Year 1 

Spotlight on Learning

Dear Families,

Thank you to all our families for your wonderful support with the CDS cans project. We are no longer collecting cans or bottles, as the project has now come to an end.

Take a look at our Advent-Social Justice projects as we learn about our Integrated Health topic "Fuel for the journey".

Jerusalem Community will be singing the song with Auslan-Joy to the World on Christmas Concert.

Please help your child practise the words for our Christmas concert. Here is the link for the video.

Students engaged in hands-on activities that promoted respect and teamwork during last week’s Inquiry and SEL sessions. Our learning focus last week was understanding how it feels to be included and excluded in groups and activities.

Important Reminders

1. Term 4 is a SunSmart term and 'No hat, no play', please ensure your child has their hat for school.
2. All students are expected to wear full St Thomas’ school uniform — either summer, winter or PE is fine, but it must be the official school uniform. 
3. Monday 1Dec — F–2 Athletics Day @ Casey Fields
4. Wednesday, 3 Dec — Mass from 9:30am to 10:30am
5. Thursday, 4 Dec — Team Building Incursion. Here is some information to help you prepare for the upcoming incursion.

Some pictures from the activities we will be doing during our incursion.

This week:

Literacy-Reading - We focused on the book 'Hey Awesome'. 

Literacy-Phonics -During Phonics, we looked at the ui/ ew (oo) sound.

Mathematics-We continued implementing our Number Fluency practice each day and focused on Location. 

Integrated-Health- This week, we started our Integrated Studies theme on shared rules and responsibilities and connected with Social & Emotional Learning. Students will engage in hands-on activities that promote respect and teamwork during Social & Emotional Learning. This week we focused on how to keep ourselves and others safe and show respect through what we say and do.

Religious Education - This week, we focused on Advent through sacred texts as being a time of preparation of the birth of Jesus. Through this we are also learning how we can all celebrate Advent.

Social & Emotional Learning - We focused on connecting with our Integrated Studies theme on shared rules and responsibilities. Students will engage in hands-on activities that promote respect and teamwork. This week we focused on how to keep ourselves and others safe and show respect through what we say and do.

AUSLAN - This week we focused on revisiting what we have learned to prep for the End of Year Reflection.

Next week

Literacy-Reading - We will continue focusing on the book 'Hey Awesome'. 

Literacy-Phonics - We will look at mb, wr and practice synonyms and antonyms.

Mathematics - We will continue implementing our Number Fluency practice each day and focus on Data. 

Integrated - We will continue focusing on our Integrated Studies theme on shared rules and responsibilities and connected with Social & Emotional Learning. Students will engage in hands-on activities that promote respect and teamwork during Social & Emotional Learning. We will focus on how to show respect to people from different cultures.

Religious Education -  Next week, we will continue focusing on Advent.

Social Emotional Learning - We will continue connecting with our Integrated Studies theme on shared rules and responsibilities. Students will engage in hands-on activities that promote respect and teamwork. We will focus on how to show respect to people from different cultures.

AUSLAN - We will have the End of Year Reflection.

Ways to engage with the newsletter:

• Read or watch the weekly book with your child at home (there is often a read aloud on you tube). Talk about what the book's most important ideas are.

• Ask your child to retell the story using their own words.

• Talk about who the characters are, where the story is happening.

• Use the spelling words provided to make up sentences at home or simply a 5 word mini dictation.

• Take the idea around Mathematics and ask students to repeat an activity they did at school, with you.

   

Important Dates

Term Four:

• Monday, 1 Dec - F-2 Athletics Day @ Casey Fields
• Thursday, 4 Dec - Team building Incursion
• Carols Tuesday 9th Dec 4pm - 7pm
• Friday, 12 Dec - Last Day of Formal Classes

• Monday, 15 Dec - Clean Up Day - No Formal Classes

   

Contact Us @ Jerusalem

jerusalem@cranbourneeast.catholic.edu.auOR

The Jerusalem team