Year 1 & 2

This fortnight in History lessons students have been learning about the history of the telephone. They have compared modern mobile phones to rotary phones. Mrs James brought in a rotary phone from home and students tried to work out how to dial numbers on it! 

In Reading lessons, students have been using the word mats to build words in UFLI phonics lessons. We read “Diary of a Rescued Wombat” and revised the months of the year, as well as giving a recount of what happened in our birthday month.

For Writing lessons students have written recounts about their weekend and continued to learn how to expand sentences by including more detail by using describing words. This week we have started some imaginative narrative writing.

In Maths lessons students have been working with MAB blocks, hundreds charts and tens frames to further their understanding of place value. We have just started our Addition and Subtraction topic. On Fridays students have been learning about pictographs and bar graphs by plotting the class birthdays on a bar graph. 

For Wellbeing lessons students have further explored our school values of kindness, safety, and respect. Students listened to a story that explores what it means to fill someone’s bucket with kind words and actions. Students have decorated their own ‘buckets’ and can choose a ‘kindness’, ‘safety’, or ‘respect’ star to drop in a classmate’s bucket when they have shown these values. 

Students were asked the following question - How do you fill someone’s bucket?

1/2A:

Hazel: Be kind and listen to others.

Raiden: Don’t play pranks and include others.

Lylah: Smile and keep hands to ourselves.

Zoe: Cheer others up.

Evie  Ask someone to play.

1/2B:

Dante - By saying something really kind to your friends and show them a big smile.

Sofia - If someone is sad, you should go play with them.

Archie - If someone is lonely play with them and if someone is sad cheer them up.

Hudson - Be kind to new students.

Maddi - If someone is feeling lonely, ask them to play with you.

1/2C:

Archer: If someone isn’t playing with anyone, you can play with them.

Ruhani: If someone id nice to you, be nice to them.

William: Helping others when they need help.

Paityn: If someone is sad cheer them up with a cheerful smile on your face.

Clarke: Listen to people.

Jett: Always make sure people have someone to play with .

Celebrating Our Students

Students are nominated by their teachers to receive a certificate of acknowledgment. The below student's certificates will be presented at our next assembly. 

12A - Mrs Pfander & Mrs James 

Lenny M

For making a calendar at home and sharing it with his class.

12B - Miss Stevens

Isaac R

For putting your best effort into your handwriting! Well done! 

12C - Ms Van Loenen & Miss Grogan

Hudson D

For amazing work in Maths - well done!

Archer T

For amazing work in Maths - well done!