Year 1/2
Year 1/2 Cluster News
Welcome to Term 3.
Fundamental Movement Skills
You will have received an email regarding our fundamental movement skills program. This is to run alongside our PE program and will begin on Thursday of Week 2. It includes various stations which require slow, deliberate movements to engage both sides of the brain. If you have the necessary checks (WWCH, RHANN and VSC – access via this link: https://www.goldengrove.sa.edu.au/parent-portal/volunteering/ ) and can assist this program, please complete the link below;
https://forms.gle/Gjh5oZqxTer3LXJ26
Year 1 Sleepover;
Please note the change of date for the Year 1 Sleepover to Thursday 24th September. More information will come out about this closer to the time, however, if you are able to assist in any way with this event over the course of the evening, please let us know.
Year 1/2HB (Formally 1/2HZ)
Mrs Hall will be working Mondays – Thursdays this term and Mrs Bishop will be in on Fridays.
Upcoming Events:
Friday 21st August (week 5); 1/2HB Chapel
Friday 28th August (week 6); 1/2AK Chapel
Thursday 3rd September (Week 7) @ 8:50am; 1/2s Assembly
Tuesday 22nd September; Yr 2 Camp @AFL Max
Thursday 24th September; Yr 1 Sleepover
Home Inquiry
At the Tea Tree Gully Library, they have updated the children’s section. It is full of wonderful new areas to explore. We encourage you go along and have a look as well as enjoying the Book Week Display.
This week your child will receive a question sheet. There are several questions to ask their grandparents about their life as a child. We ask that you assist them in recording the information on the sheet to complete the next part of their learning. We require these back by the start of week 3 (Monday 3rd August).
Reading: We encourage your child to read 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. Once you have read the ‘decodable book’ 2 or 3 times, please send it back with the recording sheet.
The ‘Interest books' with coloured round stickers on the front may need to be read together.
Weekly Timetable
| Monday | Take home books: swap 2.30pm Assembly Canteen: Qkr orders before 9am |
| Tuesday | Japanese specialist lesson Library Borrowing using Take Home Bags (change from term 2) |
| Wednesday | PE & Dance/Drama specialist lessons Canteen: Qkr orders before 9am |
| Thursday | 8.45am STEM 1/2AK odd weeks, 1/2HZ even weeks Fundamental Motor Skills program (beginning week 2) |
| Friday | 8.50am Chapel Music specialist lesson Canteen: Qkr orders before 9am Golden Time |
Learning for Weeks 2 and 3
Word Study
Year 1
Wh e.g; wheel, whisper, white
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGOtW405L1o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBA-R3Sx1Pc
Th e.g this, with, thank
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlX5jSEN5sQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPw_GeiDC_8
Year 2
Wh e.g. whisper, while, whether
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGOtW405L1o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBA-R3Sx1Pc
soft ‘g’ for j e.g. giant, magic, danger
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hax1Njly-7k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xL4WykIuCRw
Grammar Focus
Year 1; sentence types (questions and statements) & simple past and present tense
Year 2; sentence types (questions, statements, commands) & maintaining past and present tense
Christian Studies
This term we are beginning a new unit. We are exploring what it means to live in and care for the world. We are beginning to explore the story of creation and exploring the different aspects of each day.
Writer’s and Reader’s Workshop:
As readers, students are exploring features of a page and layouts of pages. This includes both fiction and non-fiction texts.
As authors, students are transferring this information onto a poster to showcase their knowledge of past and present.
Mathematics:
Year 1 and Year 2 Students inquire into data representation e.g. tally marks and how to read a graph. We are also exploring patterns including shape, colour and number patterns and continuing to consolidate our place value understanding.
Unit of Inquiry: Where We Are in Place and Time
Students are continuing into their inquiring in to the past and comparing how it is similar or different to the present. Students are focusing on one key area to explore and then deliver an oral presentation to either a small group or to the whole class.
Other Notes
Hats
These have been sent home for washing; however they are needed at school on days when the UV is high. Please send them back to school when they have been washed and stored in the children’s bags.
Volunteers
During the year we have excursions, a Year 1 Sleepover and a Year 2 Camp. If you are interested in volunteering, you must have the following checks up to date. 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/
God bless your week,
Melanie, Lauren, Tim and Melissa
Arnold.melanie@goldengrove.sa.edu.au
hall.lauren@goldengrove.sa.edu.au