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Welcome back toTerm 2. This term we will be doing a unit of work entitled Healthy Me, which will focus on our five senses. We will look at how our senses are used to know and learn about ourselves, which body parts are responsible for our sensations and how this information keeps us healthy and safe. We will be taking the children for sensory walks this week, firstly around the school and then to the local park on Thursday for them to explore their senses in natural environments. Both teachers will be accompanying the children on this walk. If it is still cool on Thursday please send a coat or extra jumper.
The children will continue working in literacy groups including guided and shared reading, handwriting, spelling activities, Reading Eggs, and diary writing. We have been reading lots of stories which will form part of the children’s tally for the Premier’s Reading Challenge. We hope you are adding in the books that you read at home, too. Over the holidays our take home readers were collected and re-levelled. Take home readers are now levelled by colour and not by letter. When your child brings home books to read please disregard the letter level on the back cover as they will be given the correctly levelled text. Children will continue to participate in speaking and listening activities, show and tell, reading to the grade, and Tribes activities.
We will continue to play games and activities in Maths. This term we will be developing children’s understanding of number, making ten, counting, patterns, capacity, time, length, location words, and 3D shapes.
This term the children will also be participating in the Perceptual Motor Program twice a week. More information will be sent home soon.
During our weekly Buddy sessions, children will be partaking in activities around our theme of Healthy Me. The children are really enjoying these sessions as well as catching up with their ‘big buddies’ in the yard. It’s a wonderful program and the Preps are so excited when it’s Buddies Day.
The children have been developing some independence as they bring in their readers, brain food, etc. in the mornings. We will be giving the children a little more responsibility as we choose two students who will be our “Classroom Leaders”. These children will be responsible for lots of the little jobs that need to be done, and at the end of the week, they will be awarded with a certificate for all their hard work!
We also encourage the children to be responsible for their own belongings. During the Winter terms the children need to keep track of their jumpers. Sometimes your child may bring home a jumper belonging to another child without you being aware of it. Could you please check the labels in the back from time to time and return any jumpers as quickly as possible.
At the end of this term, the children will be given their Semester 1 Reports. This will give you information about what they have achieved, any areas they need to improve, and what the school or home can do to help them. We will also have Parent-Teacher Interviews late in Term 2 or early Term 3 to discuss your child’s progress.
We hope the children have all been practising their Alphabet books, and word lists during the holidays. Some of the children will bring home new lists soon, as they are doing so well.
If you have any concerns about your child or you just want to check on how they are going, the best time to see us is after school. If we can’t see you on that day, we’ll make a specific time for an appointment.
Regards,
Annette and Caroline