The Foundation year is a fundamental building block for your child’s future academic success.\u00a0<\/p>\n
At Rangebank, the Foundation team strives to build on student strengths and interests. We endeavour to develop each child both academically and emotionally in order to instill\u00a0resilience, determination and success throughout their learning.<\/p>\n
Our activities are engaging, enjoyable, and are catered towards each child’s abilities, and\u00a0we pride ourselves on ensuring that the Foundation year is a fabulous, fun and exciting year to be remembered in the future.<\/p>\n
As Covid restrictions have now eased, we can offer school tours again, as well as run our Foundation 2022 transition program. To find out more about what to expect when your child transitions to Foundation at Rangebank, please click on the links on this page.<\/p>\n\t A strong emphasis on Phonetic awareness (using the Jolly Phonics Program), teaching reading strategies through the use of the CAFE Reading program, and ensuring that the various writing genres are covered in an engaging and creative manner..<\/p>\n\t\t\tNumeracy\n\t\t\t We use hands-on materials targeted towards ensuring a fluid introduction to addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Students engage in a variety of counting activities through music, movement, games and craft based tasks. Problem solving is encouraged and intertwined throughout our Applied Maths units.<\/p>\n\t\t\tWellbeing\n\t\t\t Students learn the fundamentals of emotional regulation\u00a0through the School Wide Positive Behaviour program. They participate in mindful activities including yoga, meditation, calm colouring, regular brain breaks, dance and drama activities. They are given a Grade 6 buddy to assist with developing strategies to excel at Primary School life.<\/p>\n\t Transition to Foundation The Foundation year is a fundamental building block for your child’s future academic success.\u00a0 At Rangebank, the Foundation team strives to build on student strengths and interests. We endeavour to develop each child both academically and emotionally in order to instill\u00a0resilience, determination and success throughout their learning. Our activities are engaging, enjoyable, …<\/p>\n
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