Year 1/2

Year 1/2 Cluster News Term 4 Week 6

Sunscreen, hats and water bottles 

Please apply sunscreen andensure hats and water bottles are sent to school every day. 

Please continue to remind your child about ‘staying in your bubble’, using ‘safe hands’ and ‘kind words’ and not reacting when we are offended. The highlighted words are the vocabulary we use in class. We also talk about boundaries in the Keeping Safe: Child Protection Curriculum and encourage children to communicate times they are feeling uncomfortable and being aware of others’ boundaries. We have been reminding the class regularly, however some children are still not doing this.  

Ask – to borrow or donate 

We are in need of old style items from the past e.g. telephones, clothes, transport models, toys, musical instruments, computer parts or games such as marbles. If you have anything we could use, we would appreciate being able to borrow these items or if you are no longer need them and would like to donate them, we would happily take them.  

Museum of Childhood Incursion (at school) on Thursday 16th November 

We are excited to have this opportunity next week for the Year 1/2 students. Toys from previous generations will be brought to the school and each class will have a time to explore the items through play. This is followed by a guided reflection of their learning with both classes together. The focus is on connections with the past and how things have changed.  

Christian Studies 

Next week students will use their photos and stories about their birth or how they came to be in their families to make a book about themselves. There are still some students who do not have any photos or information to put into their books. 

Home Inquiry – Unit of Inquiry: Are there any items you can think of that have remained the same over time? Why has the item remained the same? What do people value about it? 

Read your take home book or library books or home books - Approx. 10 minutes each night.  

On Monday mornings, Take Home Books are changed over.   

On Thursdays, both classes visit the Library for borrowing.   

Sound of the week - See the weekly sound and spelling list below. Students can practise these in a variety of ways (look, say, cover, write, check, chalk, whiteboard writing, magnetic letters - be creative!) The aim is to practise the words both by writing and orally. Have a go at brainstorming other words that have the same sound.   

Term 4: Week 4 Program Learning 

Literacy: 

In Readers Workshop, students will continue to develop comprehension strategies including making connections, predicting, inferring, questioning, monitoring, visualising, summarising. 

In Writers Workshop, students are finishing a persuasive letter to you/Santa about the best gift to buy for Christmas/their birthday. Next students will plan and begin writing a narrative. 

Spelling 

Year 1  

<ir> sound   

yet  

hid  

wept  

skirt  

girl  

shirt  

first  

of  

eight  

birthday

Year 2  

<ture> sound   

shook  

often  

picture  

future  

nature  

creature   

fracture  

adventure  

mouse  

mice  

Maths Focus: 

Year 1 and Year 2 students will continue to use, revise and extend their understanding of repeated addition and groups (multiplication), money and time. 

Unit of Inquiry: Where We Are in Place and Time 

Central Idea: The way people live has changed over time 

We inquire into… 

LOI 1: Past and present 

LOI 2: Things that have remained the same over time 

LOI 3: Things that have changed over time 

Students will reflect on their learning from the Incursion and explore change and connection with schooling. 

Reminders and information 

Please check the rest of the school newsletter for further news. 

May God bless your week, 

Mel Arnold, Ellen Zimmer, Emily Gower  

Mel Arnold arnold.melanie@goldengrove.sa.edu.au  

Ellen Zimmer zimmer.ellen@goldengrove.sa.edu.au  

Emily Gower gower.emily@goldengrove.sa.edu.au