WORK PACKAGES - Term 1, Week 9

The following Work Package has been created to assist children at home with their learning.

Please click on the picture below to access the weekly plan. Please click on the blue text to access additional resources.

Week 8

The end of Term 1 is soon approaching and we would love to say a huge thank you for your ongoing involvement and support. Thank you to all of our parent volunteers who have kindly given up their mornings to assist us with our literacy rotations - it has been a pleasure having you in our classroom!

The children continue to amaze us each week, as they are now confident in performing daily class routines such as lining up for class after recess and lunch, putting lunch boxes and hats away in their bags, and rotating through activities with their designated groups.

Reminders:

Brain boxes - On Thursday we sent home colour cards in each child's brain box. We ask that you practise these with your child over the weekend and please return them on Monday (23rd March).  

Library - Please bring library books and library bags on Monday, as students will have library every Monday.

Harmony Day - Thursday 26^th March (Blue) and Friday 27^th March (Red) the whole school will be celebrating Harmony Day. Children can wear international costumes or the colour orange to celebrate Australia’s cultural diversity. Children must wear regular school shoes.

Harmony Day Photos

Harmony Day dancing!

Making paper chain families to show children that not
all families are the same.

Literacy

This week students will be learning about the phonic sound Nn. Throughout the week we will be focusing on words that start with this sound. For example nest starts with n n n, nose starts with n n n, and night starts with n n n. This week students will have the opportunity to explore our baby nursery play area and create starry night skies using their fine motor skills and shiny star stickers! Students will continue to practise identifying the initial sound in their name and will also continue to practise writing their name.

The children loved using their new magic wands when

practicing their letter writing.

Numeracy

Our number of the week is the number 5. Students will learn how to write the number 5 and recognise the number 5 in dot patterns (also known as subitising). We will also review numbers 1 to 4, focusing on recognising these numbers in the form of numerals, dot patterns, and collections of objects.

Easter Egg Fun!
We used easter eggs to help practise our counting and
colour sorting.

Health

Over the past few weeks we have been revising best hygiene practices with the children, as these are vital life skills that are of extreme importance during this time. These practices include coughing and sneezing into elbows, using correct hand washing procedures, and washing hands before meals and after using the toilet. We encourage you to remind your child to continue these practices at home, to ensure best hygiene practice becomes part of your child’s daily routine both at home and at school. We also remind you to please keep your child home if they are unwell, as staying home is often the best way to allow your child to recover from sickness and prevent the spread of illness within the community.

News

Just a friendly reminder that these students will need to bring in their news for this week:

Monday
Kaea
Shanyuth

We look forward to a great week 8!

If you have any questions or concerns, please speak to your class teacher.

Week 7

The children are improving their fine motor skills particularly with hand preference, pencil grip and pressure. We are teaching pencil grip with Polly Pilot and Peter Pilot flying our pencil plane. They have also started to use scissors at school and are learning how to cut using the rhyme “Open shut them, open shut them, give a little snip. Open shut them, open shut them, go along the track.” Cutting is quite a complex task for a child and takes time and practice to learn how to use scissors correctly. To ensure proper scissor grip, have them slide their first two fingers into the long, oval shaped handle and their thumb into the round one. Children need to be given opportunities both at home and school to learn this skill …. practice really does make perfect! 


Reminders:

Library - Please bring library books and library bags on Monday, as students will have library every Monday.

Literacy

This week we will be revising the initial letter sounds Aa, Ss and  Tt, for example, Ant starts with a, a, a Sun starts with s, s, s. and Tiger starts with t, t, t. We will continue to focus on name recognition and what sound our name starts with.

Making our  a-a-a, s-s-s, t-t-t flip books!

Drawing self portraits

Drawing self portraits

Practicing writing the letters Aa, Ss and Tt.

Trains and towers mat play.

The children have loved practicing their dance moves this week!

The children have loved practicing their dance moves this week!

Numeracy

This week we will focus on the number four. The students will continue focusing on the collection of dots on a dice, without counting. They will also practise to orally count in order starting at one.

 Making our number 4 pizzas!

Tap Tap 

Digging for numbers and tracing numbers on our number
road mats.

Brain Boxes

Each child is taking home an individualised ‘Brain Box’ which contains concepts for children to use at home to reinforce learning that has been taught in class. Each child is required to practice these concepts at home regularly for a short time each day and return them to school. The teacher will then review them and either return the same, (if further practice is required) or change them for those who have fully grasped the concept. These boxes are school property and need to be taken care of and returned after a week.

News

Could these students please bring in their news this week: 

Monday
Jerome
Liam
Skylar
Sreya

Thursday
Ella
Jake
Joshua


Thank you for your continued support, we look forward to another busy and fun week in Kindergarten.

Week 6

Wow, the term is flying by and we are now heading into the second half of Term 1! The children are doing well with the new routines at school. They have come so far in these first few weeks and have started to work in teams and rotate through activities. Well done!

Reminder: Please remember to bring library bags for Monday, as students will have library Monday afternoon!

Literacy

The students have been learning to identify their name and the sound it starts with e.g. Max starts with M, M, M.

