Year 1/2
Year 1/2 Cluster News
Last week the 1/2AK class did an amazing job preparing and presenting Chapel. A huge thanks to Kerry, our Learning Support Officer, who got all the props organized and helped the students with the drama while both Melanie and Tim were away sick.
Tim and the class had practised a song for last week so now they will sing it at Chapel this Friday 23rd August. Parents are again welcome to come along.
Sharing: A significant event
These have been fantastic opportunities for the children to share and connect and your support is very beneficial. We look forward to the sharing continuing this week and next week. Please check Toddle or the printed note for the scheduled day for your child. There is only one time of sharing for each child, not a weekly sharing day.
Celebration of Learning Tuesday 24th September 5.30 pm – 6.30pm
Families are invited to come along as the Year 1/2 Classes present their learning.
Request for cube containers e.g. tomato or strawberry punnets with the attached lid
Thank you for those sent in so far. Please keep sending more after you have enjoyed the contents!
Volunteers
If you would like to put in an expression of interest to assist with supervising on the Year 1 Sleepover or the Year 2 Camp, please ensure you are a registered volunteer. Please email your classroom teacher, even if you have notified them previously of your interest.
This involves having the following up to date:
- 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/
Take Home Books
Please bring these to school on Mondays in the clear plastic envelope for changing. On other days the clear plastic envelope can remain at home. Students are encouraged to borrow 4 books a week.
Reading – We encourage approximately 10-15 minutes each night.
Home Inquiry
What are the processes your family uses to prepare meals at home e.g. chop, grate, cook. freeze? Do some of these processes change the food? How?
Learning for Week 6 and 7:
Literacy:
In Writer’s Workshop mini lessons, students explore settings and the use of adjectives to change the mood of the story e.g. a dark forest, a peaceful forest, an enchanted forest. They create a story plan, write their story, then edit it for punctuation and grammar.
In Reader’s Workshop mini lessons, we will continue a character study of Melanie Watt’s Scaredy Squirrel and how the author uses graphic organisers to show the character’s thinking e.g. lists, diagrams, maps.
Spelling
Each week there is a focus ‘sound of the week’. Students are introduced to groups of words which use spelling patterns and revise the alternative spellings of vowel sounds.
The sound of the week is not intended to be a spelling list for you to teach your child at home. It is for you to be aware of what we are teaching at school, and you are welcome to use the sound as a starting point for your child to share what they are learning.
Week 6 Revision
Year 1
‘ay’ and ‘ai’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGrIyCT7nK0
‘ng’ e.g. ring, sang strong https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmtOKfTEBh8
‘ay’ and ‘ai’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGrIyCT7nK0
ow e.g. glow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPtNBSfCkJA
‘y’ e.g. fly https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ew5gLUbejSs
Year 2
soft g e.g. giant https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hax1Njly-7k
er, ir and ur https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhTdmBPL5hU
wa e.g. wasp https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1ZXDM3y_CM
ear https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWmYldoPzLA
ey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jua0OODatow
Week 7 & 8
Year 1 ‘igh’ e.g. nighthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UVtOaeBIDg
Year 2 silent h https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HUHhwDxr7M
Grammar Focus
Year 1: alphabetical order
Year 2: expanding a sentence
Mathematics: Year 1s and Year 2s will continue to practise adding and subtracting amounts as well as revisit collecting, representing and analysing data e.g. tallies, graphs and what they tell us.
Unit of Inquiry: How We Organise Ourselves
Central Idea: Places and processes are involved in producing food.
Line of Inquiry 1: Places involved in food production
Line of Inquiry 2: Processes involved in food production
Line of Inquiry 3: The connections between money, Maths and data in food production
Classes inquire into food production and processes: Where do foods we commonly find in our household come from e.g. orange juice, milk? How are they processed? Where do they come from? What is the environmental impact of sourcing food from far away vs locally.
Christian Studies: Christian Beliefs
Key Idea: The person and work of Jesus the Christ is central to Christianity.
Students will finish exploring significant events in Jesus’ life, which links with the oral sharing where students talk about a significant event in their lives. They explore how their own significant life events connect them with Jesus. They consider how Jesus interacted with all ‘kinds’ of people and how his significant events are significant for all people and that Jesus became human to connect with us because God wants a relationship with each of us.
Reminders
Each day students need to bring the following. Please label everything.
- Take Home Bags which are also for Library borrowing.
- water bottles
- a fruit/veg snack
- recess
- lunch – ‘nude’ food (no wrappers), leave chocolates or lollies for home
- Cancer Council recommends hats and sunscreen when the UV rating is 3 or above.
Library Borrowing
The whole class goes to the library on Wednesdays (Year 1/2Z) and Thursdays (Year 1/2AK). A reminder that individual students can borrow books on other days during the week if they would like new books before the class borrowing day.
May God bless your week,
Melanie and Ellen
Melanie Arnold arnold.melanie@goldengrove.sa.edu.au
Tim Kriewaldt kriewaldt.tim@goldengrove.sa.edu.au
Ellen Zimmer zimmer.ellen@goldengrove.sa.edu.au