Dear Parents/Carers, A few things for this week; Morning Mats This week we are changing up the morning routine and asking the children to complete a ‘morning mat’ with their parent/family member when they come into the classroom instead of just their name. Each child will have their full name to practice with 2 small literacy and/or numeracy tasks to do. I went through the morning mats with the children on Friday so they know what to expect! Please can you encourage your child to complete their morning mat when they arrive at school before finding an activity to do. Any questions or concerns please let me know. Good morning Please can you continue to encourage your child to say good morning to myself, Mrs Sweeny, Mrs Torrese or Ms Kent when they come through the door in the morning. We are continuing to teach them that it is a sign of a respect to look someone in the eye and greet them when they come into the classroom! Thank you so much for those parents/care givers that are doin
Hi Everyone, Ms Turner will be out of the classroom Tuesday 23rd April while she attends a Numeracy PD. This week the PP's have 2 visiting Occupational Therapists in our classrooms. They are completing screening on each student. Please read the following letter from Potential Therapy for Children for information regarding the screening. OT screening - Potential Therapy English So far we have learnt that letters have both a name and a sound. The students need to be able to recognise what the letter looks like, what it sounds like and how to write it. So far we have learnt : m, s, t, a, p. Feel free to practise these letters at home. Look for them in books, write them in the shower etc. Mastering each letter will help with learning to read and write!!! Maths Currently in math we have been looking at shapes and their properties or attributes. We know that circles only have one side/edge and no corners!! Both squares and rectangles have 4 sides and 4 corners but rectangles have 2 sho
