About+The+Foundation+Level

Foundation Staff

In 2016, there are five grades in Foundation. These include: **__Arrival and Dismissal__** School begins at 9am and finishes at 3.30pm. A warning bell rings at 8.55am to give the students 5 minutes to get to the Foundation Line Up which is located at the stairs near the Pirate Ship**.** We endeavour to encourage the children to enter the classroom independently as close to 9am as possible. The students will be dismissed from this line up area at the end of each day. If you are unable to collect your child at dismissal please notify your child's teacher via the Communication Book and provide the name and contact details of the person collecting your child.
 * || [[image:Katia Fabris.jpg width="137" height="179"]] ||  |||| [[image:Fiona Hedstrom.jpg width="131" height="172" align="center"]] || [[image:Miss Padma Lee .jpg width="147" height="181"]] ||
 * = Mrs Lewis || Mrs Fabris || Mrs Moore |||| Ms Hedstrom || Miss Lee ||

**__Timetable__** 9.00-9.50 Session One (The Students will break around 9.40am for a snack in their classrooms) 9.50-10.40 Session Two 10.40 – 11.10 Recess 11.10-12.00 Session Three (The Students will break around 12.00pm to eat their lunch in their classrooms) 12.00-12.50 Session Four 12.50-1.50 Lunch Play 1.50-2.40 Session Five 2.40 – 3.30 Session Six Each Class will have specialist classes throughout the week, Information Technology (Computer), Art, Music, Sport and Indonesian. Library is also weekly. When the year starts, you will be able to click on a link next to your child's teacher's name with the list of specialists and the days they will experience them.
 * The Bell Times for 2016 are listed below:**

At times due to activities at the school the specialist timetable may change. eg. during swimming sessions, incursions etc...
 * < **Mrs Lewis** ||=  ||
 * < **Mrs Fabris** ||=  ||
 * = ** Mr Tran ** || ||
 * ** Miss Lee ** ||  ||
 * ** Miss Hedstrom ** ||  ||

The Communication Book is taken home and brought back to school daily. Weekly newsletters and other various notices and permission slips are sent home via this book. Please check them daily and remove notices sent home. If in need, you can leave messages in there to the teacher. They are checked by the teachers daily. // **Please note that there will be an option of receiving the Weekly Newsletter via email. A notice will be sent home to you at the beginning of the year. //
 * __Communication Book__ **

** __Reader Folders / Take Home Books__ **
On the first day of school, your child will bring home, in their reader folder, their first book that they have made at school. Please read this with them and discuss their first day. This is also an opportunity to cover their reader folder in some colourful contact. The reader folder and the new book they created are to be returned the next day. PLEASE NOTE: 'Take Home Readers' are coming home in Week 2. Please read the following recommendations to assist you and your child with reading at home:
 * Please allow time for your child to 'read' their book to you at a 'non busy' time.
 * Inside the cover is a reading sheet. This needs to be signed by you each night after the book has been read.
 * In term 2, this sheet will also have goals that the children are striving for.
 * The Reading Folder and book are to be returned daily so we can change them.
 * Please do not be concerned if they are just reading from memory or looking at the pictures. These are the first strategies of reading.
 * ====Please do not be concerned if they are reading a book that is too easy as at the beginning of the year we need to assess the children to see where there reading level is. If they seem to do it easily, praise them and perhaps read a book from home.====

====** * ** As you are aware from our information sessions, w__e have a few children with a range of allergies__ __at the school.__ Your child's classroom teacher will advise you of the relevant allergies within your child's classroom. Please remember that we are endeavoring to make Vermont Primary School a __nut free__ school. So please DO NOT include peanut butter or things like Nutella, muesli bars with nuts and any nut based spreads or dips in your child's lunch box. We rely on all parents to assist us in achieving this goal. Thankyou for caring. ====

====** * The children in the FOUNDATION LEVEL at Vermont Primary School __do not__ attend school on WEDNESDAYS. Individ **** ual appointments are made for these Wednesdays to participate in the School Entry Assessment Program, which has been developed for use in Victorian Government Primary Schools. All assessments will take place in your child’s classroom with their teacher, at an agreed time, the date to be mutually convenient. A form will be sent home with your child when they start school. //(Refer to Forms and Notices for an additional copy if required).// **====