Foundation Staff
FA: Breana Baird – Room 18
FB: Debra Ford - Room 17
FC: Erin Robinson - Room 15FD: Karen Woodfine – Room 16
Educational Support Staff
Allanah Porter
Nikki Teusner
Foundation is the ‘foundation’ year for learning. In this year the students will learn how a school is organised and what behaviours are expected in a school setting. The students learn to become increasingly independent in managing their emotions. Academically, the students learn: the alphabet code, that word sentences and pictures hold meaning and that they can express their thoughts by drawing and writing. Maths concepts are based around number – counting then simple processes and applying this learning to time, space and location and visual representation. We participate in school wide programs such as Bucket Fillers, Math Masters and Specialist areas.
Please don’t hesitate to come see any of our Foundation teachers with queries and questions, we are all very happy to answer them.
In Semester 1, the Foundation students will be focusing on:
Maths:
Number and Algebra:
Days of the week
Months of the year
Data collection
Patterns
Location and directions
Reading: Solving words using a variety of decoding strategies
Author study of Mem Fox
Writing:In Semester 1 we are focusing on sentence structure in our writing.
Integrated Topic:
The Integrated Topic in Term 1 focused on recognising our emotions and how to communicate with others whilst developing positive relationships with their peers.
In Term 2 we are focusing on how things have changed over time.
Bucket Fillers:This year our schoolwide Bucket Filler program will focus on G.E.M!G = GratitudeE = EmpathyM = Mindfulness
Specialist Timetable
