Grade 1

Reminders And Dates For Grade 1 Students

Sovereign Hill Excursion - Friday November 8

Swimming - December 2 - 13

LITERACY:

Reading:  At the beginning of term four the Grade 1 students will have a strong focus on comprehension of fiction texts.  We will be considering how the characters in our books might be feeling and why they take certain actions.  We will also focus on the setting of the story and the problem the characters face and how the problem is solved/resolved.

It is really important that the children continue to read daily with an adult and to practise retelling the stories and information from the texts that they have been reading.

Writing: In Writing the Grade 1 students will be focussing on planning and writing imaginative texts, writing about their memories and writing about a stimulus.  The children will be encouraged to use strategies and knowledge that they have learnt through our explicit Grammar lessons and Writing lessons. The students will continue to use their Writer’s Notebook entries to record, develop and expand on their ideas for Writing.  

Speaking and Listening: In Grade one the students are involved in a variety of Speaking And Listening opportunities such as Community Circles, Share Time, Think-Pair-Share and Turn & Talk.  These opportunities occur throughout the day and all children are involved in the activities.

NUMERACY:

Number & Algebra: During Maths sessions this term, students will continue to focus on correct number formation, while developing their understanding of place value and the number system. We will be revisiting and extending their understanding of mathematical operations such as addition and subtraction. This term there will be a heavy emphasis on problem solving, where students will apply their knowledge of the mathematical concepts covered this year to real world situations. 

Measurement & Geometry: 2D shapes and 3D objects

Statistics & Probability: Graphing and Data

INQUIRY: 

This term our topic is 'Then And Now'. The students will be investigating how children and their families lived in the past and compare that to their own lives now.  Excitingly we have an excursion to Sovereign Hill planned for the beginning of November which will give the children insight into what life and school was like in Australia during the 1800’s. 

SPECIALISTS:

Physical Education: 

To begin Term 4, Year One students will take part in Gymnastics and also work on linked movement sequences through dance.

Art . During the first half of this term, students will delve into printmaking, while also studying artists from the mid to late twentieth century like Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, and Bridget Riley.

S.T.E.M: Over Term Four, students are out in the garden learning about companion planting. They will take part in planting and caring for pumpkin, sweet corn and climbing beans. They will also be cooking up popcorn harvested from corn grown in our edible garden.

Music: During Term 4 the Grade 1 students will continue learning about how to sing in tune, accurately play a rhythm during a song, how to move in response to different music and to describe music that they hear and/or play.  Students will be learning some new songs with accompanying games and songs learnt earlier in the year will be revisitied. 

School Wide Positive Behaviour & Wellbeing: 

Over the next four weeks grade 1 students will be will be learning about and practising the Character Strengths of Persistence, Curiosity, Creativity and Forgiveness. 

They will be learning about Respectful Relationships and positive self-talk. 

Routines and Behaviours will be explicitly taught and practised. For example, this week the focus was on 'Transitioning Calmly and Quietly'9 .