

 Literacy:

In literacy, we are learning new concepts such as rhyming. Rhyming words are words that end the same. For example, mat and cat or pack and sack. 

Over the next two weeks we will be reviewing and focusing on initial letter sounds -  

Rr as in Robot starts with Rr, Rr, Rr

Cc as in Carrot starts with Cc, Cc, Cc  

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

Mm as in Monkey starts with Mm, Mm, Mm.

Nn as in Necklace starts with Nn, Nn, Nn.

Ii as in Insect starts with Ii, Ii, Ii and

Hh as in Hat starts with Hh, Hh, Hh.

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

Sight words are look, at, Mum, I, can.  

Koala starts with Kk, Kk, Kk.

Crab starts with Cc, Cc, Cc.

Castle starts with Cc, Cc, Cc.

Numeracy:

The children are learning to identify and write numbers 7, 8 ,9 and 10. We will also learn to count and order numbers to 10, count collections using one to one correspondence.  

ABAB Patterns

Kites with 9 strips on the tail!

Kite Starts with Kk.

HASS:

Wattle Grove Primary School will be celebrating WA Day in week 8. The theme is 'Wander out Yonder' promoting WA locals to take a holiday in their ‘backyard’. Each classroom will be decorating their classroom door that features a location in WA. Our Kindy classroom will be decorating our door from the Perth/Peel region. 

Show & Tell has been enjoyed by all, with the children bringing in great items and learning from each other. Fantastic Speaking and Listening skills are developing. Sharing news is a fun way to build oral language, gain confidence and assist with initial phonic sounds with links to words and vocabulary. Please continue to practise news and help your child to speak in sentences about their object.

Enjoy the weekend together and maybe explore something special about WA, which the children can incorporate into their news telling. 

Term 2 2021

 Week 3 to 5

A BIG thank you to all the Mums for attending our short but special Mother’s Day ‘surprise’ on Friday. The students 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 students 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. 

 Show & Tell: 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. When it is your child’s turn, a note will be sent home. Please ensure your child is prepared on their rostered news day. This is necessary as it is not possible to fit extra students into the news time slot. It only allows four children to share their news on one day and if forgotten they miss their turn and this causes disappointment.

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.

Learning Activities

 RAINBOW DRESS UP DAY

LITERACY:

Rainbow Scratch Pictures

Restaurant - Home Corner Play

Monkey Starts with Mm, Mm, Mm.

Sight Words

Mailing Centre - Mother's Day Cards

Making Mum Muffins with Playdough!

NUMERACY:

Threading Pom-poms

ABAB Patterns

Number Rockets

One to One Correspondence

Roll and Build

Roll and Say

STEM:

Box Robots

Rocket Launching

 M&M experiment - colour mixing

Weather Wizard

Exploring Push and Pull