Stage 1

At Ben Venue, we promote a culture of open communication among students, urging them to promptly report any challenges they may be facing to their teachers. Our school places a strong emphasis on fostering a positive environment through the implementation of PAX Hands and Feet, prioritising safe play and positive friendships, and consistently demonstrating respect towards parents/carers, teachers, and fellow students in all interactions. Should you have any concerns, we encourage you to reach out to your child's teacher.

 

A big thank you to the students who returned home reading folders on Friday. We aim to encourage independence in our students, and being responsible for bringing library bags and reader folders to school on the right day is a great start. New readers will only be sent home in the reading folder your child brought to school at the beginning of the year. Please do not forget to comment on, and sign, the home reading log. Reading to and with someone at home is a great opportunity for students to practise the skills they are learning in the classroom.

English

We are learning to:

• write simple and compound sentences with the correct structure
• identify and use personification in our writing
• identify and use verbs in our writing

We are successful when we:

• use new vocabulary in our writing
• use correct boundary punctuation
• include conjunctions to join words and parts of sentences
• use adjectives to describe nouns in our writing
• identify personification in a text
• write a sentence using personification
• use a variety of verbs to make our writing more interesting

Mathematics

We are learning to:

• represent numbers in different ways
• form, regroup and rename three-digit numbers 

We are successful when we can:

• recognise that ten ones are the same as one ten 
• use 10 as the base to form numbers from 11 to 20
• count large sets of objects by grouping in tens
• count and represent large sets of objects by grouping in tens and hundreds 
• use base 10 materials to represent and explain grouping 
• identify the value of digits in numbers up to three digits 
• partition and rename three-digit numbers in different ways

Personal Development and Health

We are learning to:

• explore the importance of celebrating differences 
• recognise and increase awareness of racism in society

We are successful when we can:

• identify differences among our classmates and talk about what makes us unique
• talk about what racist behaviour looks like
• be an upstander to racist behaviour

Upcoming Events

The K-2 Hat Parade is scheduled to take place from 12:00 - 1:00 pm on Thursday 28 March (Week 9). As part of our visual arts unit, students will be crafting their hats at school in preparation for this event. We extend a warm invitation to both students and their families to attend, followed by an opportunity to enjoy lunch with your child. Hot cross buns will be available for purchase, and we kindly encourage the use of card payments for these. We look forward to seeing you then.

Around our classrooms

Rebecca Bourke, Claudia Campbell, Nicole Frost, Chantelle Lawrence, Kathy McMillan & Shelli Morse.

Stage 1 Teachers