Year One

Communicating with the Year One Team

We look forward to partnering with you in 2022, and welcome your input:

Laura Kelly (Class 1A) Laura.McQueen@education.vic.gov.au

Andrew McFarlane (Class 1B) Andrew.McFarlane3@education.vic.gov.au

Overview of Maths - Term One 2022

During this term, in Year One classes, we have been covering topics from the strands, Number and Algebra and Measurement and Geometry. Over the last week, in the Year One classrooms we have learning all about shapes and measurement! The students in 1A and 1B have been given the opportunity to explore these concepts through a range of fun and engaging hands-on activities.

In Number and Algebra the Year One students have been applying their number sense and strategies for counting and representing numbers and explore the properties of numbers. They have been applying a range of strategies such as addition and subtraction and developing an understanding of the connections between those operations. We have been playing lots of games to reinforce concepts taught.

Take Home Readers

Take home readers will commence in Week Three. All Year One students will be given two InitiaLit Readers to take home and read nightly. Research has shown that the repeated reading and exposure of texts can boost student's confidence when reading and consolidate their reading skills. We urge families to read the InitiaLit readers daily to help support the learning that is happening within the classroom.

InitiaLit readers will be given on a Monday and are required to be returned on Friday the same week.

If you can, please encourage your child to read other books too.

InitiaLit readers can also be accessed online. The login details are the same as last year. If you need your child's login details please email your child's classroom teacher.

Brain Food

The Year One students have had discussion around the importance of fuelling our bodies and brains with fresh fruit and vegetable when we have our daily brain break at 11:30 each day. Students know that during this 10 minute break we are to eat fresh fruit and fresh vegies only.