Year One Team News

Hello Year One families,

Toys in Motion Incursion: 

This week, the Year Ones had a fabulous hands-on experience learning about the forces involved in making toys move during the ‘Toys In Motion’ incursion. The students explored the forces involved in making things move which includes push and pull, gravity, torque, tension and friction. 

Seeking Shoe boxes:

Later in the term, students will make a moving toy using a shoe box. Please send along any unwanted shoe boxes to school for this activity.

Hats:

Term 4 is a Sun Smart term, and the students are expected to wear their wide brimmed or legionnaire hats when outside. Students know that if they forget their hat, they are to play in designated shaded areas.

Assembly:

Don’t miss your child hosting assembly with their class this term. 1C will be hosting in week 4 and 1K will be hosting in week 6. 

Year One Dinner: 

The much anticipated Year One Dinner is scheduled for Thursday November 12th, 2026, beginning at 4:30pm and concluding at 6:30pm. 

The experience of having a meal and independently getting ready for bed in the school environment is the first stage of our sequenced camp program that develops throughout their primary schooling years. This will provide students with educational, physical and social experiences to complement the learning provided in the school environment and is designed to allow students to experience a range of activities that they may not have participated in previously.

Students will be dismissed as normal at 3:30pm and then return to school at 4.30pm. They will play games, have dinner and change into their pyjamas. Parents will pick up their child at 6.30pm outside the RedBrick Hall (playground side). Please lookout for the dietary/allergy/cultural/religious limitation and dinner preference form that will be going home in the next few weeks. 

Curriculum Focus: Weeks 3-4

Reading: During this term we will be covering stage 7.4 of the Little Learners Love Literacy program. Next week we will be learning about the phoneme /oo/ represented by the graphemes u-e and ue. We will continue with the phoneme /oo/ in week 4 but instead represented by the graphemes ui and ew.

Writing: The students will begin to work on a persuasive writing piece. Students will write a persuasive writing piece about why the toy they have created should win toy of the year. 

Numeracy: Next week we will be learning about 2D and 3D shapes. During week 4 we will be focusing on addition and subtraction and practising different strategies to solve problems. 

Inquiry:  Our topic this term is ‘What Makes Things Move?’ and have been exploring the different forces used to make things move. Over the next few weeks, the students will make their own moving toys. 

Willy Kids/Respectful Relationships: The Willy Kids focus is “Willy Kids are Accountable” where students will be learning about taking responsibility for their actions, fixing things up and ensuring that their work is the best it can be. In Respectful Relationships lessons, we will be focusing on learning ‘help seeking’ throughout term 4. The first topic is ‘ways to help friends’ where students will learn to identify multiple ways to be a supportive friend and family member.

Warm regards,

The Grade One Team –  Emma Chang-Kum (1C) & Carolyn Bones (1K)