The Golden Vine

Year 1/2

Year 1/2 Cluster News 

Special Persons Afternoon (SPA) Friday 19th September- a note and form went home for Special Persons Afternoon. Please note that if the form is not returned students cannot go home early with their adult and will remain at school as usual. Thank you. 

 

Year 2 Camp Packing List  

*PLEASE ENSURE EVERYTHING HAS YOUR CHILD’S NAME ON IT* 

Students and Parent Volunteers will need to bring:  

  • Own bedding (warm sleeping bag and pillow)  

  • A fitted single sheet to keep mattress clean (mattress provided by AFL Max) 

  • Appropriate clothing & footwear (enclosed shoes and socks).  

  • A change of clothes including underwear and socks 

  • Slippers or slip on shoes for nighttime. 

  • Something warm to sleep in  

  • Toothbrush, toothpaste and toiletries  

  • Water Bottle  

  • A packed Recess and Lunch for Day 1.  
  • Any medication required, along with written instructions/plan from your doctor (to be handed to school staff before departure). 

 

Optional:  

  • A book for reading.  

  • One soft toy (not too big).  

 

Provided by AFL Max:  

  • Mattress to sleep on. 

  • All Meals from afternoon tea – morning tea on Day 2.  

  • A fun filled program over two days.  

 

Do not bring:  

  • Aerosol deodorants or sprays.  

  • Lollies.  

  • Electronic devices. 

 

Home Inquiry   

Spend one minute outside. What sounds can you hear in your own body, close to you and further away? Which sounds are the loudest? Why do you think that is? Inquire into how sound travels. 

 

Read decodable/interest/library books etc every night for 10-15 minutes.  

 

Weekly Timetable – 1/2 Classes 

 

Monday  

Change take home interest books. 

Assembly   

Canteen 

Tuesday  

Japanese 

Library 

Wednesday  

Sport 

Art  

Canteen  

Thursday  

STEM 

odd weeks – Year 1/2Z 

even weeks – Year 1/2AK 

Friday  

Chapel  

Music  

Golden Time   

Canteen  

 Learning for Week 8 and 9 

Word Study (previously Jolly Spelling):  

 

Week 8 

Year 1 ew e.g. grew 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyqdM3d5xHU  

 

Year 2 sc e.g. scene, muscle 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40I7eCTM1eM  

 

Week 9 

Year 1 ou e.g. out, mouth 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TZTJZfBYfk 

 

 

Year 2 ou, ow e.g. ouch, flower 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySRd-Amrd28  

 

 

Grammar Focus  

Year 1: alphabetical order, verbs 

Year 2: synonyms, proofreading 

 

Reader’s and Writer’s Workshop: Students will continue practising how to read their own and others’ work through the lens of an editor. They edit for capital letters, punctuation such as full stops and spelling. 

 

Mathematics:  

Sharing and grouping 

Students will begin exploring basic multiplication and division, which we call equal sharing and grouping. 

 

Sharing equally: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgeZnmEpX40 

 

Arrays:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=613MZgTAA2g 

 

Students will continue to revisit strategies for addition and subtraction, focusing on a different strategy each week. You could practice using strategies at home: 

 

Near doubles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTJUBavywCE 

 

Unit of Inquiry: How the World Works 

Central Idea: Properties of materials determine their uses. 

Line of Inquiry 1: The properties of materials. 

Line of Inquiry 2: How materials change. 

Line of Inquiry 3: Why certain materials are selected for different purposes. 

 

Students will explore the properties of materials e.g. you can scrunch it, it is rigid/flexible. They inquire into sound, its properties and how it can be changed e.g. higher/lower pitch. They explore why materials are chosen e.g. to build a house or to make an instrument. 

 

Christian Studies: Christian Church: Christians believe the Bible is God’s word. 

Students explore what the bible teaches us e.g. how to make decisions and how to show love and grace to others. 

 

Other Reminders 

Boots are needed for students who want to go into the Nature Play in the muddy winter months. 

 

Items from home/Canteen money 

We have reminded students to not bring items from home unless this has been a discussion between parents and teachers.  

 

Students may bring one named ball to play with at break times, however, please ensure it is not a special item in case of loss or damage.  

 

We have also reminded students that the money they have for the canteen is for their own or sibling purchases and not to buy food for their friends. 

 

Shoelaces 

Please make sure your child can do up laces themselves if they have shoes with laces. Another option is shoes with Velcro until they learn this skill. 

 

Bag Tags 

It is useful for students to have a bag tag to identify their bag. Please only put one bag tag on and make sure it is not a special one that will be missed if it is lost as we are not able to monitor this. 

 

Each day students need to bring the following. Please label everything.  

  • hats – these have been sent home for a wash as they are not a requirement for Terms 2 and 3. It is still a good idea to leave them in bags as some days can still have a high UV rating.  

  • sunscreen is generally not applied at school during Terms 2 and 3. 

  • Take Home Bags, which are also for Library borrowing. 

  • a water bottle 

  • a fruit snack 

  • recess 

  • lunch 

 

Lunch Boxes 

Please pack a substantial lunch rather than lots of recess snacks and put an ice pack in on hot days as the lunches remain in school bags outside. We also ask that you send in ‘nude food’ which does not include wrappers. 

 

Library Borrowing  

Both classes visit the Library on Tuesdays to borrow 2 books for 2 weeks. 

 

Take Home books 

Each week students take home 2-3 interest books to read at home. A letter has been sent home explaining the process. During the week, we listen to children and begin sending decodable books or other good fit books home to read.  

 

Toddle 

We post important information reminders, student learning, photos/videos and assessments on this platform.  Please contact the office if you are not connected. 

 

Volunteers 

During the year we have excursions, a Year 1 Sleepover and a Year 2 Camp.  

 

If you are interested in volunteering, there a few things you must have up to date to be able to come along or to help in the classroom. Please do not volunteer unless you have these already. 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/  

 

 

May God bless your week, 

Melanie Arnold and Ellen Zimmer 

 

Melanie Arnold: Arnold.melanie@goldengrove.sa.edu.au 

Tim Kriewaldt kriewaldt.tim@goldengrove.sa.edu.au 

Ellen Zimmer zimmer.ellen@goldengrove.sa.edu.au