Grade 1/2 News

Key Dates: 

• Wednesday 21st May - Curriculum Day (Berry Street Day 3) - No School
• Thursday 22nd May - Curriculum Day (Report Writing) - No School
• Monday 9th June - Kings Birthday Public Holiday  - No School

• Friday 13th June - Ulumbarra Theatre - 'Imagine' - Alison Lester

  Maths Challenge

  Well done to our Week 2 Maths Challenge winners - 1/2 Murphy! Please find the new Maths Challenge below! 

Can you solve the Maths puzzle? Collect an answer sheet at the office!

What we have been up to...

Over the last fortnight in Reading, both of our focus texts explored the different seasons of the year. The students made connections to the texts by constructing their own Months of the Year storybooks, and they enjoyed creating vibrant paintings to represent the cycle that a tree goes through during the four seasons.

In Writing, students developed persuasive texts about which season they believe is the best. To be convincing, they were asked to come up with three arguments that supported their point of view.

Our Maths learning was also linked to the two reading texts. Students spent time examining calendars and describing the duration and sequence of events using years, months, weeks, days, and hours.

This term, we will be conducting many science experiments as part of our unit on Stimulating Science. Over the past fortnight, students have been learning what happens when different materials are mixed together. This was demonstrated through hands-on experiments such as making an erupting volcano, making playdough, and getting raisins to "dance." They have also been learning about the importance of making predictions before conducting experiments and then recording their observations and results.

Photos from the last fortnight...

Upcoming Learning

Reading, Writing and Spelling: 

Our focus texts for week 5 and 6 are:

• The Truck Cat
• The Speedy Sloth

Students will practise using the reading strategies predicting, making connections and also tuning into interesting vocabulary, whilst reading these books.

Our Writing lessons will focus on structuring sentences correctly and upleveling our sentences to make them more interesting.

Phonemes and Heart words for the remainder of term 2 will include: 

Week 5: oo (book)

💗 – look, took, put

Week 6: ow, ou

💗 – out, now, down, house, our

Week 7: oy, oi

💗 – boy, toy/s,

Week 8: oo (boot)

💗 – food, soon, zoo, school

Week 9: eer

💗 – dear, hear, year

Week 10 and 11: Revision will be based on student need.

Mathematics: Students will complete activities to build on their mental computation strategies for addition and subtraction, including techniques like bridging to 10, doubles and near doubles, and halving numbers.

Topic: Over the next fortnight we will look at the Biology strand of science. Students will explore language related to biology, look at the characteristics of living and non-living things and the features of plants.

Respectful Relationships: As part of our Respectful Relationships lessons students will be participating in Circle time with a focus on building resilience and a lesson learning about how we can seek help when we need it.