YEAR 1

FROM THE CLASSROOM

It has been a cold but fun week of learning in Year 1! Students have been engaged and have shown a “can do” mindset in the classroom. Students have also loved our Inquiry unit, 'The Secret Life of Plants'. We have done so many fun hands-on activities!

In Wellbeing, we learnt about the different types of problems we may face daily and how we can overcome them. A strategy we learnt is the 'Six Sides of Breathing' toolkit, which we can use to calm ourselves after a stressful situation. We also learnt the tool of 'Mindshift', where we can think of something else to promote safe self-regulation practices.

In Inquiry, students have been learning about the life cycle of a plant and what a plant needs to grow. We started growing alfalfa seeds in our classrooms this week! Students cannot wait to see them grow in our classrooms and turn into alfalfa sprouts!

In Reading, students practised identifying interesting words in a chosen mentor text and learnt how to find the main idea of a story. This supported them in retelling the story in their own words.

In Writing, students have learnt our new Persuasive Talk for Writing text quite well. They have also learnt the actions that help them memorise and retell the text. Students have begun to learn our new toolkits for 'making an explicit point with a short sentence' and using conjunctions.

During Phonics, students began to revise, practise and apply their knowledge of the previously learnt sounds in 7.2. Students explored these sounds through reading and writing tasks.

In Mathematics, students are continuing their learning in multiplication and division. We have been exploring correct language such as equal and groups. Lots of fun activities have helped our students learn the concept of equal sharing.

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 my own words.

WRITING

• I can identify the different parts of the text.
• I can innovate our persuasive text.
• I can use the learnt toolkits in our writing.

PHONICS

• I can identify the 7.2 sound digraphs.
• I can read and write words with the 7.2 sound digraphs.
• I can recognise alternative graphemes within the 7.2 sound digraphs. 

MATHS

• I can use number charts, songs, rhymes and stories to establish skip counting sequences of twos, fives and tens.
• I can use my knowledge of repetition and pattern to solve practical problems.

REMINDERS  

EXTRA LONG WEEKEND

Just a friendly reminder that next week is a short three-day week of school for our students. We have a public holiday on Monday 8 June and the following day, Tuesday 9 June, is a Report Writing day for our staff. 

School will resume on Wednesday the 10th of June.

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. 

YEAR 1 SPECIALIST TIMETABLE