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Parent Information Session 2016 Foundation K
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Healthy Snack - Students can have a healthy snack twice a day at around 10am and 12.30pm. - Only fresh fruit and vegetables are allowed during healthy snack time. - Students are usually working during this time so please ensure that nothing messy is provided for healthy snack. - Water bottles can be left on tables during the day. Please ensure that water bottles are the pop top type and do not leak.
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Hot Lunches - Students need to put their hot lunch in the basket in the classroom. This should be done as soon as they get to school. - Food is to be wrapped in foil and clearly labelled with student name and grade. - Please provide knives, forks and spoons that are required for eating.
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Sun Smart Hats are required for all of term 1 and some of term 2. Sunscreen is also recommended. If the weather forecast (Channel 7 news) for the following day is 35 degrees or above, school the following day will end earlier at 3:00. Lunch play is reduced on these day so that students are not out in the heat. No class time is lost.
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End of Day Pick Up Due to traffic in our car park, we have staggered dismissal times. You can nominate to collect your child at either the early pick up (3:15) or late pick-up (3:30) time. All students finish classes at the same time, with late pick up students being supervised in the yard from 3:15 to 3:30. We also have a bus option. See the office for more information. To minimise traffic through the office, please make sure that if you pick your child up from their classroom, that you collect them from outside their classroom door.
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Homework - Foundation students are expected to practise their reading at home. This includes reading short texts and ‘hot words’.
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Homework: Reading - To get the most out of this, students should read every weeknight for about 10 mins. - The book they have read and a short comment on their reading should be recorded in their reading diary each night. - Please send this diary back to school every day in their reading satchel (available from the uniform shop). - To begin with, you can read to your child, with them tracking the words and repeating it back to you. They can then gradually take control of the reading.
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Homework: Spelling Foundation students practise the ‘hot words’. These are lists of high frequency words, usually with some common spelling patterns. The goal is for students to be able to recognise these words on sight. They therefore need short, regular practise of these. Your role will be to support your child to learn these words by reading the words with your child on a regular basis and playing games together. Eg. memory, snap or go fish. Once a student can read a list independently, they are moved onto the next list. Each class is looking for a parent helper to test students on the lists each week. Please see Mrs Phillips or Miss K if you can help.
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Classroom Helpers Parent Helpers need to complete the Parent Helpers course with Sue and have a current working with children check. These are free and you can find the forms at Australia Post. Parents may be assigned a group of children to work with or individual children. Mrs Phillips and Miss K will send a timetable home shortly for you to place your names against if you are interested.
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Parent Helpers You may also like to help at… Canteen Special events Odd jobs (see the newsletter) Lunchtime options programs Working bees FAF Excursions Foundation dinner
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Blogging Each grade has it’s own class blog. Checking the blog is a great way to keep up to date with what’s happening in the classroom. We post on these regularly so please subscribe to the relevant blog using the link on the site. You will receive an email notification when we add a new post and can unsubscribe at any time if needed. Our blog addresses are…http://kenny.global2.vic.edu.auhttp://kenny.global2.vic.edu.au http://kotlarewski.global2.vic.edu.au The addresses also located inside the front cover of the reading diaries. We will be posting each unit newsletter on the blog, as well as this presentation.
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Specialists ArtIndonesianPEScience 9:00-10:00 Tuesday 10:30- 11:00 Tuesday 2:15- 3:15 Tuesday 12:30- 1:30 Thursday Rotations Rotations are still in house groups and will take place on Fridays. Throughout the year students will participate in… Creative writing Performing Arts Sport
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Foundation Dinner - In term 4, Foundation students attend a dinner at school. - The night also includes a movie and scavenger hunt around the school yard.
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Communication Thursday Newsletter Avoid lost newsletters and sign up to get newsletters emailed to you, just see Melissa www.upper-plenty-ps.vic.edu.au www.upper-plenty-ps.vic.edu.au Become a friend of UPPS on Facebook Unit newsletters Class blog You can see us after school Tuesday or Thursdays.
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Questions?
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Thank you for coming. Parents play an important role in their children’s education
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