Important Dates

16th August - Whole School Athletics Carnival

19th to 23rd August - Book Week: Reading is my

secret power

30th August - Father’s Day and Special Friend’s

Breakfast

13th September - Curriculum Day

19th September - School Production

20th September - Footy colours day, 10 am pa-

rade

20th September - Last Day of Term 2.30pm finis

Literacy incursion - Date to be announced.

Information about Key dates will be sent home

closer to the day.

Foundation Term Three Newsletter Welcome to Term Three. This Newsletter aims to give you some information about what your child will be learning, across the curriculum.

Please continue to visit the Dojo website frequently as we aim to be as environmentally aware as possible by providing you with information about key events electronically, rather than on paper.

LITERACY

This term we will continue to revise individual sounds and explore the formation of all letters in their upper and lower case form. We will review the digraphs, sh, ch, th, wh and ph, and introduce word families ending in ‘ng’ and ‘nk’. Students will explore the rules for writing ‘ck’ at the end of words and use magic ‘e’ to write words containing long vowel sounds. They will continue to read and write ‘Tricky’ sight words. In Writing, students will be writing rhyming poems, fables and information reports. We are using the COPS acronym to edit our work. COPS stands for Cap-italisation, Organisation, Punctuation and Spelling. When reading, the children will explore effective reading strategies to increase their accuracy and flu-ency. We are also focusing on expanding their vocab-ulary and comprehension skills. MATHS In Number, we will be learning about the value of each digit in a two digit number. We will explore effective addition strategies, such as counting on and using doubles. The children will explore the practical application of subtraction strategies including cre-ating number stories and crossing off to take away. Students will compare two digit numbers and identify numbers before and after, to 20. They will represent simple, everyday financial situations involving money. In Measurement and Geometry, students will explore concept of time, 3D shape. In Statistics and Probability students will learn about chance and data collection.

INQUIRY - Fairness and Friendship

The children will learn about social justice through the

lens of fairness and friendship. They will practise fol-

lowing classroom and family rules and will consider

appropriate actions in different places that they might

visit. The children will learn techniques to manage

conflict and use appropriate social skills when working

in a team.

Essential questions we will ask are:

How can I listen with understanding and empathy?

Why is it important to following classroom rules and

family rules?

What are appropriate actions in different places?

What is 'right' and 'wrong'?

Production On 19th September the whole school will be partici-pating in a production at the Chelsea Town Hall. All children are expected to attend both the matinee and evening performance. The production is always a highlight of the school year as the children dress up and perform a dance on the stage. The event is pro-fessionally videoed and photographed and they are available to be purchased after the event. It is always VERY hands on creating the costumes and we will be asking for volunteers to help out nearer the time. Take Home Books Please continue to fill in your child’s Reading Diary and send it to school each Friday so that we can write a motivational message and see how they are doing. Dojo Thank you again to all of the parents who have joined Dojo. We will continue to endeavour to check the page and reply to any messages between 8 am and 5 pm, Monday to Friday. Sickness It is that wonderful cold time of year, brrr. Many of the children have already started coughing and sneezing. Please have a chat with your child about effective hand hygiene. If they are complaining of feeling ill please err on the side of caution and keep them at home. Incursions The children will be participating in an incursion this term. We are currently in the process of booking it and will let you know the details nearer the time.

Book Week Book Week, this year, is rom 19th to 23rd August. The theme is ‘Reading is my Secret Power’. During the week we will be holding a book parade and the chil-dren are invited to dress up as their favourite book character. We will let you know the date when it has been finalised. There will also be a visit from a chil-drens’ book author. VPRC We would love all of the children in the school to complete the Victorian Premiers Reading Challenge. Please remember to add any books your child reads on to the list online. If you have lost your child’s login details please speak to his/her teacher and we will get you another one. Wellbeing Please come and speak to us if you have any ques-tions or concerns. Remember that no question is a silly question and we always pride ourselves on being a school that cares about the wellbeing of all mem-bers of our community.

Trudi Braysmith and Justine Gallo