Grade 1

Reading 

For our last week of Reading for the year, students enjoyed exploring our final mentor text “The Super Speedy Sloth” by Rebecca Young and Health McKenzie. Students have been exploring new pages in the book each day and using the text and images to help support their comprehension skills. They have been loving the conversations that have been happening and learning new words that they can add to their vocabulary. All students are to be congratulated on their participation and engagement during Reading sessions this year! Well done. 

Writing 

Students celebrated our final week in Writing by selecting activities from a choice board. This allowed students to demonstrate their understanding of adjectives, conjunctions, procedure texts, nouns and more. 

Maths

We celebrated our final week of Maths by participating in a range of hands-on games. The students were highly engaged and demonstrated how much they have learnt in Maths this year. 

Excursion 

Last Friday the Grade 1 students went on an exciting excursion throughout the whole day. 

“On December 1st we went to LegoLand. First, we ate our snack outside LegoLand. Secondly, we had to have a toilet break and then we played on the Build Your Own Minifigure, then we explored Kingdom Quest where we had to protect a lego castle. After that we experimented what side of a lego spinning top spins longer. Finally, we ate our lunch then went back to school!” - Jivitesh 1C

Inquiry 

Here are some comments students have made regarding our Inquiry week. 

“We have been learning about different celebrations from different cultures.” - Memphis, 1E

“I enjoyed learning about Chinese New Year.” - Akeen, 1E 

“I enjoyed making things from different celebrations.” - Chameli, 1E 

“I like making lanterns.” - Ajooni, 1E

Elf on a Shelf - 

On Friday, December 1st, the grade one students were delighted to receive a surprise visit from Boots, our beloved elf on the shelf. Boots has been up to some exciting activities in the grade one area, and the students couldn't wait to share their experiences. They took some photos and wrote comments about what Boots had been up to, and it was a joy to see their enthusiasm and excitement each day. 

Below are some comments from students about our Elf on the Shelf:

•  "Shocked" - Nish, 1B
• "Excited" - Matilda, 1B
•  "Surprised" - Marley, 1B 
• "Remember not to touch the elf" - Hudson, 1B 
• "I really like seeing the elf on the zipline" - Meth, 1B 
• "My favourite was when the elf was stuck in ice" - Jassvith, 1B 
• "I enjoyed the snowball fight, but I think the elf might lose" - Arrow, 1B
•  "Our elf's name is Boots" - Kaviur, 1B