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St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Walcha
Year 1/2 Newsletter
Year One
Maths
In Mathematics, Year 1 has been looking at the chance of separate events happening,determining whether something will happen, might happen or won’t happen. They have beensorting events into these categories and creating their own events, particularly focusing onthings that will definitely happen and things that are impossible to happen. Students have also made predictions on which item might be more likely to be selected from a bag. They have concluded that whilst we can predict that the most of one object will be selected, when we actually choose an item, it is all up to chance!
English
In English lessons, Year 1 has been working hard to independently construct simple sentences.They have been focusing on different elements of their sentences to make them sound more interesting, including adjectives and prepositional phrases. Students were inspired by their Dunghutti animal motif artworks created in Visual Arts, and wrote a selection of sentences about their chosen animal. Some written sentences are included below.
The tired echidna walked slowly along the dusty desert.
By Harrison Goodridge
The small crab ran to the water until he saw a reef.
By Jack Mansfield
A big fat stingray was fastly roaming in the big, dirty sea.
By Archie Payne
Year Two
Maths
In Mathematics, Year 2 has been learning about chance and how we describe the likelihood of everyday events happening. Students have been exploring the terms possible, likely and unlikely, and comparing different events to decide which are more or less likely to happen. They have been sharing their ideas and using everyday examples to explain their thinking.
Tips for Parents:
- Talk about plans for family outings and the chances of the weather being favourable.Include possible, impossible, likely and unlikely scenarios in the discussion (e.g. Willthere be a snow storm when we are having our picnic?)
- Discuss other chance happenings that might occur (e.g. Do you think it is possible that Grandma will visit us tomorrow? What could happen at football today?) as well as how
likely this is (e.g. Grandma might come to visit, but as she lives in Perth this is pretty unlikely).
- Talk about chance when playing games (e.g. It’s possible that I will roll a six but not certain).
English
Year 2 have been enjoying their first novel study, George’s Marvellous Medicine by Roald Dahl.
The students have loved discovering just how funny and silly the story can be! As part of our reading and writing activities, students have been exploring the character of Grandma and writing character descriptions, using details from the story to describe what she is like.
George’s Grandma
George’s grandma is wicked and she smells like a dog’s bottom. She stinks like crazy and she is older than the dinosaurs. Grandma is old, small, wrinkly and bumpy.
By Wally Cameron
George’s grandma is very small and has lots of wrinkles. She is as scrawny as a cow that hasn’t been fed. Her mouth is puckered like she just ate a bitter lemon. Her eyes are as small as a button. She has a nose as long as a carrot and she has pale brown teeth.
By Lucy Martin
Year One and Two
Religion - Creation
In Religion, we have been learning about God as the Creator and recognising God’s presence inthe world around us. We explored the first creation story and discussed how all of creation isgood and reflects God’s love. We also learnt about the importance of the Sabbath as a time forrest. Through prayers of praise and thanksgiving, students have been reflecting on the wonders of creation and the many things we can thank God for.
Dear God,Thank you for the animals and the grass and the dams for the animals to drink from.
Amen
By Daisy-Ray Kirby
Dear God,
Thank you for making the nature and the animals. Thank you for making the night and the lightand the sea creatures. Thank you for making friends, family and us.
Amen
By Enoch Alwin-Jose
Dear God,Thank you for the land, the animals, the sky, the light and the night and day. The world you have created is wonderful and thank you for all of the people. Help us to look after the world you have created with your own bare hands. We hope we can make you happy. We will try not to do anything naughty and not litter so our world is nice and pretty.
Amen
By Eve Young
Creative Arts - Visual Art
In Visual Arts, Year 1 and Year 2 have been exploring cultural inspired artwork, connected to natural and built environments in their surroundings. Over the duration of three weeks, students have explored different art styles from local Aboriginal lands, taking inspiration from Dunghutti,Kamilaroi and Anaiwan artists to create their own interpretation of their surroundings. Students have explored texture, shape and colour in the creative process and have created some beautiful paintings, sculptures and stencil prints inspired by natural and built features.
