Grade 1/2

Dear Families

Welcome to week 4 of term 2!  We are moving forward to a very busy term ahead. We would like to thank you all for your continuous support and cooperation that helped the term to be successful so far.

MOTHER'S AND OTHER'S DAY

A big thank you to all the families who were able to attend our Mother's and Other's day stall and activities. It was lovely to have you come into our spaces and work with your children. 

MAD ABOUT SCIENCE

The students participated in the Kitchen Chemistry science incursion and had lots of fun experimenting with different chemicals found in the kitchen. We used cabbage juice to change the colour of water, bicarb and vinegar, and used the bicarb and vinegar to make it explode! We also mixed bicarb, icing sugar and citric acid to make sherbert, which was a big hit for the students. 

LITERACY

In Reading, students have been exploring and learning about the text type and text purpose. Our main focus for this term is  'Narratives'. Students have read and explored some fairy tales and dreamtime stories such as Tiddalik the Frog, Three Little Pigs, Little Red Riding Hood etc. to gain an understanding of the narrative structure and the elements of a story.

In Writing, students have been learning to write narratives/fiction stories.  Students have been learning to use the narrative structure to present a complete writing piece of their stories. Students were able to  choose their own characters and settings and  were also able to create an interesting plot for their stories by writing about the complication/problem in the story and the resolution for the problems found by the characters. 

Systematic Synthetic Phonics 

Students have learnt the digraph sounds ar, or, aw, ir, ur, er and they have been practising to apply  their learnt phonic skills into their reading and writing. 

NUMERACY

In Maths, students have been exploring  place value. They have learnt how to partition a two digit number, comparing numbers, making and counting collections using tens, identify 10 more and 10 less than a number. Students have participated in maths problem solving activities to use bundling to group collection of objects.

SEL/INQUIRY

Our Inquiry focus for this term is ‘past and present’.   Students have been learning to recognise what has changed and what has remained the same. Students have also been exploring their own family history and connections to the past.

To learn more about how things have changed or remained the same, students have created a questionnaire to interview their grandparents/parents/old relative. 

Please support your child in their inquiry process by answering their questions. This will give you an opportunity to be a part of your child's learning.

Example questions:

What did you like to play with when you were a child?

How was school like?

How did you travel to school?

What kind of technology did you use?

How was families like? etc.

In SEL, Students have been learning about how to be respectful and show respect to  themselves and others. Students have engaged in conversations and activities  to make safe and better choices for themselves which will help  build their ability to make responsible decisions and choose different ways of solving problems and creating a positive environment for themselves and others. 

REMINDERS

• School start at 8.35 am every day and finishes at 3 pm.
• Homework/Readers will be sent home each Monday and due on Friday.
• if your child is sick or absent, please notify the school as soon as possible on the day of absence  by phone or via compass.

Dates to Remember 

27 May- Didgeridoo Australia (Incursion)

19 June -Wild Life (Incursion)

Swimming Program

Tuesday 24th June - Wednesday 25th June

Tuesday 1st July - Wednesday 2nd of July

27th June -Books in Homes

School Values Award Certificate

The awardees for this week's values awards are:

12 A- AJ A & Rhythm S 

12B- Karim A & Fateh G

12C- Esma A

Thank you for your ongoing support. If you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to get in touch. We are looking forward to another fantastic term of learning and fun.

Warm regards,

Year 1/2 team