Year 1 Update

The last few weeks have been jam packed with fabulous events and learning. Book week parade started off week 6 with a bang, the students loved dressing up as their favourite characters and participating in the parade. It was so wonderful to see all our visiting parents, carers and family members supporting their children and participating in a book week activity in the classrooms.

Swimming has begun on Wednesdays and the students are so well behaved and organised. There was an extreme amount of excitement and some nerves at first, but everyone is having a wonderful time at Paul Sadler Swimland!

It has been extremely pleasing to see the growth students are demonstrating in their learning which has been enhanced by the input families put into reading at home and revising Heart Words.

Remember to keep reading and adding books to your list for the Premier's reading challenge. It ends this week. Year 1 teachers are also adding books that we have read in class!

Congratulations to our lucky winner for the Kindness Campaign raffle this fortnight, Octavia in 1B!

Our Learning -Term 3 -Week 8 and 9

In English students will:

- begin investigating Stage 7.4 the long a sound made by the spelling choices 'a' as in acorns and the split digraph 'a_e' as in cake and gate. We will also investigate the the letter c making the /s/ sound as in race and the letter g making the /j/ sound as in cage.

- identify facts and create information reports

- understand the differences between a fact and an opinion

- identify themes in texts and linking it to caring for the environment

- discuss and identify positive actions we can take to care for the environment

- investigate how to persuade someone to think like you

In Maths students will:

- investigate various ways to solve division - make using materials and share them, draw a picture and write the number sentence

- share items one at a time to make sure there are fair shares

- identify and use language appropriate for division

-investigate patterns using shapes and objects

-identify the type of pattern, the core of the pattern and the rule

-use our number knowledge to identify missing numbers in a pattern and continuing number patterns

In Inquiry students will:

-observe weather and seasons

-create a weather mobile and share what we know

In S.E.L (Social, Emotional, Learning), students will:

- investigate respecting each other and ourselves

- acknowledge personal space for ourselves and others

- engage in Hillsmeade Primary School's 'Kindness Campaign'

News and Reminders:

Week 9: Monday 7th & Tuesday 8th September: Family Teacher Conversations.
Week 9: Thursday 10th September: RUOK Day
Week 10: Friday 18th September: Footy Day
Read with your child every night and practise reading Heart words
Return library bags with books on your child's library day
Check Compass regularly for ongoing reporting and updates on your child's learning

Celebrations of Learning:

Maths - shape activities

Maths - division

Book Parade and Open morning

House activities with Grade 6 buddies