YEAR 1

FROM THE CLASSROOM

What a fantastic week it has been in Year 1! Our students have been busy engaging in a variety of exciting learning experiences across the curriculum. From developing their persuasive writing and exploring place value to observing plant growth and planning their inquiry projects, they have continued to demonstrate enthusiasm, curiosity and a positive attitude towards learning.

In Inquiry, students continued observing and recording the growth of their plants, making careful observations about the changes they noticed over time. They also began planning their inquiry project, exploring the importance of plants and how they support both people and animals in our everyday lives.

In Writing, we continued innovating our persuasive text, Every Pirate Should Have a Pet Parrot, by adding convincing reasons, persuasive language and strong vocabulary to support our opinions. Students also practiced editing their work using their writer’s checklist, checking for capital letters, punctuation, spelling, and neat presentation to improve the quality of their writing.

In Mathematics, students have enjoyed exploring place value through a range of hands-on activities and using different manipulatives to build their understanding of hundreds, tens, and ones.

In Reading, students began exploring a new mentor text and have been excited to learn and discuss a range of new vocabulary. They enjoyed participating in engaging activities that helped deepen their understanding of word meanings, including identifying synonyms and making connections to familiar words. Students also continued developing their comprehension skills by identifying the main idea of a text, as well as practicing how to retell and summarise key events.

In Phonics, students were introduced to /le/ digraph. They have been learning to recognise, read, and write words containing this new sound through a range of engaging reading and writing activities. They explored how the /le/ sound appears in different words and are developing confidence in applying their phonics knowledge during literacy tasks.

LEARNING INTENTIONS FOR NEXT WEEK

READING

I can find interesting words in books.
I can find the main idea from a story.
I can retell the story in our own words.

WRITING

I can write a persuasive text using a prompt.
I can use the toolkits to write a text independently.
I can publish my persuasive text.

PHONICS

I can identify the ow and ou digraphs.
I can read and write words with ow and ou digraphs.

MATHS

I can compare and order numbers using place values.
I can explain how a number is larger or smaller.

REMINDERS

In Term 3, students are studying 'Times Have Changed' as our unit of Inquiry. To support our learning, we are having an exciting excursion to Coal Creek Community Park and Museum on Wednesday 29th of July. Excursion permission forms and payments are due—please ensure these are completed as soon as possible if you haven’t already.

A friendly reminder to please update your child's Reading Diary each time they read at home. Regular reading and recording their progress help build confidence, fluency and a love of reading.

Students are also encouraged to build independence by walking into the classroom by themselves and carrying their own bags each morning.

Tissues are needed in classrooms.

We are kindly asking for donations of tissue boxes for the classroom. These are always greatly appreciated, especially for our upcoming winter season.