Year 1 Update

In English, students will:

-learn Stage 7.2 the 'or' sound made through the digraph 'or' as in sport, 'aw' as in claw and the trigraph 'ore' as in shore.

-learn Stage 7.2 - the 'ir' sound made through the digraph 'ir' as in shirt, the digraph 'ur' as in burst.

-read words, phrases and sentences with the focus sounds.

-spell and write words with the focus sounds.

-read and investigate different types of poetry.

-recognise and develop rhyming word poems.

-use commas when creating a list.

-recognise nouns, verbs and adjectives in poems.

-write a simple poem about an object or animal that includes adjectives.

In Mathematics, students will:

-continue to investigate multiplication through skip counting.

-discover the value of coins and notes and using money to trade for goods and services.

-continue to build number fluency through Ninja Number Sliders and Fluency in Five activities.

In Inquiry students will:

-participate in a craft activity related to an Indigenous story called Minah.

-demonstrate their knowledge of the past and present through a 'Then and Now Project'.

In S.E.L (Social, Emotional, Learning), students will:

- discuss real-world problem-solving skills. 

- develop and practise skills that help will help them maintain friendships and include others.