Year One Team News

Hello Year One families,

It’s hard to believe we are already almost half way through the term. We have lots of exciting things planned for the remainder of the term. 

Book Week 

Week 6 of this term is Book Week! Please start having discussions with your child about what they would like to dress up as for our Book Week Parade on the Friday of Week 6. We can’t wait to see what everyone comes dressed up as. We have lots of exciting activities planned for this week. Please check compass to see what's happening. 

Swimming

There is already a great deal of excitement about our upcoming swimming program. Starting on Thursday Week 8, we swim every day for 7 days at Sweeney’s Swim Centre in Altona. If your child has asthma and their plan has changed please reach out to their classroom teacher. We will be looking for two parent volunteers per class to come along and assist each day. You will need to have completed the Parent Helper Course (link via Compass home page) and have a valid Working With Children Check, sighted by the office to attend. We cannot run this program without your support, thank you in advance. 

Curriculum Focus: Weeks 5-6

Reading: During this term we will be covering stage 7.4 of the Little Learners Love Literacy program. Next week we will be learning about the split vowel digraph 

i_e (as in ‘kite’) and long i sound (as in find).In week 6 we will be revising all of the sounds we have already learnt. 

Writing: In week 5 we will be writing a fun procedural text.In week 6 we will be starting a new narrative unit that we will publish at the end of this term. 

Numeracy: We will be focusing on Measurement. In week 5 we will be learning about length. In week 6 we will be learning about mass. 

Inquiry:  Our topic this term is around Geography. So far we have ‘travelled’ Australia and England. During the remainder of the term we will be learning about other countries including their geography, cultures and celebrations. 

Willy Kids/Respectful Relationships: Our Willy Kids focus is “Willy Kids are Bounce Back". We will be discussing and learning to understand what it means to bounce back and choose our responses carefully when dealing with decisions, disappointments and new challenges. Our focus for Respectful Relationships this term is “Positive Gender Relationships”. 

Warm regards,

The Grade One Team –  Steph Keswick (1K) & Emma Chang-Kum (1C)