From the 1 & 2 Classrooms
We have had a wonderful start to the new school year in Grade 1 and 2! It was lovely to see so many big smiles, excited to start a new school year and students ready to jump into their learning. We loved hearing about all of your school holiday adventures and each student's highlights.
Here are what the students felt were their highlight from starting their new school year:
| Hana - Colouring in our bookmarks. |
| Dakota - Learning new Maths. |
| Chloe - Doing Art. |
| Emma - Making new friends. |
| Alicia - Having fun with my friends. |
| Mia - Playing with my friends on the playground. |
| Alexander - Playing with friends. |
| Bella - Starting school and playing with my friends with the Lego. |
| Celina - Learning maths and writing. |
| Cathy - I love playing in the Library and with my friends. |
| Xu Dong - Learning new things and playing with my friends. |
| Jamie - Having two new teachers and playing with the Lego. |
| Envie - I loved Art. |
| Tida - Making new friends. |
| Hannah - I love Integrated Studies and Maths. |
| Matilda - Writing about our holidays. |
| Kane - Playing. |
| Adeline - Colouring in our bookmarks. |
| Heather - Learning new things. |
| Rosha - I liked writing my letter. |
| Rayan - Playing in the Library. |
Zach- I enjoyed drawing different types of lines in art class.
Belinda- I am excited about learning harder things.
Amelia- I am excited about getting to be in Grade 2.
Charlie- I am excited about being in a new classroom.
George- I have enjoyed receiving new stationary. It is my first class with my own textas.
Zen- I am so happy that I get to have a rubber in my pencil case.
Ali- I am excited about all the new things in my Grade 2 tub.
Yining- I am happy about having my new class books.
Jacqueline- Learning new information such skip counting.
Ruby- I have enjoyed meeting my wonderful new teacher.
Karan- I am excited about changing into a different classroom
Heidi- I have enjoyed writing about our new class book Pearl Barley and Charlie Parsley.
Avnee- Meeting my friends again and meeting my new teacher.
Leia- I enjoyed going back to P.E. classes, because its lots of fun.
Xander- I am excited about playtime at recess and lunch.
Salote- I have enjoyed learning new things and helping others.
Elise- Getting my new stationary such as coloured textas.
Myra- I like that we get to learn how to draw different lines in art.
Eliza- I am excited about learning new maths and putting my school bag in a locker.
Start Up Program
At the start of every year we incorporate our School Start Up Program into our first few weeks of school. As a class we will discuss what we would like and expect our class to look, feel and sound like. We develop our classroom rules together so all students have input. We have walked around the school and identified areas we play in and areas we feel safe.
We are so proud of how all of our students have settled into Grade 1 and 2 and loving being back at school!
Recount Writing
Our writing focus for the start of the year is recount writing. Every Monday we are talking and writing about an event that occured over our weekend. We have some prompts to help us with our writing, it would be a great opportunity to have a discussion over dinner on Sunday night, breakfast Monday morning or on the walk or drive to school on Monday to ask your child these prompt questions to get some ideas flowing ready for their writing.
What am I going to write about? - Students think of an event that they would like to write about (eg. a trip to the park, a Birthday party)
Who did I do this with? - Who was with me during this event?
When did the event occur? - Was it on Saturday or Sunday? In the morning, afternoon or evening?
What did we do? - Students are to detail what they did during this event.
Where did I go? - Students will describe where they went for the event.
How I felt? - Students will describe how they felt during and after this event and why they felt this way.
We are looking forward to a wonderful year in Grade 1 and 2. Our Home Learning program will commence next week (week 3), please keep an eye out for a Compass post with information on this.
Grade 1/2 Teachers