Connect: Year 1

We have had an exciting week with a very successful and positive two practice step up days.  All the kids did an amazing job showing resilience and confidence on both days. We noticed how settled they all were and how they were all eager to share their experience with us and their classmates. We hope you heard all about it at home too.

COMMUNITY PICNIC EVENT NEXT WEEK!!!!!

We have all been busy practising our Christmas songs that we will be performing at our annual community picnic. Students are invited to wear Christmas colours, t-shirts, hats, accessories and whatever they feel comfortable in. They are all very excited and have had lots of fun getting ready to share their Christmas spirit with their loved ones. We hope to see you there. 

Class Dojo:

Congratulations to the following students for receiving their gold award. They should all be very proud of their continued efforts in reflecting our Skye goals in the classroom and during play times:

1A- Alessia Singh, Billy Goodman, Bobby Whyte, Carter Johnston, Fletcher Barraclough, Harper Patton, Heidi Jinks, Mia Darwent, Olivia Corry, Zoe Newlands.

1B-

1C- Zafira Alexandris, Davina Crawford, Kastyn Kapsir, Jacob Hutchison, Kai Bishop

1D- Myles Plese, Nixon Sharpe McKay, Broc Milz, Eliza Goucher, Archie Ludewig, Grace Cook

1E- Braxton Dawson, Cameron Dyer, Zavier Barnard, Cana Graham, Emily Parkinson, Ronin Kent, Max Cooper, Evie Pritchett, Jaiden O'Connor.

Writing 

Students have been enjoying our new text Dingo by Claire Saxby. We have had some great discussions around the differences in informative texts and narratives texts. We always enjoy the rich discussions that come from these lessons. All Grade 1 teachers are feeling very proud of the growth students have shown in their writing using our narrative mountain structure to help plan a piece of writing that includes characters, settings, feelings, problems and solutions. 

Numeracy

In Numeracy we are looking into time-related concepts including student's understanding of the days of the week and months identifying the elements of a calendar. We will also be investigating durations of time represented in Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander seasonal calendars.  

Inquiry

We continue to explore light and shadows.