Week 4

Week 4 has been a fun-filled week full of crafts and activities that celebrate the Cc phonic sound. It has been great to see students settling back into our classroom routines, and we have enjoyed having all of our friends back at school this week!

In Literacy this week, students have been learning the initial letter sound Cc, for example cat starts with c, c, c. During the week we have been reading the story The Very Hungry Caterpillar, making handprint crabs, using construction materials to build castles, and serving coffees and cakes in our new café! Students have also been practising how to use their bodies to count the syllables in words and have loved singing along to The Syllable Song.

In Numeracy, our number of the week was the number 9. Students have been practising how to write the number, recognise the number and count to 9. During the week, students made number caterpillars, fed 9 leaves to their caterpillar, and sang along to Dr Knickerbocker.

Next week we will be looking at the initial letter sound Kk, for example king starts with k, k, k, and our number of the week will be the number 10. To reinforce the sound of the week and the number of the week, students will be making kites and will be counting 10 colourful tails to attach to their kites.

Over the next week, students will be sent home with a set of flashcards covering the sounds that we have learnt so far (Aa, Ss, Tt, Nn, Pp, Ii, Mm, Rr, Cc). These flashcards will be given to you on a sheet of paper and will just need to be cut out. We encourage you to use these flashcards to revise letter sounds with your child at home whenever possible. These flashcards will be yours to keep and will not need to be returned to school.

Just a friendly reminder that news telling will begin this week and news notes will continue to be sent home over the coming weeks.

Congratulations to our Room 4 students who received a merit certificate this week!