Year 1/2

Year 1/2 Cluster News 

Home Inquiry   

Each child will receive a copy of a traditional nursery rhyme in their Take Home Folder. Can they circle the rhyming words and create a picture of this rhyme. It could be a drawing, made out lego, blocks, boxes, playdough – any way you choose. Please take a photo and email it to us to print at school. Your child can then share it with the class. 

Reading: every night for 10-15 minutes. At home, please listen to your child read the decodable books and ask the ‘check for understanding’ questions at the back. Initial the reading sheet and remind your child to let the teacher know they have read the book. 

The ‘Interest books' with coloured round stickers on the front may need to be read together or some children can read all of the text to you. 

Word Study: videos to support the focus of the week 

Week 10 

Year 1: S, T, P, N revision of vowels 

SATPIN https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUSCz41aDug 

Short vowels https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqWVCYDdBug 

Short vowels https://youtu.be/EM6DHHLG5ao?si=jPM05k1r7-Rr5Wnt  

Year 2: ea as in bread 

https://youtu.be/oJi0kan0mBs?si=1TDwD8dh0DtSsKCG 

Week 11 

Year 1: ck https://youtu.be/bHR6UYef3rc?si=71NQiRCRz6q9os9g 

Year 2: k & ck https://youtu.be/kUFA3tywNJ4?si=ok1OcWBLyTGHTPkD 

 Mental Computation ideas  

Year 1 Skip counting links 

Counting by 2s 

https://youtu.be/GvTcpfSnOMQ?si=yOnnQbIkSepnw8o6 

https://youtu.be/OCxvNtrcDIs?si=glE-tOv0v3A_GXth 

Counting by 5s  

https://youtu.be/EemjeA2Djjw?si=eJv39c0E0NEcKybZ 

https://youtu.be/amxVL9KUmq8?si=5IhY6tMpVZ6i1cK- 

Counting by 10s  

https://youtu.be/W8CEOlAOGas?si=cOiIBHEMmEYcRYTl  

https://youtu.be/Ftati8iGQcs?si=Jk-KSH-yM1R4xx-t  

Counting by 2s, 5s and 10s https://youtu.be/DS3W9WLIxlQ?si=f98T-pXxLa02EFse   

Year 2: Fractions https://youtu.be/bOfCl0RPXW0?si=Y5Sro9CB-FXyg-4F 

Weekly Timetable – 1/2 Classes 

 Learning for Week 10 and 11 

Christian Studies; 

We will also be focusing on Holy Week and Easter. 

Grammar Focus 

Year 1: a or an, plurals 

Year 2: Proper nouns, adjectives 

Writer’s Workshop: We will continue to focus on where poets get their ideas. We will be exploring the authors of Lynley Dodd and Mem Fox and the patterns and rhythms they use. We will be exploring how to write poems.  

Readers Workshop: Students are focusing on using reading strategies to make sense of the text, e.g. Listening Lion, Flippy Dolphin, Eagle Eye. These are listed on the bookmarks in their Take Home Folders. 

Mathematics:  

Year 1:  

Skip counting and friends of 10 & 20 

Exploring 2D shapes through comparing and classifying familiar objects e.g. circles have one side, triangles have three sides. 

Year 2:  

Introduction to fractions by folding and refolding paper: halves, quarters and eighths. 

Exploring 2D shapes and using spatial terms including words like curved and straight.  

Unit of Inquiry: How We Express Ourselves 

Students are encouraged to explore creative responses to problems e.g. Humpty Dumpty fell off the wall. What safety equipment could Humpty wear? What story could you tell or write about Humpty? Could you present this as a dance/drama/art piece? 

Other Reminders 

Bag Tags 

It is useful for students to have a bag tag to identify their bag. Please only put one bag tag on and make sure it is not a special one that will be missed if it is lost as we are not able to monitor this. 

Each day students need to bring the following. Please label everything.  

• hats – these will remain at school for the term. GGOSH have spare hats if needed. 

• Take Home Bags which are also for Library borrowing. 

• water bottles  

• a fruit snack 

• recess 

• lunch 

Lunch Boxes 

Please pack a substantial lunch rather than lots of recess snacks and put an ice pack in on hot days as the lunches remain in school bags outside. We also ask that you send in ‘nude food’ which does not include wrappers. 

Take Home books 

Take Home Folders need to be at school each day, particularly Mondays for borrowing/changing 2-3 Interest books to read with an adult. Decodable books are sent home for your child to read to you. We encourage re-reading each page until it is fluent. Please ask the understanding questions at the back of the book.  

During the week, we listen to children and change decodable books which your child will be able to read. 

On Thursdays the Take Home Folders are needed for Library borrowing.  

Shoelaces 

Please make sure your child can do up shoelaces themselves. Another option is shoes with Velcro or using the stretchy laces until they learn this skill.  

Canteen 

Please remind your child not to buy items for others from the canteen. 

Family Photos 

Please continue to send or email these to us for a class display. 

Toddle 

We post important information reminders, student learning, photos/videos, and assessments on this platform. Please contact the office if you are not connected. 

Volunteers 

During the year we have excursions, a Year 1 Sleepover and a Year 2 Camp.  

If you are interested in volunteering, you need to have the following checks up to date. Please do not volunteer unless you have these already. Contact the office if you have any questions. 

• Working With Children Check (WWCC)  
• Responding to Abuse, Harm and Neglect training (RRHAN-EC)  
• Valuing Safe Communities (VSC) training 

https://www.goldengrove.sa.edu.au/parent-portal/volunteering/  

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