Week 7 and 8

Week 7 and 8

Literacy

Week 7 – the initial blends this week are gr, pr and dr. The sight words are: from, out, just. These are the first 3 green words.

Week 8 – the initial blends this week are sk and st. The sight words are: my, said, do.

It would be a good idea to review the Golden, Red and Blue sight words at home with your child.

It is very important that your child returns their sight word folder on the allocated day. Keylinks Guided Reading books also need to be returned each week, as we have many that have not been returned.

Numeracy

Week 7 – we are learning the number 18. We are focusing on taking apart numbers to 5, for example: There are _____ fruit. 3 are apples. ____ are bananas.

We are also revising the days of the week and learning about the months of the year.

Week 8 – we are learning the number 19. We will begin to learn about subtraction (taking away) within 5. We will continue revising the days of the week and months of the year. We will begin to learn about how many days are in each month.

Science

In Science we have been learning about the needs of plants. We did an experiment where we are trying to grow bean seeds: 1 = no water, 1 = no sunlight, 1 = no soil and 1 = water, sunlight and soil. Which one do you think will grow? We will be making plants out of craft materials and labelling the parts of the plant e.g. seed, stem, roots, leaves and flower.

T&E

In T&E we are starting to design our scarecrows. Each class will vote on a design and that is the scarecrow the whole class will build. The scarecrows are part of a competition being run by the Perth Royal Show. One of the conditions is that the scarecrow has to be made completely from recycled materials. If you have anything at home that you could donate e.g. hats, shirts, overalls, boots, straw, old brooms, pillowcases, stuffing, beanbags etc, we would really appreciate your help.

Incursions

Most classes have already attended the Constable Care incursion. It was excellent and the students really enjoyed it. During Week 7, classes will attend the RAC Road Safety Incursion. If you have not returned your child’s permission slips, please do so as soon as possible.