Year 1/2
Year 1/2 Cluster News Term 4 Week 2
Year 1 Sleepover
A huge thank you to the parent volunteers who helped make this a successful experience for the students.
Sunscreen, hats and water bottles
Please apply sunscreen andensure hats and water bottles are sent to school every day.
Photos and stories
WWe are asking students to bring in photos and stories about their birth or how they came to be in their families. This is to highlight how birth/fostering/adoption is celebrated in families and religious groups and is part of our Christian Studies unit. The children will include photos and stories in a book about themselves. Please have these sent in ASAP if you have not already done so.
You could also email photos/information to your class teacher to print. You are invited to briefly share these stories e.g. make a time to come into the classroom or to email a video.
Please let your child’s teacher know if there is any sensitive information we need to be aware of when teaching this unit.
Home Inquiry – What toys did people play with in the past (like your parents or grandparents)? Do people still play with the same toys today? How have toys changed?
Read your take home book or library books or home books - Approx. 10 minutes each night.
On Monday mornings, Take Home Books are changed over.
On Thursdays, both classes visit the Library for borrowing.
Sound of the week - See the weekly sound and spelling list below. Students can practise these in a variety of ways (look, say, cover, write, check, chalk, whiteboard writing, magnetic letters - be creative!) The aim is to practise the words both by writing and orally. Have a go at brainstorming other words that have the same sound
Term 4: Week 3 Program
Our week of learning
Literacy:
In Readers Workshop, students will continue to develop comprehension strategies.
In Writers Workshop, students are learning to write persuasive texts.
Spelling
Example word lists consist of revision words, sound of the week words and tricky words.
Year 1 <nk> sound fin sob left sink pink drink thank once upon thinking | Year 2 <ei> and <eigh> sound grub slug eight eighteen eighty weigh reindeer neighbour child children |
Maths Focus:
Year 1 and Year 2 students will learn about grouping using arrays (rows and columns).
Unit of Inquiry:
We begin a new Unit of Inquiry: Where We Are in Place and Time
Central Idea: The way people live has changed over time
We inquire into…
LOI 1: Past and present
LOI 2: Things that have remained the same over time
LOI 3: Things that have changed over time
Reminders and information
Please check the rest of the school newsletter for further news.
May God bless your week,
Mel Arnold, Ellen Zimmer, Emily Gower
Mel Arnold arnold.melanie@goldengrove.sa.edu.au
Ellen Zimmer zimmer.ellen@goldengrove.sa.edu.au
Emily Gower gower.emily@goldengrove.sa.edu.au