This week we are focusing on the initial letter sound Tt…. as in tap starts with t t t, tadpole starts with t t t, tissue starts with t t t and tiger starts with t t t. We will be painting a magic ‘Tt’ on white bread with milk and then toasting it to make the ‘Tt’ visible. There will also be a Teddy Bear’s tea party with herbal raspberry tea and of course, our toasts! What a terrific celebration of the letter Tt!

To further reinforce the letter sound please have a look around your home for an object that starts with this letter and bring it in to add to our class ‘Phonic Mystery Bag.’ (Please label items so that they can be returned.) Try this website for learning initial phonic sounds:  www.starfall.com.au

Our class tea party with a-a-apples, s-s-strawberries and t-t-tea.

Our class tea party with a-a-apples, s-s-strawberries and t-t-tea.

T toast!

Shape turtles

Truck sensory play

Numeracy 

This week we are reviewing Numbers 1 to 3 and focusing on dot patterns. This is known as subitising which means looking at dot patterns (on dice) and saying the number without counting. Initially we will be focusing on numbers 1, 2 and 3. Playing dice games, like Snakes and Ladders, is a good way for your child to practise this skill.

Number bean bag toss

Number bean bag toss

Number bean bag toss

Fish number task

Number towers

Science

We have been exploring our five senses and incorporating each one into our learning. Using our senses helps us remember more and attach more meaning to experiences.  On Thursday and Friday of this week we will be combining with the other Kindy classes and enjoying tabloid activities to reinforce our learning of the senses.

There will be five rotational activities involving the sense of smell, taste, sight, touch and hearing. We are eagerly looking forward to getting to know the teachers and students in the other Kindy classes!

Smelling activity - smelling scented textas

Smelling activity

Smelling activity 

Tasting activity - lollies (sweet), popcorn (salty),
sour lollies (sour), dark chocolate (bitter)

Tasting activity

Tasting activity

Health

As mentioned at the Parent information session it is important to keep children at home if they are unwell. Sickness is a part of childhood, whether it’s a fever, sore throat, cough or just not feeling well. Infections can spread easily affecting other students, teachers, and family members. If your child is unwell please keep your child at home and arrange to see your doctor if necessary.

Many illnesses can be stopped before they spread by reminding everyone to practise frequent handwashing, blowing noses into tissues, covering mouths when coughing or sneezing. Even the best hygiene practices can’t prevent the spread of illnesses. Sometimes staying home is the only way to benefit our kids, ourselves and our communities.

News
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Just a friendly reminder that these students will need to bring in their news for this week:

Blue Group (Monday)
Eleanor
Isabella
Jackson
Madden

Blue Group (Thursday)
Finn
Harper
Kaea
Sienna

Looking forward to another wonderful week!

As always, if there are any questions please speak to the class teacher.

Welcome to Week 5!

Just a reminder that Monday 2^nd March is a public holiday.  Due to this, the Kindy Blue Group will only be attending school on Wednesday and Thursday this week.

We are aware that many of you are very eager to give up your time to volunteer in your child’s classroom, therefore we have placed a parent volunteer roster next to the door of our classroom. Parent volunteer times are from 8:45 until 10:30 (start of the day until recess) and we would absolutely love for any parents or other family members who may be able to spare a couple of hours of their morning to sign their name up on our parent roster. Thank you to those parents/family members who have already put their name on our parent roster!

Literacy

Our letter of the week will be the ‘S s’ phonic sound. Throughout the week we will practise the ‘S s’ sound by identifying words that start with this sound such as snake. To reinforce student’s learning of the ‘S s’ sound, we will have a ‘supermarket’ themed dramatic play area, create ‘spotty snakes’, and make ‘stretchy sparkly slime’.

Numeracy

Our number of the week will be the number 3. Students will learn how to write the number 3 and will have the opportunity to practise counting and identifying 3 items during activities such as the beanbag toss, number fishing, and the number soup game.

Science

The focus for science this term is our five senses. This week we will explore the senses of touch and sight. Students will be making coloured lens glasses to discover the sense of sight, and feely bags and slime will be used to investigate the sense of touch.

Health (CHAT)

This term students have been learning about pedestrian safety. For example, knowing how to cross the road safely and understanding what various road signs and signals mean. To reinforce what students have learnt so far, this week we will be outside in our outdoor play area practicing how to cross the road safely using our road mats and signs. 

HASS

Thank you once again to the families who brought in their family photos, as students used these last week for a speaking and listening task. The students were very excited to tell their fellow peers all about their family!

News

Last week we sent news bags home with four students from each class, as news will be starting this week. When your child receives a news bag, they will need to choose one item that is very special them and tells us something about them. We encourage you to choose something other than toys, such as books, photos of places you have visited, sporting items, trophies, menus from restaurants, photos of pets and photos taken at events. We ask that your child practices what they will talk about, for example what it is, why they like it and why it is special to them. This item should be placed in the news bag and brought back to school on the next day that your child attends Kindy. 

It is extremely important that these news bags are brought back on your next Kindy day because these news bags are rotated, meaning that if your child forgets to bring the news bag back to school, another child will miss out on taking the news bag home with them.

Students who will be bringing their news to school this week Wednesday:

Blue Group

Aryan

Ava

Charlotte
Chester