Year 1/2
Year 1/2 Cluster News
Sharing: A significant event
There are a few students from each class who were not prepared to present on their rostered day. Our aim is for each child to be able to present something that is meaningful for them and in a way that they can manage. Please contact your child’s teacher if you have any questions.
Celebration of Learning Tuesday 24th September 5.30 pm – 6.30pm
Families are invited to come along as the Year 1/2 Classes present their learning at this special event. All students will take part in a group presentation and then your child will take you to different stations to explain their learning this term.
Request for cube containers e.g. tomato or strawberry punnets with the attached lid.
Thank you for those sent in so far. Please keep them coming.
Year 1 Sleepover Friday 11th October
The Sleepover will be held at school from 5pm on Friday to 8am on Saturday. The purpose of the sleepover is to develop independence and confidence with sleeping in an environment away from home. It is an event which makes special memories your child can treasure as well as being part of our stepped approach, which begins with the Foundation BBQ and continues in Years 2-6 with overnight camps.
Year 2 Camp is at AFL Max, West Beach, from Tuesday 19th November until Wednesday 20th November. More details will be sent home before the end of term.
Please communicate with your child’s teacher if you have any questions about the Sleepover or Camp.
If you would like to put in an expression of interest to assist with supervising on the Year 1 Sleepover or the Year 2 Camp, please ensure you are a registered volunteer. Please email your classroom teacher, even if you have notified them previously of your interest.
This involves having the following up to date:
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/
Take Home Books
Please bring these to school on Mondays in the clear plastic envelope for changing. On other days the clear plastic envelope can remain at home. Students are encouraged to borrow 4 books a week.
Reading – We encourage approximately 10-15 minutes each night.
Home Inquiry
Choose a food and inquire into where it comes from in the world e.g. Where is rice grown? You could draw a world map and label the countries.
Learning for Week 6 and 7:
Literacy:
In Writer’s Workshop mini lessons, students explore settings and the use of adjectives to change the mood of the story e.g. a dark forest, a peaceful forest, an enchanted forest. They create a story plan, write their story, then edit it for punctuation and grammar.
In Reader’s Workshop mini lessons, we will continue a character study of Melanie Watt’s Scaredy Squirrel and how the author uses graphic organisers to show the character’s thinking e.g. lists, diagrams, maps.
Spelling
Each week there is a focus ‘sound of the week’. Students are introduced to groups of words which use spelling patterns and revise the alternative spellings of vowel sounds.
The sound of the week is not intended to be a spelling list for you to teach your child at home. It is for you to be aware of what we are teaching at school, and you are welcome to use the sound as a starting point for your child to share what they are learning.
Week 7
Year 1 ‘igh’e.g. night https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UVtOaeBIDg
Year 2 silent hhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HUHhwDxr7M
Grammar Focus
Year 1: alphabetical order
Year 2: expanding a sentence
Mathematics: Year 1s and Year 2s will continue to practise adding and subtracting amounts as well as revisit collecting, representing and analysing data e.g. tallies, graphs and what they tell us.
Unit of Inquiry: How We Organise Ourselves
Central Idea: Places and processes are involved in producing food.
Line of Inquiry 1: Places involved in food production
Line of Inquiry 2: Processes involved in food production
Line of Inquiry 3: The connections between money, Maths and data in food production
Classes inquire into food production and processes: Where do foods we commonly find in our household come from e.g. orange juice, milk? How are they processed? Where do they come from? What is the environmental impact of sourcing food from far away vs locally.
Christian Studies: Christian Beliefs
Key Idea: The person and work of Jesus the Christ is central to Christianity.
Students will finish exploring significant events in Jesus’ life, which links with the oral sharing where students talk about a significant event in their lives. They explore how their own significant life events connect them with Jesus. They consider how Jesus interacted with all ‘kinds’ of people and how his significant events are significant for all people and that Jesus became human to connect with us because God wants a relationship with each of us.
Reminders
Each day students need to bring the following. Please label everything.
Take Home Bags which are also for Library borrowing.
water bottles
a fruit/veg snack
recess
lunch – ‘nude’ food (no wrappers), leave chocolates or lollies for home
Cancer Council recommends hats and sunscreen when the UV rating is 3 or above.
Library Borrowing
The whole class goes to the library on Wednesdays (Year 1/2Z) and Thursdays (Year 1/2AK). A reminder that individual students can borrow books on other days during the week if they would like new books before the class borrowing day.
May God bless your week,
Melanie and Ellen
Melanie Arnold arnold.melanie@goldengrove.sa.edu.au
Tim Kriewaldt kriewaldt.tim@goldengrove.sa.edu.au
Ellen Zimmer zimmer.ellen@goldengrove.sa.edu.au