Kaya everyone!
Just informing parents of some new experiences and daily routines to Kindy this Term.
Firstly,
The children get to take home a storybook.
Your child will get a reading Comprehension bag that contains a book and a sheet of questions. These questions are specifically designed to encourage your childs comprehension. Over the 10 days you have it please read the book to your child and ask them the questions maybe on the second read. Please don't mark the question sheet.
Books are distributed each Wednesday/Thursday and need to be returned the next Monday you come to Kindy (so you have books for 10 days)
As the trolley box is in the classroom the books can be returned any day, as long as it is on or before the Monday
Each week books are rotated to a pre determined schedule. If more than 2 packs are not returned in a particular week the class does not get any PLD bags for that week.
If you know your child will not be at school (eg on extended leave/holiday) please let the teacher know and do not take a package.
If your child is sick please try to return the pack - eg with a friend or a sibling.
The pack needs to be returned even if it has not been read/finished.
Each Tuesday I check the returned books - if yours isn’t there you will get an SMS message from myself (Mary-lee Kemp). If you get a message you need to return the pack to the teacher before school the next day, Wednesday.
If you notice anything wrong with the package ( eg pages missing, ripped. Question sheet scribbled on,) please write a note and leave it inside the package so I can see it when returning it.
If pack is overdue more than 2 weeks you will receive an account - each pack costs $20-25.
Thank you for your co-operation – if everyone does the right thing the program should run seamlessly.
From Mary-Lee Kemp the librarian.
The time has come for our favourite activity... NEWS time. Each child will have a go at telling or showing some news. Each child will have a chosen day which is on a fortnightly cycle ( every second week). The chosen day will remain the same throughout the term. I will send messages out the first few rounds to get parents use to this schedule. It will begin Week 2 on Tuesdays - Fridays.
e.g Your child may be on Weeks 2 4 6 8 or
Weeks 3 5 7 9. This means they will have four goes each before the end of term.
Please help your child come up with three bits of information about their object- based news or their event-based news.
eg. When Where What Who
When Where What Who colour parts etc.
This is an elephant
I got it from K mart
it is grey
It has a trunk and four legs. It can walk and play in the jungle.
Your child might need a post stick note with some information on it sent in with their news to help support their memory. It's always a good idea to bring in the item in a library bag or a coles bag.
Please no toy weapons, beanie boos or electronics ( they become a bit distracting).
Thank you.
Miss Horrocks.
