Grade 1 News

Important Reminders

All important dates and events are on our Compass Calendar, please check the calendar regularly to stay up to date!

Grade 1 Specialist Timetable 

Library

Yesterday was our last library session for this year. If you have any library books at home which have not yet been returned, please send them in as soon as possible!

Readers are swapped on Mondays- Students will be given a new take-home book for the last time this coming Monday (2nd December). We ask you to ensure all take-home books are returned on Monday 9th of December. Students are required to bring their take-home bags to school daily.

A few upcoming dates

Tuesday, December 3: Christmas Concert

Tuesday, December 10:  Meet your Teacher and 2025 grade 9:30am - 10:30am

Friday, December 13: 2025 Teacher and class. 2:00pm - 2:40pm

Thursday, December 19th: Last Assembly 1:00pm 

Thursday, December 19th: Last day of Term. Dismissal at 1:30pm

Friday, December 20th: Curriculum Day - Student Free

Preview for Learning:

Literacy

An exciting fortnight in Grade 1 as we said our “goodbyes” to our narratives and said “hello” to persuasive writing!! Students worked with their teacher to create an anchor chart on the author’s purpose behind persuading, which we concluded is when an author is convincing you to believe something or do something. We read our first persuasive text ‘I wanna Iguana’ where students identified the purpose. This then led to a lovely discussion around emotive language which are words that create emotion in the reader and how images in a story can do the same thing. 

Teachers and students worked collaboratively to write a class persuasive to another Grade 1 class using emotive language. Later in the fortnight students then looked at other multimodal texts such as TV commercials, picture books and advertisement posters to identify the purpose and emotive language used when persuading. 

In Word Work, students have been recognising and responding to the sound patterns ‘ough’, ‘oe’ and ‘oa’. Students also referred back to the multisyllabic words from previous sessions, such as: amazing, and wonderful, and discussed how these would enhance our class persuasive pieces. 

Preview of learning:

Students will continue with their persuasive writing using various techniques to enhance their knowledge. 

Numeracy

Students have continued to review concepts this fortnight, including length and weight. They also revised the addition and subtraction link and started reviewing multiplication. Grade 1's have done amazing learning the new routine around Daily Review and will continue this in Grade 2. 

Preview of learning:

We will continue revising multiplication and division and start revising time and money. Over the next few weeks, we will also begin fun games and activities as we come to the end of the year. 

Inquiry

This fortnight in Inquiry, we learnt about air pollution and how it damages our Earth. Students learnt that air pollution creates global problems and how they have a responsibility to help reduce the amount of air pollution on our planet. Students committed to turning off lights, unplugging electronics and walking or riding to school. We also learnt about water and why clean, unpolluted water is important. Students developed an understanding on wastewater and how our dirty water ends up back in our clean bodies of water. We then explored the cycle of water and how it goes into a reservoir, through a water treatment plant and then through the pipes to our homes. Students committed to reducing their water use by turning off the taps when brushing teeth, having quick showers and collecting rainwater to water the plants. 

Preview of learning

In the coming weeks we will reflect on all the things we have learnt this term about taking care of earth. Students will share strategies and commitments they have made to reduce, reuse and recycle.

Wellbeing

Learning in Action

It has been another busy couple of weeks in our Grade 1 COMMUNITY! 

As we near the end of the year, we have continued to prioritise opportunities for students to find a sense of calm in their busy days. We have enjoyed guiding the students through a range of activities such as mindfulness / meditation, guided visualisations, yoga, 5 finger breathing, mindfulness colouring etc. Whilst most students seem to have a favourite way to practise mindfulness and being calm, we have been proud of how they have been open to trying different activities - even if it is not their favourite! 

This week we also had some lovely discussions with Grade 1s about how at Lysterfield P.S. are a community. We also have our special community in Grade 1 but each class is also its own community. Each and every student in Grade 1 is an important part of our community; each bringing their own strengths, ideas and perspectives. This led to some beautiful conversations where students acknowledged the ways each individual makes our little community stronger. 

Preview of learning

Over the last few weeks of this year, we will have our final Friendology sessions for the year, exploring the ways in which ‘Friendship is TRUST’ and ‘Friendship is FUN’.

Student of the Week

Congratulations to our Grade 1 award winners.

From the Grade 1 teachers,

Caillin Ibbotson, Isabella Albanese, Kayla Pepper & Rachel Ryan