Our Foundation Teachers

FD: Kate Dyer | FH: Lauren Heard | FW: Rebecca Whitby
Welcome Parents/Guardians

Starting school is an exciting time for both children and parents. At Oak Park Primary School we strive to ensure that our Foundation students feel comfortable in their learning environment and are eager to learn from their very first day at school. We aim to meet the needs of all our students by providing a stimulating and engaging curriculum which includes real-world learning experiences to further develop curiosity and understanding within our students.

Our classroom based programs focus on Literacy, Oral Language, Numeracy and Discovery Learning. In addition to these students are also involved in:
  • Weekly specialist programs of Physical Education, Visual Arts, Performing Arts and Japanese or Science and visit to the school library.
  • An Extensive Transition Program. Three Sessions are held in Term Four to introduce students to the school and learning environment.
  • Buddy Program with Grade Six students. Each Foundation child is paired up with a Grade Six child to form friendship, meet and complete activities together in the classroom and sometimes play with each other in the breaks.
  • 1:1 BYO iPad Program
  • A Fine Motor Skills Program
  • A range of Incursions and Excursions throughout the year to further develop students' knowledge on rage of topics.
  • Each student is presented with a Student Learning Record (SLR Portfolio) each year. The SLR Portfolio contains work samples which illustrate the students growth in Writing across the year. 
Phonics Explained
Our school uses the Little Learners Love Literacy scope and sequence to teach phonics in a systematic and explicit way. It is carefully sequenced in 7 stages to teach children the 44 sounds of the English language and the principles of the alphabetic code. 
Students are taught to read words by sounding out and blending. Decodable texts are the perfect format for students to practise these skills and takes the guessing out of reading. 
 
 To support families, we have prepared the following videos as examples of:
  • Supporting a child to read a decodable book
  • The most common letter sounds