Year 1/2

Year 1/2 Cluster News 

Upcoming Events: 

Friday 22nd May: Colour Run 

We are excited about our School Colour Run, taking place on the afternoon of Friday 22 May 2026. This fun community event will be held on the school oval, where students can run, walk, or skip around a circuit — it's not a race, just a great excuse to get moving and have fun! 

COLOUR POWDER 

There will be two lanes at each colour station — one with colour powder and one without, so your child can choose their level of involvement. Powder is aimed at torso level, though wind may occasionally cause some facial contact. You're welcome to send your child with sunglasses, goggles, or a face mask if you prefer. 

WHAT TO WEAR & BRING 

• A plain white t-shirt (to make the colours pop!) 

• Casual clothes for the day 

• A change of clothes after the event (especially for students catching the school minibus home) 

• Optional: eye protection such as sunglasses or goggles 

• If collecting by car, you may wish to bring a towel to cover your seats 

FUNDRAISING 

This event also serves as an optional fundraiser for our planned playground improvements. Donations to the Future Fund can be made via the Qkr! app, or by cash, card, or direct debit through the School Office. 

VOLUNTEERS WELCOME 

If you'd like to help out on the day, please let us know be emailing office@goldengrove.sa.edu.au 

PERMISSION NOTE 

Please email office@goldengrove.sa.edu.au if you wish for your child to run in the non-colour lane on the day. If you have any questions, please feel welcome to contact the school office. 

We look forward to a colourful afternoon! 

Wednesday 24th May 8.00-8.30am Community Breakfast 

Tuesday 2nd June: Year 1/2 cluster Celebration of Learning (COL) 

Each cluster has one COL each year. This is a wonderful opportunity for your child to share their learning, which will include the Australian Curriculum areas of English, HASS, Visual Art, Design and Japanese.  

Families are invited to attend one session, either 5.30 – 6.15pm OR 6.00-6.45pm. Each session begins with the students performing a song, then they share their learning with families in the classrooms and make onigiri in the Japanese classroom. A flyer will be sent home this week. 

Friday 12th June Alice in Wonderland excursion 10am – 1.30pm 

All Year 1-4 students will travel by school bus to the Shedley Theatre to watch a youth production of ‘Alice in Wonderland’. We are excited that some of our own students have been cast in this production. Permission notes will be sent home shortly.  

Thank you to the P&F for generously subsidising the cost of the tickets. 

We are looking for volunteers to meet us at the theatre and supervise students from 10.30am – 1pm while they eat and watch the production. Please email your child’s teacher if you would like to volunteer and have all your volunteer checks up-to-date.  

Gumboots in the Nature Play area 

Get ready, Peppa Pig: it’s time for some muddy fun! To use the nature play, students must wear gumboots from now and throughout winter. Children continue to wear their sneakers to school and change into boots at playtime. Gumboots can remain at school on your child’s bag hook. Please place them in a bag labelled with your child’s name. 

Strawberry/Tomato containers 

Please keep sending these in. Students have been looking at health messages and designing packaging labels for their onigiri, which will be shared at the Celebration of Learning. We appreciate washed containers sent in as you are finished with them. A huge thank you to those who have sent some in already! 

Home Inquiry   

We are encouraging the students to notice verbs in writing. Ask your child to look around the house for different items and name what people ‘do’ with them e.g. you step on a stool, you whisk some eggs. 

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 5 and 6 

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. 

Students research and record ‘from farm to plate’ food production sequences. Next, they inquire into food waste from lunches, the effect on the environment and ideas for how leftover food could be repurposed e.g. overripe bananas made into muffins. 

Word Study 

Year 1  

sh e.g. shop https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gBsGxhdt2E  

qu e.g. queen, squirrel https://youtu.be/gMxs2AaY07s?si=XUqXlpdkwbyXElM7  

Year 2  

ti for sh e.g. nation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wdxjK13zmw  

‘ou’ for u eg. tough, country https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_Oj6O0OHeA  

Grammar Focus 

Verbs as doing words, linked with the Unit of Inquiry e.g. chop, whisk, stir, bake 

Christian Studies; Christian Beliefs 

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

Students inquire into how Christians restore relationships through forgiveness. 

Writer’s Workshop:  

Students inquire into using a variety of verbs to craft sentences e.g. instead of ‘I went along the path– ‘I skipped along the path. Year 2 students build on with adverbs e.g. ‘I skipped happily along the path. 

Readers Workshop:  

Students inquire into how to read to locate information (research) and how to reference (a list or photo of the books/resources used). 

Mathematics:  

Year 1 and 2: addition and subtraction and capacity (linked with the Unit of Inquiry) 

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

Year 2: Money – fractions of money e.g. half of $8 = $4, half of $4 = $2 so a quarter of $8 is $2. 

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