Year One Team News

Hello Year One families,

Our classrooms have been abuzz of excitement for swimming recently. Today was our first day at Sweeney’s and it was great to see how responsible the kids were on their way to and from swimming and the fun that they had. There is bound to be a lot of tired students for the remainder of term, so getting enough rest will be very important for them. 

Swimming

Just a reminder for our brilliant parent helpers coming along to swimming, for you to please ensure the office has sighted your Working with Children Check and completed the online Parent Helper Course. These are both essential for you to be able to attend. The link for the Parent Helper course is available on your Compass home page. Thank you to the parents who have signed up to help each day - we couldn’t do this without you! Each class has a few slots to be filled, so if you’re able to, please speak to your child’s classroom teacher about coming along.

Swimming will run every day until Tuesday the 12th of September. Please ensure that you pack your child some extra food on swimming days as they will be hungrier than usual. Please note that lunch orders will be unavailable to 1R on swimming days due to returning to school during lunch time. 

Our swimming schedule/out of school times are:

1S: 10.50am - 12.45pm

1D: 11.30am - 1.25pm

1R: 12.10pm - 2.05pm

Curriculum Focus: Weeks 9-10

Reading: During this term we will be covering stage 7.4 of the Little Learners Love Literacy program. Next week we will be learning about alternative spellings for /s/ and /g/ (often referred to as ‘soft c’ and ‘soft g’. Week 10 will be the phoneme /ō/ represented by the graphemes o-e (as in nose).

Writing: The students will begin working on a narrative story. With lots of guided work and scaffolding, the students will be able to create another wonderful story which they are already excited to share. 

Numeracy: We will be focusing on addition and subtraction and practising different strategies to solve problems.

Inquiry:  Our topic this term is around Geography. So far we have ‘travelled’ Australia, England, France, Italy, Egypt and Kenya. During the remainder of the term we will be learning about other countries including their geography, cultures and celebrations. 

Willy Kids/Respectful Relationships: The Willy Kids focus is “Willy Kids are positive” where students will be learning about facing situations with an open mind and an open heart, always expecting the best outcome. Our focus for Respectful Relationships this term is “Positive Gender Relationships”. 

Photos:

Some photos of us working on place value and capacity during maths. 

Warm regards,

The Grade One Team –  Anna Swan (1S), Marina Robb (1R)  & Claire Davies (1D)