Connect: Year 1

onHappy Week 4 Grade 1 families,

With such a busy start to the term we still have many exciting things coming up in our learning and school community. With a visit from local Skye CFA to teach us all about fire safety and our much anticipated Book Week Parade to celebrate your favourite characters!

Key Dates:

COSTUME IDEAS AND INSPIRATION

UPCOMING LEARNING:

LITTLE LEARNERS

Over the past week, we explored our new Stage 7.4 sounds including 'a_e' as in chase to the gate and 'a' as in acorns in April. In the next fortnight of learning we are looking at 'ce/ci/cy' as in space city racing and 'ge/gi/gy' as in a ginger cat allergy. Then moving into identifying the 'i_e' sound as in five strikes and 'i' as in find a giant.

WRITING:

Beginning a new unit of learning we are introducing the text Jetty Jumping by Andrea Rowe. In our discussions of the text students will discuss the story by sharing feelings, thoughts and by making personal connections with our own experiences. Strengthen their comprehension and key themes explored in Jetty Jumping by activating background knowledge and expanding vocabularies.

NUMERACY:

In the next fortnight of learning students will investigate division in the form of sharing and grouping. This will involve exploration through concrete resources and physically sharing them into groups. Through hands of learning students will create combinations of sharing to consolidate that each group needs to have the same amount. In their discussions students will utilise the language of division, for example “There are ___ counters shared equally into ___ groups. There are ____ in each group.”

INQUIRY:

Students will continue their inquiry into the features and jobs of minibeasts, curating their own inquiry questions to discover the diverse and intricate lives of different species. Students also explored the symmetry of butterfly wings, with opportunities to create their own symmetrical patterns in a variety of ways. 

Wellbeing:

Over the next fortnight of learning students will be looking at examples of respect at school and in their community. Students will share examples of what respect feels and looks like. They will relate these understandings to our previous lessons on character strengths and how to be a good friend.

Bullying No Way! – National Week of Action

This week the Year 1’s participated in the National Week of Action: Bullying No Way! They completed an Okay or Not Okay? sorting and matching collaborative task with the aim to build a shared understanding of what bullying is – and what it isn’t – so that we all start with the same knowledge and language. This is the first step in our year-long Bullying Prevention and Education program, which will include further learning sessions, an incursion, and special awareness days such as Daisy Day. It was a great opportunity for our students to learn, share, and take positive action towards creating a safe and respectful school community. 

Dojo Awards: 

Congratulations to the following students for earning 150 Dojo points and earning their silver awards! These will be presented in assembly.  

1A

Bobby Whyte 

Carter Johnston 

Fletcher Barraclough 

Heidi Jinks 

Mia Darwent 

Olivia Corry 

Zoe Newlands 

1B

Caleb Nim

Conor James

Zara Bacic 

Samuel Dahlgren

Ava King

1C

Kai Bishop

Zafira Alexandris

Jacob Hutchison

Jayden Khim

Phoenix Greenbury

Davina Crawford

Mila Gelley

Elle Nevin

1D

Lyla Yorke

Myles Plese

Broc Milz

Eliza Goucher

1E

Emily Parkinson

Cana Graham

Evie Pritchett

Max Cooper

Cameron Dyer

Braxton Dawson

Have a lovely fortnight!

Ash, Michelle, Anisa, Fiona and Julieanne