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Kindergarten Term 1 Overview

Year 1 Term 1 Overview

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Year 3 Term 1 Overview

Year 3 Term 1 Overview
Religion	Created by God: Students will learn that they are created in the image and likeness of God and loved by God. The students will come to appreciate that they have been created by God to be free and creative and to engage with all of creation. The unit introduces the second story of creation in the Book of Genesis, which speaks of the creative free act of God, an outpouring of divine love and goodness, in which we are called to share. Students will be encouraged to explore their own giftedness and identify how they can use their gifts for the good of all. They will explore God’s love, revealed in them, in others and in all creation. The students will also look at ways they can give glory and praise to God for the wonderful gifts they have been given. Lent: Students will explore Lent as a time of renewal. The unit examines the season of Lent as a time to reflect on ways we can change and follow Jesus more closely through prayer, fasting and almsgiving. In the Gospels we learn how Jesus gave himself for others. The unit concludes by providing students with the opportunity to reflect on the events of Holy Week, in preparation for the great celebration of the Easter Triduum and Easter season.
English	The Connecting to Country and Community unit focus is on how language and connection shapes our understanding of ourselves and our world "our place in space". Oral language and communication, vocabulary building, phonic knowledge, reading comprehension and creating written texts through understanding and responding to literature, will comprise the content focus of the unit. Students will continue to learn about how to understand and use language effectively throughout the unit. This Term will also focus on explicitly teaching and unpacking a toolkit of rich tasks for comprehension. These activities have multiple entry points for different ability groups and will be incorporated into guided reading rotations after being unpacked during Modelled and Shared instruction.
Mathematics	Geometric measure: position Representing number using place value Additive & inverse operations Geometric measure: Angles
Science & Technology	Students will learn that there are three states of matter. They identify different materials as a solid, liquid or gas through engaging interactive and hands-on experiences. They explore how adding or removing heat can affect a material’s state of matter through investigations and experiments. This unit involves students working scientifically and using scientific thinking.
HSIE (Human Society & its Environment)	History: Students learn about the importance of Country/Place to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Peoples who belong to a local area. The lessons are structured so that initial activities introduce students to the big idea behind the lesson. These are followed by opportunities for students to consider these ideas within their own local contexts and draw upon local Aboriginal resources. In doing so they develop an understanding of the Aboriginal heritage of their local area and explore the historical concepts of perspectives, empathy, sources and continuity and change.
Creative Arts	Term 1’s unit focuses on exploring and appreciating art and drama. Students explore ideas of beauty, awe and emotion through perspective and composition, looking at artists such as Ron Brooks, Marc Chagall and Pieter Bruegel the Elder. They develop skills in drawing, colour and tonal work, and apply these ideas in their own artworks.
PDHPE (Personal Development & Physical Education)	Students will explore a range of challenges they may be presented with and will recognise how being persistent builds resilience. They will investigate a range of responses and strategies to deal with challenges and different situations in order to build their capacity to respond appropriately in the future

Hello Year 3 families! Us Year 3 teachers would like to thank you all for bringing in the requested materials for the students to start the year smoothly. The students have settled in nicely.

Crunch and sip: Students have their crunch and sip during role call and are able to keep their drink bottles in a designated tray within the classroom.

Uniform: Students are to wear formal summer school uniforms Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Thursday students are to wear PE (Gold shirts) Friday students wear sport uniforms (coloured house shirts) If your child is unable to wear uniform a note is required to be given to the classroom teacher.

Homework: Monday afternoons students will be given Talk homework, weekly timetable sheets and in coming weeks students will receive a reading dairy to track the books they are reading.

Book contact: Students will be sent home with their workbooks each Friday for them to be contacted to help the workbooks to last until the end of the year.

Toys: We please ask that all students keep personal belongings at home and if a student requires a fidget toy that it must be kept in their pockets during class time.

