Year 1 News
Reading
In Reading students in Year 1 have been focusing on making predictions before, during and after reading a text. They have explored a range of fiction and non fiction texts and have had the opportunity to discuss their predictions with their peers. Students made fantastic predictions and showed resilience when learning this reading strategy.
“I like making predictions” Kayra 1B
“Making predictions is fun” Oscar 1B
“Making predictions is when we take a good guess”- Royan 1B
Writing
In Writing students have been focussing on writing Narratives. They have been planning and writing Narratives based on a picture prompt. This has involved them coming up with their own problem and solution to write about. It has been fantastic to see students being creative with their ideas and writing in full sentences with capital letters and full stops. Students have enjoyed learning about Narratives and their teachers look forward to seeing more progress in the coming weeks!
“I like writing Narratives they are fun” Olivia 1B
“I have gotten better at writing” Affan 1B
Maths
In Maths the past 2 weeks students have been exploring making patterns. This has involved students making different patterns with different hands on materials including
shapes, teddy bears and unifix cubes. Students enjoyed exploring and making different patterns with different repeating units. They also had the opportunity to practise skip counting patterns by 10s, 5s and 2s from different starting points. It was great to see students trying their best and being engaged in their learning.
“I liked making patterns with the teddy bears”- Julia 1B
“I liked making a red, yellow, blue pattern with shapes”- Lara 1B
“I liked making patterns with shapes and unifix”- Isaac 1B
Inquiry
In Inquiry, Year 1 students recently concluded their learning about Family Life. Last week, students also reflected on the important roles people play within their families and shared the responsibilities they have at home, such as helping with chores, caring for siblings or contributing to family routines. These conversations helped students understand that families work together in different ways to support one another.
The Year 1 Cohort has now begun a new Inquiry unit focused on making local and global connections. To introduce this topic, students have started learning about the connections that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples have with Country and Place. They have been discussing the different ways people feel about sharing their special places and what makes a place meaningful to individuals and communities. Through class discussions and shared learning experiences, students are developing an understanding of the strong and respectful connections Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples have with the land, sea, waterways, sky and animals of their Country. The class explored these ideas further through the story The Lost Girl, which helped students recognise how deeply connected people can be to the places that are important to them.
“I mop and sweep my home for my job.”- Jem 1A
“We can show respect in someone’s place by taking care of what’s there.”-Amelia 1A
Social and Emotional Learning
In Social and Emotional Learning, Year 1 students have been focusing on Acts of Friendship and the importance of showing kindness to others. They have been learning to recognise the emotions of their classmates and discussing how people might feel when they are included in play or left out.
Through class discussions, students have explored ways to help everyone play well together, such as inviting others to join a game, sharing and taking turns. Students also shared stories of acts of kindness they have seen or experienced at school.
As part of this learning, students drew pictures showing themselves being kind to a classmate or family member. They also reflected on how it can feel to show kindness to others and how it feels when someone is kind to them. These activities are helping students build empathy and create a caring classroom community.
“If someone is being left out we can ask them to join in our game.”- Aiza 1A
“Outside my friend helped me up when I fell over.” -Archie 1A
AUSLAN
In Auslan the past fortnight the Year 1 students have been learning how to sign different forms of transport for example scooter, bus, train and aeroplane. They have also had the chance to learn and practise signs to do with shopping and the shops. They explored signs such as butcher, toy shop and fruit shop.
“I like learning sign language”- Elliot 1B
“I liked learning how to sign scooter” Maria 1B
“I liked learning how to sign shop” Brooklyn 1B