Year One

Communicating with the Year One Team

We look forward to partnering with you in 2024, and welcome your input:

Mrs. Julie Hall (Class 1A) Julie.Hall@education.vic.gov.au

Mr.Andrew McFarlane (Class 1B) Andrew.McFarlane3@education.vic.gov.au 

English in Term Two

During this term, in English the Year One Classes have continued with the implementation of InitiaLit 1. We are so proud of the progress our students are making in their reading abilities and the spelling of new sounds taught.

In Writing, students have been learning the features and structure of persuasive texts and have just begun informative texts. Students have been doing an outstanding job of reading their writing out to their peers. In our spelling lessons we have be learning new tricky words to incorporate into our writing. 

Tricky Words

Through the InitiaLit program a range of Tricky Words are taught. These words are referred to as Tricky Words as they cannot be spelled by sounding them out. Due to the nature of the program, the sets of Tricky Words get taught in groups of three and are taught during any given lesson. 

You can assist your child at home in many ways. For example try: sky writing the tricky words, writing them on paper or putting them in a highly visible area, such as the fridge and spell them aloud repeatedly. Each set of Tricky Words contains six words. Below are Term 2's tricky words.

Mothers' Day

We began Mothers' Day celebrations with the Mothers' Day stall on Wednesday the 7th May. Thankyou to all the wonderful mums who helped to make this such a success.

On Friday the 9th May we celebrated Mothers' Day with a fantastic afternoon of activities for our students and their mother/grandmother/relative or special friend. Thankyou to all our visitors we had a lovely afternoon with you.

Take Home Readers

Each week, your child is provided with the opportunity to change their hard copy reader to read for the week. We ask that the book is read 3-4 times per week and is logged into your child’s reading diary. 

Your child’s reading diary and book needs to be brought to school every Friday morning to be checked by your child’s classroom teacher. We kindly ask that all books are taken care of and returned in good condition every Friday.  

Students have taken home their MultiLit eLibrary passwords so they can choose to supplement their take home reader some nights of the week.

Specialist Timetable

Please note the following information regarding the days that each grade has specialist classes.  * These times are subject to change during school-wide events (eg: swimming timetables) *

Students attend the Library for borrowing with their class teacher.

1A  Friday 1:20-2:10 Library                                      1B Wednesday 1:20-2:10