Grade 1 Community News
Hello Grade 1 Families,
As we dive back into learning for Term 3 after a well-deserved break, our Grade 1 students have been busy exploring new topics and refining their skills across various subjects.
Here is a look into what we have been getting up to in our Grade 1 community over the past fortnight.
Reading
In Reading, we have started unpacking our new topic of ancient Egypt! We have been exploring the ancient Egyptian civilisation, where and how it was created along with the roles of people within the community. Students have been given the choice of how they can show what they have learned. This has included writing, drawing, acting and recording themselves on an iPad. It has been so exciting to see all of the different and unique ways students have presented their new knowledge.
If you are interested in joining your child to dive deeper into learning about ancient Egypt, the National Gallery of Victoria currently has a Pharaoh exhibition open that celebrates ancient Egyptian art and culture. Tickets for this are available to purchase on the NGV website until the 6th of October.
Writing
In Writing, we have continued our narrative unit where students have been planning and drafting an imaginative story using their new learning to describe characters and settings in order to gain the reader’s interest. It has been so amazing seeing our students come up with such creative story ideas and develop these into detailed writing pieces.
Maths
In Maths, after spending some time revising our learning around place value, we have started our journey into exploring shape. So far, we have shown our ability to name, describe and classify 2D shapes through fun and engaging activities such as shape hunts, shape guess who and creating shape monsters. We are very proud of what our students have achieved while exploring 2D shapes and we can’t wait to see what they get up to when we include 3D shapes into our learning next week.
Vocabulary / Morphology
In Vocabulary, we have been able to demonstrate our understanding of vocabulary words from our new serial text ‘Mr. Popper’s Penguins’ by Florence and Richard Atwater in different ways. The words we have focused on have been admire, regret, pleasant and curious. We have shown this by saying the definition of these words, using them in a sentence and including them in a game of charades.
In Morphology, we have been looking at the suffix ‘es’ and how it relates to the suffix ‘s’ as well as how it changes the meaning of words. We have shown our learning about this through activities such as picture matching and group bingo.
Celebrations
It was so amazing having everyone come into the classroom to celebrate our student’s learning and achievements in grade 1 during our student-led conferences! We are all so proud of the growth that has been made so far and can’t wait to see what else our students achieve throughout the rest of the year.
Friendly Reminders:
- Please ensure your child is bringing their reading satchel to school with their student journal, so we can celebrate your child’s reading milestones.
- Please ensure your child is only bringing water to school. Students are allowed to bring cut up fruit in containers to eat during learning time.
Lunch orders are available for students on Monday, Wednesday and Friday and may be ordered through the QR code:
We thank you for your continued support of your child’s learning!
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