Welcome back to Term 3! It is already half way through the year already!
This term we have a lot of events and things happening. Outside the classroom, we have the St John's Musical. Kindergarten will be playing a key role in this and you'll hear more about this in the coming weeks.
We have Book Week, Science Week, Gymnastics each fortnight, St John's social, Grandparents Day, Spring Fair and throw in the regular sport commitments and learning time it makes for a very busy term. Children love being kept busy and stimulated to I'm sure they won't be complaining of being bored!
To begin the term, Parent/Teacher Interviews will commence next week. A note will go home tomorrow. Could you please fill this out with your top three preferred times. Please fill in all three so I am able to accommodate to your needs as best as possible.
I hope you enjoyed spending time looking through your child's portfolio and report. Please come with any questions next week and if possible please being the portfolio along also.
During the holidays (yes I worked in the holidays) Mrs Packer and I attended the THRASS advanced/mastery course. This course was amazing and a great step up from the last course we attended. We learned a great deal more about the approach to teaching phonemic awareness and have lots of exciting activities and lessons planned for the students this term.
Mrs Packer and I are hoping you would like to attend a 'crash course' in THRASS to know a bit more about the program. This would be very beneficial to help your child at home and so you know what is happening in the classroom. For those who have already attended an information session on THRASS the 'crash course' will be formatted differently and we encourage you to come. Please email me if you would like to attend and we will organise a date.
This term for homework, students will still take home their
readers as usual. Instead of sight words, I would like students to use their
'Super Pack' (sent home at the beginning of the year) and work on segmenting their
THRASS cards.
Segmenting is a key element in decoding words and helping your child to read. For example for the word cat, students should use their phoneme fist and put up one finger for each sound they hear C-A-T. I will add a video to the blog this week of an example we will be doing in the classroom. Another area that students need to really focus on, which I will discuss in the parent/teacher interview is
handwriting. Forming letters correctly is essential in the writing process. Some may not think it is important but it is essential for students to be literate. I will be sending home an 'overwrite chart' similar to what students use in class, for them to practice at home. Please don't practice using lined paper. Let your child practice their letter writing on plain paper so they are focusing on the correct formation rather than staying inside the lines. Writing inside the lines will be a skill they master later.
As always if you have any questions or would like to speak with me about anything please feel free to email me or pop in one afternoon.
Have a lovely warm evening and see you tomorrow!
Jess
Weekly Organisation
Kindergarten 2015
Term 3 Week 1
What is happening this week:
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Monday
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Tuesday
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Wednesday
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Thursday
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Friday
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PE Uniform (Striped Shirt)
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FULL WINTER UNIFORM
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FULL WINTER UNIFORM
- LIBRARY
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FULL WINTER UNIFORM
- ASSEMBLY
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Special events this week:
ASSEMBLY: Will be held this FRIDAY in the Year 6 room at 2:30pm (Change of venue)
Homework tasks:
- Readers
- Reading Eggs/Mathletics
Reminders:
Please, please, please make sure your child wears their jumper each day.
If your child is sick it’s better to keep them home then spread the sickness to others. Your help is very much appreciated
Parent teacher interviews next week
