Grade 1 News

Dear Year 1 Families, 

English

In English, we have been continuing to learn about alternative spelling patterns. This last fortnight the Grade ones have been learning about the long ‘i’ sound. Students have been learning about the rules when using the long ‘i’ sound. The alternative spellings we have been learning are ‘y’ making the long /i/ sound and i by itself. 

Talk for Writing 

Our students have continued to be engaged in learning about ways we can add more information to our texts using adding words (also, additionally) and generalisers (some, most). Students have loved having a go at writing information reports on a fictional characters and animals. 

Core Knowledge / Literature 

Students have been learning about ‘Changing families’. This unit has introduced students to a variety of structures of families, the definition of family and what it means to be part of one. Students then wrote an information report on their family.  

Maths

We have been working on numbers to 120. Students have been developing their understanding of place value to the 100s, we have been learning to order numbers, from smallest to largest and vice versa. Students have been continuing number patterns and skip counting by 2s, 5s, and 10s. 

Things to work on at home: 

English:

• Please continue to encourage your child to read every night and bring their diary to school each day
• Provide students with words that contain alternate spellings of the sounds /i/  (e.g. like, reply, pie,)

Maths:

• Skip counting 2s, 5s and 10s, 
• Continuing number patterns 
• Adding and subtracting within 40 (challenge yourself and have a go within 120) 

Reminders: 

• Please don’t forget to send your child to school with hats this term
• Please ensure your child’s library books are returned to school as soon as possible 
• Wednesday 10th December - Curriculum Day (No students required at school)
• Monday 15th December - Reports Released
• Friday 19th December - End of year assembly 9am 
• Friday 19th December -School ends at 1:00pm

If you have any questions or would like to chat, feel free to reach out to your child’s classroom teacher

Thank you for your ongoing support,

Miss Kernick, Mr Pejic, Ms O'Reilly, Ms Clancy, Ms McColl