Year One Team News

Hello Year One families,

Assembly:

Well done to 1S for hosting a fantastic assembly with 2G! The kids did such a fantastic job to overcome their nerves and present to such a big audience. 1D are very excited to host tomorrow with 2K, with 1R to follow in Week 8 with 2J. Parents are warmly invited to attend, so we look forward to seeing you there.

Seeking Shoe boxes:

Later in the term, students will make a moving toy using a shoe box. Please send along any unwanted shoe boxes to school for this activity.

School Disco: 

The much anticipated School Disco  is scheduled for next Thursday November 16th, 2023, beginning at 5:30pm and concluding at 7:00pm. The event is open on Compass for you to give consent and payment for your child. 

Homework:

You will have noticed a new homework layout for Year 1. The students are now getting ready for the Year 2 style of homework which has a column for writing the spelling words every day. We have taught the students the ‘Say, Explore, Cover, Write and Check strategy for learning words, and they should be able to work through their words every day, independently. The expectations for reading aloud every day remain, and the students could start recording their books in their reading logs on their own. 

Curriculum Focus: Weeks 7-8

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 the phoneme /oo/ represented by the graphemes ew and ui. In week 8, the focus will be the suffix ‘ing’ and dropping the ‘e’ at the end of a word. 

Writing: The students will continue to work on their narrative story. With lots of guided work and scaffolding, the students are creating another wonderful story which they are already excited to share. 

Numeracy: We will be focusing on 3D objects and telling the time to the half-hour

Inquiry:  Our topic this term is ‘What Makes Things Move?’ and have been exploring the different forces used to make things move. Over the next few weeks, the students will make their own moving toys. 

Willy Kids/Respectful Relationships: The Willy Kids focus is “Willy Kids are Leaders” where students will be discussing what makes a good leader. Our focus for Respectful Relationships this term is “Help Seeking”.

Warm regards,

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