YEAR 1

FROM THE CLASSROOM

In Wellbeing we are learning about what respect in the yard looks like, how we can show respect in the playground and how we play with others.  We are also learning ways we can handle being scared.           

In Reading, we are practising identifying interesting words in a chosen mentor text and learning how to find the main idea of a story. This helps us in retelling the story in our own words.

In Writing, we are learning to use nouns and adjectives in our writing to make it more interesting, these are used in our 'Little Red Riding Hood' story by describing the ‘wicked wolf’ and the ‘tall, strong, brave woodcutter.’

During Phonics, we continued to learn sounds with: or (sports shorts) and aw (Mr Shaw). Students look at these sounds through reading and writing tasks. 

In Mathematics, we are ordering and investigating length using vocabulary such longer and shorter and using different objects to measure (icy pole sticks, unifix blocks)

In Inquiry we are continuing to learn about plants. We have looked at plant parts, gone on walks around the school and observed plants in the garden.

LEARNING INTENTIONS FOR NEXT WEEK

READING

• I can find interesting words in books.
• I can find the main idea from a story.
• I can retell the story in our own words.

WRITING

• I can describe a character using 3 kinds of adjectives in one sentence.  
• I can define what an adjective is and its purpose in a sentence. 

PHONICS

• I can identify the /ir/, /ur/ digraph.
• I can read and write words with the /ir/, /ur/ digraph.
• I can recognise alternative /ir/, /ur/ suffix in /-er/. 

MATHS

• I can compare objects according to their mass and explain my reasoning
• I can order objects according to their weight using language such as lightest, light, heavier, heaviest to explain the order.

REMINDERS

TISSUES NEEDED

We are kindly asking for donations of tissue boxes for the classroom. These are always greatly appreciated especially for our upcoming winter season.

NIGHTS OF READING MILESTONES

25 NIGHTS OF READING

Arleen - 1E,  Ruby - 1H, Aliya-1F, Eric - 1C

50 NIGHTS OF READING

Arnav - 1D, Freya - 1D,  Savnoor - 1D,  Dhrumil - 1E, 

Neel - 1E,  Jordan - 1B,  Aarav -1B,  Saira -1B,  Ruhansh - 1B,  Saran-1B,  Aryan-1B, 

Zayli - 1H,  Jazmine-1F, Risham-1F,   Ibraheem - 1A,   Shiraz - 1A,    Merish - 1A,    Lebron - 1A, Neal - 1C,  Harditt - 50 nights , Dhwiti Patel - 50 nights,  Arnav Sharma - 50 nights 

75 NIGHTS OF READING

Samara - 1B,  Pakhi - 1B ,   Duke - 1B ,  Azlan - 1A , Arnav - 1D , Freya - 1D , Savnoor - 1D,  Dhwiti - 1D

100  NIGHTS OF READING

Dhwiti - 1D

YEAR 1 SPECIALIST TIMETABLE