Year One 

Spotlight on Learning

Dear Families,

What an exciting week we've had! The pictures say it all! We have had a wonderful Book Week and parade. You can find short listed books for 2025 on this website. 

We are Growing and Changing, thank you to the parents who have had a 'Lunch box chat', please refer to the questions you can ask your child about their lunch box. 

Epic Logins for students who are not at school: Here are the student logins for each class. Epic is free for students to access during school hours (7am-3pm).

Religious Education Focus: 

This week in Religion, we looked at how we can become, or are, Stewards of Nature. We looked at Recycling, Reducing and Reusing household items as away of helping nature. 

English focus:. 

This week we read an award winning Book Week book, A Garden of Broken things. Students loved the images in this book and how we can show kindness to others. Connected to our Inquiry question we also read a Non-Fiction book " Get a Good Night's sleep" as a way of understanding the importance of getting enough sleep. 

Phonics: During phonics this week we learnt how to spell words a_e, a sounds, similar to ai and ay.

Mathematics focus: This week we have begun investigating patterns within our number systems. Things like what happens when I skip count by 2s, 5s or 10s from any given number, or what happens when I double a number.

If you are interested in additional practice at home, a PAID app we would recommend is Zero Our Hero. It's an educational Mathematics app focused on helping primary‑school students understand whole‑number place value.

SEL: This week learnt about what 'Gender Fair' means and how we can be respectful of what others would like to do regardless of their gender.. 

Integrated Curriculum: Personal, Social and Community Health  

As part of building independence, we practised a range of skills that an year 1 students should know how to complete independently. The kids are ready to show off their laundry folding, tidying up skills to you! So please give them these jobs to do at home. 

AUSLAN: 

This week we learnt the following signs:

Next  week we are learning about... 

Religious Education: Students will work on the 'The fruits of the Holy Spirit' and how we can look after God's creation. 

Integrated Curriculum focus: Next week we will learn about the importance of maintaining clean teeth. https://www.thesmileteam.com.au/free-childrens-ebook-download-guardians-of-the-gums/

English focus: Next week we are reading Guardians of the Gums. Here is the link to the book about how we can look after our teeth. 

Phonics focus:  A preview  of our learning sequence is attached.

Mathematics focus: Next week we are continuing to look into patterns within special number sequences in our number system.

SEL: Next week for SEL Students will name different ways we could be hurting others by hurting people’s feelings, hurting people’s bodies or damaging their possessions on purpose.

AUSLAN Focus: Next week we will learn the signs:

Ways to engage with the newsletter:

• Read or watch the weekly book with your child at home (there is often a read aloud on you tube). Talk about what the book's most important ideas are.

• Ask your child to retell the story using their own words.

• Talk about who the characters are, where the story is happening.

• Use the spelling words provided to make up sentences at home or simply have a 5 word mini dictation.

• Take the idea around Mathematics and ask students to repeat an activity they did at school, with you.

  Reminders

• Please ensure students have a jumper or sports jackets for outside play for Term 3.

• Final call for the questionnaire and baby photo please.  

• A change of clothes to be placed in each child's bag (including socks, underwear or tights) in case of an accident. 

• Comprehension questions to ask based on the take home text:

  "Point to where it shows...."

  “I wonder why…”

  "what makes you think...."

  “This reminds me of…”

  "Show me where it says"

  “I didn’t understand that part, so I’ll reread it.”

  Use a mix of Who, What, When, Where, Why, How questions based on the book.

Important Dates

• Friday 5th September  - Father's Day Celebration - 8:30 - 9:30am
• Thursday 11th September - RUOK Day
• Friday 19th September - Last Day of Term 3
• Term Four- Friday 31st October - Excursion to Myuna Farm

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