Junior School News

This week we are highlighting our wonderful Year 1 students! 

In Year 1, students have been collaborating with the Year 2 cohort to enhance their narrative writing skills. They have been focusing on using engaging language, particularly by creating a sizzling start to capture the reader’s attention. Students have been learning about different types of sentences and demonstrating their understanding through the use of full stops, exclamation marks, and question marks in their writing.

“I like writing different stories. I am proud of my genie story. I have been working on using full stops and capital letters” - Ivy F

"I enjoyed writing about all the different subjects. I was trying to use a sizzling start to make my story better." - Charlie

"I liked writing with the Grade 2s because we got to write fun stories. I am proud of using full stops and exclamation marks." - Florence

“I liked writing about the pirates, the genie and the princess. I am proud of doing 3 pages and using full stops!” - Lucy V

"Crash! Queen Lucy was frightened. RUN! The dragon breathed fire and it almost hit the queen's head." - Lucy A

During our Inquiry unit, students have been learning all about their ‘family story’, exploring the countries their family originated from and finding similarities and differences between their family and their peers’ family. During our oral presentations, we have been sharing all about the origin of our surname.

"My great great great great grandpa had the name Lee. It originated from China.” - Noah

"My yaya came to Australia from Cyprus." - Jaylen

Lent has officially begun! We marked the start of the season on Shrove Tuesday by learning about its meaning, followed by a whole school pancake picnic. Year 1 students are now reflecting on their Lenten promises as they prepare for Easter.

“During Lent, I promise to pray for my family.” - Nicola

“During Lent, I promise to give up meat and chocolate.” - Mila

“During Lent, I promise to help anyone who gets hurt.” - Georgia