The Golden Vine

Year 1/2

Year 1/2 Cluster News

Year 2 Excursion to the Mawson Lakes Planetarium - Tuesday 18 June

A permission note was sent home yesterday and needs to be returned by Tuesday.  

Year 2 students from 1/2AK, 1/2Z and 2/3T will be going to the Adelaide Planetarium, Mawson Lakes next week on Tuesday 18th June. They will travel by school bus. Mr Trezona and Mr Kriewaldt will be supervising. We need 2 parents who are currently registered volunteers to also attend. The students will leave after recess (11.10am) and return by lunch (12.50pm). They only need to bring a drink bottle with them. There is no extra cost for the excursion. This is part of our Unit of Inquiry 'Sharing the Planet'. The students will be learning about patterns in the night sky, constellations and seasons. 

 

Year 1 Excursion to Jubilee Lake - Tuesday 18 June

Year 1 students will walk 10 minutes to Jubilee Lake while the Year 2 students are at the Planetarium, next week on Tuesday 18 June. We need some parents who are currently registered volunteers to also walk with us. We will leave after recess (11.10am) and return before lunch (12.50pm). This is part of our Unit of Inquiry ‘Sharing the Planet.’ The students will be looking at the living things and how people look after the environment. Students will need to bring wet weather gear e.g. raincoats, umbrellas. If the weather is too wet, we will postpone the walk to another day. There will be an online permission acceptance for this excursion. 

 

Take Home Books 

Decodable and interest books are being sent home in the clear plastic envelope. Your child will need the clear plastic envelope at school in order to take books home. Interest books can be changed any day. We will remind students on Mondays. 

 

Reading – We encourage approximately 10-15 minutes each night.  

 

Home Inquiry 

Look at a small area of ground in your front or back yard or at the park. What do you notice? Scientists often take a notebook with them and may draw what they see in detail, make notes about it and then research it. You might like to do this. 

 

Mental Computation ideas 

Adding 9 This strategy is used by adding 10 to a number and subtracting 1, for example, 9 + 7 is one less than 10 + 7, which is 17. So 9 + 7 must be 16. (Note: this is also used as a subtraction strategy, by taking 9 or 8). https://youtu.be/SoL5dGm3o98?si=Zlc7-cKxtQ0jfJj7  

 

Learning for Week 8:   

Literacy:  

In Writer’s Workshop mini lessons, students will write questions for what they would like to know about a chosen topic and in Reader’s Workshop mini lessons, students will read non-fiction texts to find information for writing an information book. 

 

Spelling  

Each week there is a focus ‘sound of the week’. Students are introduced to groups of words which use the spelling patterns and revise the alternative spellings of vowel sounds. 

 

The sound of the week is not intended to be a spelling list for you to teach your child at home. It is for you to be aware of what we are teaching at school and you are welcome to use the sound as a starting point for your child to share what they are learning. 

 

Year 1 and Year 2 wh e.g. whale, white 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGOtW405L1o  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0oy8pwC4Kg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuYZVrh1iPc  

 

Grammar Focus 

Year 1: past tense e.g. skipped, ran 

Year 2: verb ‘to be’ 

 

Mathematics: We will continue using tallies and tables to collect data, graph results and make conclusions and creating number patterns. 

 

Unit of Inquiry: How the World Works 

Central Idea: Design and science involve an understanding of properties and processes. 

Line of Inquiry 1: how scientists work 

Line of Inquiry 2: the process of designing 

Line of Inquiry 3: designing solutions to problems 

 

Students continue exploring the way scientists work to collect and record information. 

 

Christian Studies: Christian Beliefs 

Key Idea: Students explore and describe what it means to live in and care for the world (linked to Unit of Inquiry: Sharing the Planet). Students make a plan and enact their responsibilities as caretakers of our world. 

 

Reminders 

Each day students need to bring the following. Please label everything.  

  • Take Home Bags which are also for Library borrowing. 
  • water bottles 
  • a fruit/veg snack 
  • recess 
  • lunch – ‘nude’ food (no wrappers), leave chocolates or lollies for home 
  • hats and sunscreen are not needed 

 

Volunteers 

During the year we have excursions, a Year 1 Sleepover and a Year 2 Camp. We are planning excursions this term. If you would like to put in an expression of interest, please ensure you are a registered volunteer. 

 

This involves having the following up to date: 

  • Working With Children Check (WWCC)  
  • Responding to Abuse, Harm and Neglect training (RRHAN-EC)  
  • Valuing Safe Communities (VSC) training 

https://www.goldengrove.sa.edu.au/parent-portal/volunteering/  

 

Library Borrowing  

The whole class goes to the library on Wednesdays (Year 1/2Z) and Thursdays (Year 1/2AK). A reminder that individual students can borrow books on other days during the week if they would like new books before the class borrowing day. 

 

 

May God bless your week, 

Melanie and Ellen  

 

Melanie Arnold arnold.melanie@goldengrove.sa.edu.au 

Tim Kriewaldt kriewaldt.tim@goldengrove.sa.edu.au 

Ellen Zimmer zimmer.ellen@goldengrove.sa.edu.au