Year 1

Important Dates to Remember:

• Thursday 20th March: Harmony Day
• Friday 21st March: Colour Run
• Monday 24th and Tuesday 25th March: Parent Teacher Interviews
• Friday 4th April: Last Day of Term 1 - 2.30pm dismissal

Hats

Hats are still very important for children to be able to play in the playground at recess and lunchtime in Term 1. If you are able to work with your child to help them locate their hat at home, and keep it in their school bag to bring each day, this helps them to improve their sense of responsibility and personal ownership of their items.

Library Bags

We are encouraging students to also be responsible for their own library books and bags and bring them to school on their library days. 

The Library days for the Grade 1 classes are:

1CQ - Monday

1NL – Wednesday

1MF – Friday 

1NF – Friday

Harmony Day

Harmony Day is being celebrated Thursday 20th March. The day will include a special assembly starting at 9:10am in the Stadium at which the students are invited to dress up in clothes from either their own or another culture. Alternatively, students can also choose to wear ORANGE, which is the colour chosen to represent Harmony Week.

The students will also participate in some Harmony Day activities, including making a "Harmony Day Mosaic."

Colour Run

We are holding our annual Colour Run this term on Friday 21st March. This event has been run for the past couple of years and has become a much-loved part of the school calendar. As well as being a fabulous day of colour and fun for students and staff, it is our major fundraiser for the year.

This year, we are hoping to raise funds to install a semi-permanent space outside the Stadium to be used as a 'sensory pod'. We envisage this being a small room/class space to be used by students requiring additional support and intervention, allied health sessions and time with the Learning Inclusion and Support Team. As a school funded project, we predict that this will cost around $50,000 and we would love to be able to use some school raised funds to make it happen.  

Simply go to www.myprofilepage.com.au and click onto the register button to create a cybersafe, online profile page. Raise $10 to receive your first incentive prize or send your donations to one of the great causes on offer!

Parent Teacher Interviews

Parent Teacher Interviews will be held on:

• Monday 24th March 2025 from 3:45pm
• Tuesday 25th March 2025 from 3:45pm

To book you will need to access COMPASS. This process will be open from Monday 17th March from 9am to Friday 21st March, closing at 5pm.  

A reminder will be sent out via COMPASS when the booking process opens. If you cannot attend these days, please contact your child's classroom teacher.  

What we are learning about in Week 8 & 9

Literacy - 'Special Friend' sounds (where two or three letters make one sound), reading decodable books and writing sentences we can sound out. 

Writing - 6+1 Traits - 'Organisation' (Creating a conclusion and using transition words) and using our 'Voice' to express emotion and using a personal tone to our writing

Maths - Place Value and Location

Inquiry - Bucket Filling

Science - The Five Senses

Wellbeing - Regulating our emotions and expressing our personal preferences

Show and Tell Timetable

Photo Gallery

The Year Ones have had lots of fun this week learning about and experimenting with length using different materials.