Year One Team News

Hello Year One families,

Seeking Shoe boxes:

Have you been looking for an excuse to buy new shoes? Look no further! We are seeking shoeboxes! Later in the term, students will make a moving toy using a shoe box. Please send along any unwanted shoe boxes to school for this activity. 

*Please note that we do not actually expect anyone to have to go and buy new shoes.

Curriculum Focus: Weeks 7-8

Reading: During this term we will be covering stage 7.4 of the Little Learners Love Literacy program. For the next two weeks we will be revising a different sound everyday and its spelling patterns to build reading fluency, accuracy, and confidence. 

Writing: In Week 7, we will begin writing a fairy tale narrative, focusing on classic story elements like magical settings, heroes, and villains. In Week 8, we will start the editing and publishing process of the narrative, checking our work for correct punctuation and spelling before creating a neat final copy. . 

Numeracy: In Week 7, we will start revising addition and subtraction with a specific focus on money, practising counting coins and notes and working out change.In Week 8, we will revise location and time, including giving directions, reading analogue and digital clocks, and working with calendars to order days, months, and years 

Inquiry:  Our topic this term is ‘What Makes Things Move?’ and have been exploring the different forces used to make things move. Over the next few weeks, the students will continue to make their own moving toys. 

Willy Kids/Respectful Relationships: The Willy Kids focus is “Willy Kids are Leaders” where students will be discussing all the different ways we can demonstrate leadership in our everyday lives. The students will understand that leadership doesn’t mean being the person who is in charge. There are quiet leaders who show how to behave and treat people with actions such as kindness and respect. Leaders can help clean up without being asked and include others in games.  In Respectful Relationships lessons, we will be focusing on ‘Help Seeking’ throughout Term 4. During weeks 7 and 8, the students will be learning about ways to ask for help. We will discuss the types of situations in which students

would be best to seek adult assistance. The students will also understand and learn the importance of finding the language to name problems when help-seeking.

Coming Up

Read all about our exciting Year 1 Dinner in our next newsletter. We will find out if students enjoyed their pizza and icecream, how they felt about wearing pj’s at school and all the fun and exciting memories they made.  

Warm regards,

The Grade One Team –  Emma Chang-Kum (1C) & Carolyn Bones (1K)