Year 1/2

Year 1/2 Cluster News    

Year 2 Camp – Tuesday 22nd September – Wednesday 23rd September 

We will return to GGLPS on Wednesday morning and will have a Subway lunch together as a Year 2 cohort.  

If you would like to collect your child, you are able to pick them up early at 12:30pm on Wednesday from the front office.  

Y2 Camp Packing List 

You will need to pack:  

• Students and Teachers will need to bring their own bedding (warm sleeping bag and pillow)  
• Appropriate casual clothing & footwear (enclosed shoes and socks – clothing that is comfortable to move around in)  
• Enough clothes for an overnight stay.  
• Something warm to sleep in  
• Toothbrush/toiletries  
• Drink Bottle  
• We suggest a small sports bag – no need for big suitcases.  
• A fitted single sheet to help keep mattresses clean for all guests  
• Relevant medication (to be kept with School staff- Parents to hand over to teachers in the courtyard on day of departure) 
• A packed recess and lunch for Day 1 (all other meals will be provided- we will provide lunch back at school on Wednesday).  

The following is provided by AFL Max:  

• Mattresses to sleep on  
• Meals (Tue Afternoon – Wed Morning)    

What not to bring:  

• Aerosol cans (i.e. spray-on deodorant or insect repellent)  
• Lollies or chewing gum or jewellery  
• Anything valuable (AFL Max takes no responsibility for the loss or damage to a client’s personal property, including money or other valuable items)  
• Technological Devices (iPads, etc). 

Year 1 Sleepover @ School Thursday 24th September to Friday 25th September 

Y1 Camp Packing List 

Please name everything. 

• sleeping bag, pillow, blow up mattress/camp mattress/kids flip-out sofa  
• pyjamas 
• spare underwear and casual clothes for Thursday night and Friday at school 
• warm jumper/jacket  
• toothbrush, toothpaste 
• face washer and hand towel 
• hairbrush/comb 
• water bottle 
• 1 small cuddle toy  
• manners 

Any medication required will need to be labelled with the  

• child’s name and plan from your GP/Paediatrician 
• dosage 
• time to administer it 

If your Year 1 child is not staying overnight, they come to school on the Friday as usual and can wear casual clothes. All food will be provided at school, including a Subway lunch. Year 2 children wear uniform and bring their own lunch as usual.  Year 1 students have a special incursion on the Friday morning ‘Wilbur’s Wildlife’ which links with next our Unit of Inquiry. You may pick up your child early at 10.45am (following the incursion, prior to recess) or 12.45pm (prior to lunch). 

Home Inquiry   

Have a look at playgrounds in your area. Take photos and send them in so we can compare aspects that your child likes about the playground and aspects that they don’t like. These ideas will lead into our next Unit of Inquiry investigations. 

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 

Learning for Weeks 9 and 10 

Word Study 

Year 1 & 2 Revision 

Grammar Focus 

Year 1: Word families  

Year 2: prefixes (un, re) 

Christian Studies 

Students will be exploring the idea that Christians have been asked to take care of the world. We will be exploring what action can be taken and what is means to be caretakers.  

Writer’s and Reader’s Workshop 

Students will be exploring different types of procedures and the structure of writing them.  

Mathematics:  

Students continue to practice place value of numbers as well as mapping and 2D shapes.   

Unit of Inquiry: How the World Works 

Students are moving into the investigation phase as designers. They will be planning their own playground space and then using the consultation phase to improve their design.  

Other Notes 

Volunteers 

During the year we have excursions, a Year 1 Sleepover and a Year 2 Camp. If you are interested in volunteering, you must have the following checks up to date. Contact the office if you have any questions. 

• Working With Children Check (WWCC)  
• Responding to Abuse, Harm and Neglect training (RRHAN-EC)  
• Valuing Safe Communities (VSC) training 

https://www.goldengrove.sa.edu.au/parent-portal/volunteering/  

God bless your week, 

Melanie, Lauren, Tim and Melissa 

Arnold.melanie@goldengrove.sa.edu.au 

hall.lauren@goldengrove.sa.edu.au  

kriewaldt.tim@goldengrove.sa.edu.au 

bishop.melissa@goldengrove.sa.edu.au