From the Year 1 Classroom

Hello Grade One Families! We have certainly had a busy start to the term! A highlight has been reading books and spending time with a visiting author!  

Susea Spray!  We were lucky enough to meet and work with Australian author Susea Spray! She is a retired teacher who has travelled across the seas all over the world with her husband, where her sailing adventures helped inspire her writing. We loved participating in her read aloud of 'A Big Blue Boat' and following up with the sequel 'A Big Blue Boat: A Day on the Brine'. We wrote letters to Susea to ask her questions about her wonderful career and travels. She was very impressed with our writing and drawings! Susea was kind enough to gift us with some personalised bookmarks and our very own boats.

Excursion- Today we travelled to Albury to experience Risky Kids! We will share some more pictures and details of our day in our next newsletter... Stay tuned!  

Reminders- Across the whole school we are having a focus on improving our morning routine. All students are expected to walk in, put their bags away, do their jobs and then head out to play, without reentering the buildings until the bell. Please note that students are not actively supervised until 8:30am. Gates and doors are locked until this time. If you could please reinforce this in the mornings also, we would be very appreciative.  

Hats & Sunscreen- Please ensure your child has their school hat, labelled with their name. Please note that we have sunscreen available for children to reapply, however, if your child needs a specific sunscreen, please provide it in their bag for them to reapply.  

Readers- Please remember to continue to bring in home readers on a Friday. You should have received a new Term 4 log book.  

📝Literacy-  

In our writing lessons we have continued to practise planning and writing short narratives based on a given stimulus including a magical discovery, a hidden door or simply discovering something wonderful! We have been working hard to include interesting words that captivate the reader! Towards the end of the week, we will explore writing to persuade, where we will state our opinion and reasons why to persuade the reader!  

⭐Digraphs/Trigraphs and other sounds we are learning: 

/ear/ as in ear 

/eer/ as in cheer 

/air/ as in hair 

/are/ as in beware 

/c/ saying /s/ as in city, centre, cycle 

/g/ saying /j/ as in gentle, ginger, gym 

⭐ Tricky Words we are learning:  

*Please help your child read and spell these words frequently at home! 

➕➖Maths-  

We have had lots of fun exploring positional language. This describes the location of something. We learnt how to give verbal instructions to move an object or person, we did this through creating an obstacle course! This week we will begin to learn about measuring time. Eg how many days in a week? How many months in the year? How many days in a month? This can be tricky to remember so lots of practise at home would be helpful!  

💙Religion- The Good News! 

We will be exploring the 4 special books in the Bible called the Gospels. The Gospels are part of the New Testament and are Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. We will learn that Gospel means ‘Good News’  

 🌍 Inquiry- Celebrations Around the World  

We will be exploring how different cultures celebrate different occasions, such as birthdays, Christmas, and Easter.  

📆 Important dates-  

Monday 2nd & Tuesday 3rd October- Pupil free days 

Take care and kind regards, 

Kristy, Sarah, Kayte, Nikki, Kellie & Lily 😊 

Kristy - khargreaves@shyarrawonga.catholic.edu.au

Sarah - swollington@shyarrawonga.catholic.edu.au

Kayte - krunnalls@shyarrawonga.catholic.edu.au

Nikki - nconnell001@shyarrawonga.catholic.edu.au