Grade 1/2

Welcome to week 7 of term 1. We have had a very busy, exciting and thrilling term so far. We really appreciate your patience, cooperation and support.

LITERACY

During reading, students were engaged in reading different texts to understand and develop the skill of visualising. Visualising in reading means creating mental images of the text while reading that help the students to understand and comprehend the text.

During writing, students continued to develop and explore their skills of writing a recount. Students engaged and participated in some fun-filled experiences such as ‘Making Bubbles’ and ‘Playing a game’ etc. After participating in the experience, students wrote a recount about it by providing the sequential details and using the recount structure of who, what, when, where, why and how.

NUMERACY

Students have been working hard on their skills in maths lessons. This week’s focus has been on counting and recognising numbers. Students have been working with two and three-digit numbers, writing them, making them, and understanding the different ways of counting from any number. They have been practising to count sequentially and have been able to identify the numbers that come before or after in a counting sequence. Students worked hard and enjoyed different games and activities to stretch their thinking.

SEL/INQUIRY

During SEL and Inquiry, students have been learning about different ways of online safety.  Some examples are as follows:

• Make good choices when you’re online
• Be curious and ask questions
• Know when time’s up online

Students learnt about trusting their feelings, when things don’t feel right. The important online safety messages are as follows: 

• Listen to your body clues
• Close the screen if something doesn’t feel right
• Ask a trusted adult for help

Students also participated and engaged in discussions about the whole class tech safety agreement.

Reminders:

The new school start time from this year is 8.35 am in the morning. We would like to encourage you to drop your child to school at 8.35 am daily so they can participate in their Morning Circle activities which is a crucial part of their day.

F-2 Showcase - Monday 24th March The showcase will be a chance to come in and see some of the fantastic work we are doing. Watch Compass for more information about the times for this.

Books in Homes - Friday 28th March Students will be able to come to school wearing red clothes as we have read a lot of books! Red and read are homophones - words that sound the same but have different spelling and different meanings.

Swimming - The dates for swimming have changed. Please see Compass for new information.

School Values Certificates:

The recipients of the 1/2 cohort school values certificates for this fortnight are:

1/2A Vinny T

1/2C Ghassan A

1/2B Melike C

1/2B Abu Talib S- Principal Award

These awards will be given out at assembly this Friday. Families are most welcome to attend to help celebrate success!