Year 1/2
Year 1/2 Cluster News
It has been lovely hearing all about family events during the break. If your child would like to talk about one event they enjoyed, please send in a photo and we can make a time to share this. Another opportunity for your child to share is in the Home Inquiry.
Home Inquiry
What special events happened when your child was born? Did you have a dedication, a naming ceremony or a baptism? We would like to hear about the event and see some photos to support our Christian Studies unit about rituals and celebrations.
Every Day
Please check that your child has these items at school every day:
- hat
- water bottle
- Take Home Folder
Please check that their name is clearly marked on each item, including school jackets.
Reading: We encourage your child to read every night for 10-15 minutes. Please listen to your child read the decodable books and ask the ‘check for understanding’ questions at the back. Once you have read the ‘decodable book’ 2 or 3 times, please send it back with the recording sheet.
The ‘Interest books' with coloured round stickers on the front may need to be read together.
Weekly Timetable
| Monday | Take home books: swap 2.30pm Assembly Canteen: Qkr orders before 9am |
| Tuesday | Japanese specialist lesson Library Borrowing using Take Home Folders Mrs. Hall away – Mrs. Vasciglio teaching |
| Wednesday | PE & Dance/Drama specialist lessons Canteen: Qkr orders before 9am |
| Thursday | 8.45am STEM 1/2AK odd weeks, 1/2HB even weeks |
| Friday | 8.50am Chapel Music specialist lesson Canteen: Qkr orders before 9am Golden Time |
Learning for Weeks 1, 2 and 3
Word Study
Year 1
ou e.g. round, mouth, outside
https://youtu.be/5bk1ApbWfcs?si=x6X2-mFw2MmV0XTj
ow e.g. brown, how, town
https://youtu.be/5bk1ApbWfcs?si=cv3EUfr3ttRV_l0k
oy e.g. boy, enjoy
https://youtu.be/CcmxqwJhWxc?si=3NwX9n-zVKT53vCk
Year 2
ou, ow e.g. ouch, found, crowd, sunflower https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySRd-Amrd28
si e.g. occasion, division
https://youtu.be/q1-h63fewUc?si=yBjAMVmXt4prbemA
are e.g. share, square
https://youtu.be/8q-qJYq46oA?si=haPXzrOrwNKpXKoi
Grammar Focus
Year 1: extending sentences using adjectives
Year 2: extending sentences using adjectives and adverbs
Christian Studies
What is prayer? Who prays? How do they pray? Why do they pray? Students share their experiences and investigate how people pray in the Bible.
Writer’s Workshop
Narrative (story) Writing: Students begin by creating characters, setting and a problem.
Reader’s Workshop
Students are learning to make connections between what they are reading to other books, to their own life experiences and to events that happen in the world e.g. This character has a dog and I have a dog.
Mathematics:
Students are consolidating their understanding of patterns (number, shape and colour) and data (asking questions, collecting information and graphing).
Unit of Inquiry: Sharing the Planet
Year 1 students focus on the needs of living things. The Wilbur’s Wildlife incursion last term provided information and students will continue to research by reading and viewing..
Year 2 students build on this knowledge from last year and focus on patterns in the sky, including moon phases, seasons and Indigenous stories.
God bless your week,
Melanie, Lauren, Tim and Melissa
Arnold.melanie@goldengrove.sa.edu.au
hall.lauren@goldengrove.sa.edu.au