Year 4 Term 1 Overview

We are pleased to share with you our 2026 Term 1 Overview so you can keep track of what the children are learning about this term. Term 1 Overview Year 4 2026

Religion	This unit explores "The law of love". It begins by recalling with students the purpose of rules in groups and communities. It then examines the Ten Commandments, focussing on their purpose and principles for living in relationship with God and each other. This forms the basis for introducing and exploring Jesus' 'new commandment' with reference back to the Commandments. The unit leads to a deeper understanding of how the Commandments and Jesus' 'new commandment' guide us in living in relationship with God and others. This unit focuses on the Liturgical Season of Lent as a time to reflect on how we live our lives. It explores choices and their impact on our growth and conversion. It teaches about the sacrament of Penance. The unit then reviews the events of Holy Week through the Scriptural Stations of the Cross.
English	The unit we are undertaking this term is called “Our Place in Space”, and focuses on how texts help us shape our understanding of place and context in our world and the world around us. We undertake a range of modelled, shared and guided reading and writing activities in class to develop reading and writing skills, and also undertake spelling and handwriting activities throughout the week. Big Write will be undertaken each Thursday, and Home Talk will be sent home each Monday as a paper copy and also sent as an email via Compass.
Maths	Position, Representing Numbers using Place Value, Angels and Addition and Inverse Operations
HSIE	History - Learning how to describe people, events and actions related to world exploration and its effects Learning how to describe and explains effects of British colonisation in Australia Learning how to apply the skills of historical inquiry and communication
Science	The unit that we are undertaking in science this term is called “Using materials for a Purpose”. In this unit, students develop an understanding of the properties of natural and processed materials and how these influence their use. They explore the property of elasticity in greater depth and conduct an experiment to discover which sports ball has the highest elasticity.
PDH/PE	PE - Net and Court games: Tennis focus PDH - Students will identify roles, rights and responsibilities in different relationships, exploring how they can influence theirs and others emotional and social wellbeing. They will recognise types of abuse and bullying behaviours and will practise strategies they can employ when they themselves feel unsafe or they see others in need of assistance or help.
Visual Arts	A combined Year 4 Artwork for the Armidale Show Two individual artworks for the School Art Show. One focus will be on Vincent Van Gogh - Starry Night and Jackie French’s Fire and Flood.

Year 5 Term 1 Overview

Year 5 Term 1 Overview
Religion	Students learn to seek out ways in which they can live as Christians. In learning about Lent, they accept the call to respond to God in their lives and identify challenges to respond to. Students examine ways in which the liturgical life of the Church nourishes and challenges them to respond to the presence of God. Students become aware of their responsibility to live according to the values of Jesus and learn to analyse their own actions according to these values.
English	“Adventure is Everywhere - Quest & Journeys” This term our unit focus is on how texts help us shape our understanding of place and context in our world and the world around us. Oral language and communication, vocabulary building, phonic knowledge, reading comprehension and creating written texts through understanding and responding to literature, will comprise the content focus of the unit. Students will continue to learn about how to understand and use language effectively throughout the unit. Texts read together in class: “The Glimme” Emily Rodda “To the Bridge” Corinne Fenton “The Lost Thing” Shaun Tan
Mathematics	3D objects, Whole Number, Additive relations, Geometric measure (Position), Representing Quantity (Fractions).
Science & Technology	Earth & Space - Earth’s place in our solar system - Using and Interpreting Data
HSIE (Human Society & its Environment)	The Colonies: Students describe and explain the significance of colonial people and events to the development of Australia.
Creative Arts	People & Events: Human Form Armidale Show: “Looking Forward, Looking Back”
PDHPE (Personal Development & Physical Education)	Managing Self and Relationships: Students will identify and describe the actions they need to take to establish and maintain positive relationships in a variety of contexts. They will practise strategies required to manage any negative situations which may arise for themselves or others, including conflict resolution and bullying. Students will have the opportunity to participate in games that promote teamwork and a sense of belonging. Movement Skill & Performance / Healthy, Safe & Active Lifestyles: Students will develop and apply a range of skills used in invasion games, notably attack and defence skills applied in minor games and full game contexts. Object control skills will be built on as will the specialised skills needed to successfully participate. Students will work together to find these solutions using decision making, problem solving and creative thinking. The knowledge of fundamental rules will continue. Safe and inclusive practices will be stressed for all students.

Year 6 Term 1 Overview