Year 1/2

Year 1/2 Cluster News 

Upcoming Events: 

Friday 14th May: 1/2AK presenting at Assembly, which begins at 8.50am 

Friday 22nd May: Colour Run 

Tuesday 2nd June: Year 1/2 cluster Celebration of Learning; 5:30 or 6pm. More details to come.  

Vision Testing – permission note 

Year 1 students have received a note about vision testing this week. Mr K does this testing at school. This is an opportunity to pick up vision concerns that may be impacting your child’s learning. It is an initial screening, and the next step would be to visit an optometrist. If your child missed the testing last year, please ask for a note. 

Please return the permission note as soon as possible. 

Strawberry/Tomato containers needed  

We need lots of empty plastic containers (see picture) with lids for the onigiri (Japanese rice balls). Students will use these for their Celebration of Learning. We would appreciate washed containers sent in as you are finished with them. Thank you.

Home Inquiry   

Discussion question: Where do you see money used? 

Encourage your child to pay for something in cash when you are at the shops. 

Spend time with your child recognising the coins.  

Reading: every night for 10-15 minutes. Please listen to your child read the decodable books and ask the ‘check for understanding’ questions at the back. The ‘Interest books' with coloured round stickers on the front may need to be read together. 

Weekly Timetable 

Learning for Weeks 3 and 4 

Unit of Inquiry: How We Organise Ourselves 

Central Idea: Places and processes are involved in producing food. 

Lines of Inquiry: 

People and places involved in food production. 

Processes involved in food production. 

How people’s choices affect our world. 

We read The Little Red Hen and looked at what is involved in the process of wheat to bread.  

English  https://youtu.be/aUpiBUe0yow?si=tUmv_r-woAHMW3lr  

Punjabi https://youtu.be/gXSLr9kelQE?si=HcGqi79n4W4zwwVA   

Nepali https://youtu.be/CXgn1n9Dd-M?si=AnI2Ui6Ps29tuyYS   

Malayahlam https://youtu.be/AGZ6Q4BM4yc?si=vkioTNdTPAlSfSZZ   

Next, students will be inquiring into different foods, the people involved and processes that occur to them.  

Grammar: noticing verbs such as those found in The Little Red Hen e.g. plant the seed, tend the wheat, harvest the wheat, mill the flour, mix the dough, bake the bread.  

Word Study 

Week 3 

Year 1double letters ‘ss and zz’ e.g.less, buzz  

https://youtu.be/VDmSWVjDh-0?si=Ik_cru-f6bxAAsaX  

https://youtu.be/fPWEtQV54JU?si=5BzTmTx6vq3KqzFG  

Year 2 ‘air’ e.g. hairbrush 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcHIX2xK--A 

Week 4 Revision 

Year 1 s, t, p, n, ck, ll, ff 

Year 2 ea e.g. bread, ck, ll, ss, zz, bb, dd, ph 

Mental Computation ideas  

Doubles https://youtu.be/hgyLwuR4n_k?si=UNEVLVgarv3fjPwa 

Near doubles https://youtu.be/Iice0r1z0JI?si=oYlgdLlpcwDhTfEN 

Christian Studies: Christian Beliefs  

Central Idea: Christians believe God is one God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. 

Students think about who people say they are e.g. I am a son/daughter, creative, leader, guitar player, etc. then look at who God says we are https://youtu.be/Huzj00uVYiU?si=PaE78XcB6C7j9n9A 

Writer’s Workshop:  

‘I can write words to show action’. We are exploring how we can use verbs in our writing to build interesting sentences. 

Readers Workshop:  

‘I can read for information.’ We are exploring how to read and research for information. We are also exploring how we reference the book we got the information from 

Mathematics:  

Year 1 and 2: addition and subtraction 

Year 1: Money – skip counting with money by 5c, 10c and $2  

Year 2: Money – fractions of money (whole dollar, half dollar, quarter dollar) 

School Calendar:   

https://www.goldengrove.sa.edu.au/calendar/  

May God bless your week, 

Lauren Hall and Melanie Arnold 

Lauren Hall Hall.lauren@goldengrove.sa.edu.au 

Melanie Arnold: Arnold.melanie@goldengrove.sa.edu.au 

Tim Kriewaldt kriewaldt.tim@goldengrove.sa.edu.au 

Ellen Zimmer zimmer.ellen@goldengrove.sa.edu.au