Wonderful 1
One-derful Class Chronicles
Term 3 Week 4 2026 - Friday 7th August
🌟 What We Have Been Up To
We have been busy with lots of exciting learning in Year 1! In Reading and Writing, students have been exploring different styles of poetry, including rhyming, imagery and descriptive poems, and have enjoyed using new vocabulary and descriptive language to create their own poems. In Mathematics, we have been using hands-on materials to explore measurement, comparing the length, height, mass and capacity of different objects, as well as beginning to explore repeating patterns and skip counting. In Inquiry, we have started our Past and Present unit, where students are investigating how people, places and daily life have changed over time.
A friendly reminder to please send through a family photo for our Family Wall if you haven’t already. Thank you! If you ever need anything please do not hesitate to get in touch with me at madeleine.simos@education.vic.gov.au
🚌 Excursion Reminder
Our Year 1/2 Rippon Lea Excursion is coming up in Week 5! Please make sure you have completed payment and consent through Compass so your child can attend. We are looking forward to a fun day of learning and exploring together!
Practising our fluency!
What is coming up?
Phonics
These are what we will be focussing on each week in our phonics lessons.
Week | Code | Examples |
Week 1 | er, ir & ur | her, fern, bird, shirt, turn, fur |
Week 2 | ear & wor | hear, near, year, work, worm, word |
Week 3 | air & ear | hair, fair, chair, bear, pear, wear |
Week 4 | air & ear | stairs, pair, dairy, tear, swear, earring |
Week 5 | oo | moon, spoon, food, book, look, foot |
Week 6 | oo, ew & ui | zoo, room, chew, flew, fruit, suit |
Week 7 | ow & ou | cow, town, brown, out, cloud, shout |
Reading & Writing
Students will continue exploring a variety of poetry styles throughout the term. We will be learning about rhyming, imagery and descriptive poems, identifying the features of each before creating our own. This unit will help students expand their vocabulary, use descriptive language, express their creativity and build confidence as writers.
Mathematics
Students will be exploring skip counting, patterns and rules. They will practise identifying, continuing and creating patterns, while developing their number knowledge and explaining the rules they notice using appropriate mathematical language.
Inquiry
Students will begin our Past and Present unit, exploring how people, places and daily life have changed over time. They will investigate similarities and differences between the past and present and develop an understanding of how communities evolve.
Specialist Days
- Monday - Music, Art/Cultural Studies, Leader in Me, PE
- Wednesday- AUSLAN/Health
- Thursday - Library