Stage 1

Welcome to Week 8!

It’s hard to believe that Term 2 is almost over! The weeks have flown by, and we are so proud of everything Stage 1 has achieved so far this year. Semester 1 reports will be sent out in School Bytes in Week 10. Please keep an eye out for them. 

This is our final Stage 1 newsletter item for Term 2. We would like to wish all students and their families a happy and safe holiday. We hope you enjoy a well-earned break and manage to stay warm during the chilly winter holidays here in Armidale!

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Thank you for your support and understanding.

English

Over the past week, and continuing for the remainder of the term, Stage 1 students are exploring two engaging books: Collecting Colour and Captain Jack and the Pirates. Our writing focus during this time will be on procedural texts.

Here are the learning intentions and success criteria we will be working towards over the next two weeks: 

Learning intention

We are learning to make predictions about a book.

We are learning new vocabulary.

We are learning to summarise a text.

We are successful when 

• We contribute to class discussions.
• Recall what new vocabulary words mean.
• Recall and verbalise parts of a story.

Learning intention: 

We are learning to use comprehension strategies to understand a text

We are successful when 

• I can answer literal questions about the text
• I can answer inferential questions about the text

Learning intention: 

We are learning to identify the structure of a procedural text

We are learning to order the steps in a procedural text

We are learning to locate command verbs and adverbs in a text

We are successful when 

• we can order the parts of a procedural text
• we can identify command verbs and adverbs

Science

Learning Intention: This term we have been learning about different types of energy and how energy helps things move and work.

Success Criteria:

I can:

• Identify different types of energy (like heat, light, sound, and movement) 
• Describe how energy is used in everyday life
• Observe and talk about how energy can change things
• Take part in experiments that show energy in action

Migaloo Art

Learning Intention: We are learning to explore a range of techniques and media to create artworks depicting real and imaginary things.

Success Criteria:

• I can experiment with the properties of different drawing, paint media and techniques in an attempt to capture likenesses of things depicted
• I can focus on details of the subject matter of Migaloo.

The photo at the top of this page features artwork created by some students in S1F.

Stage 1 Teachers

Rebecca Bourke, Claudia Campbell, Nicole Frost, Kathy McMillan, Sjaan Mitchell, Shelli Morse & Jennine Wilson