Year 1/2

Year 2 Camp  

Year 2 camp is at AFL Max, West Beach, from Tuesday 19th November until Wednesday 20th November. Consent forms have been sent home. We have now met our required number of adults for camp. Our Parent Volunteers for Camp are: Shaun Horspool (Jasper, 2/3T), April Demery (Harper 2/3T), Rebecca Andary (Aria 1/2AK) & Paul Rushton (Jack 1/2Z).   

Year 1 Sleepover  

Thank you to our wonderful parent volunteers: Felicity-Eve Pearce, Amy Macnamara, Charlie Fletcher, Krystal Poole, John Incoll and Melissa Procter for helping make the Year 1 sleepover a great success. We greatly appreciate all your efforts! 

Take Home Books 

Please bring these to school on Mondays in the clear plastic envelope for changing. On other days the clear plastic envelope can remain at home. Students are encouraged to borrow 4 books a week.  

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

Home Inquiry 

Ask your parents about their favourite toy growing up. Do they have a picture to show you or a picture of something similar? Is it similar or different to the toys you play with? 

Learning for Week 3:   

Literacy:  

In Reader’s Workshop we are going to begin learning about reading and understanding simple poetry. In Writer’s Workshop, we will begin exploring what it means to persuade and persuasive techniques. 

Spelling  

Year 1 

oi – e.g. noisy, coil 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-0wWdE-Ezg 

Year 2 

are – e.g. hare, care 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUwjgmQF8Z0 

Grammar Focus 

Year 1: plurals using ‘es’ 

Year 2: contractions 

Mathematics:  

Both Year 1s and Year 2s will begin inquiring into measurement. What does it mean to measure? What is important to consider when measuring? They will begin measuring length, mass and capacity using informal units (for example: blocks, popsticks). 

Unit of Inquiry: Where We Are in Place and Time 

Students will begin inquiring into ‘then’ and ‘now’. They will be learning about how different aspects of life have changed over time including transport, communication and toys. 

If you have any clothes or technology devices from the past that you are happy for us to look at or use during this unit, we would appreciate you sending them in. 

Christian Studies: Christian Church 

Key Idea 3:  Christians Pray, Worship and Celebrate the Sacraments. 

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 

Cancer Council recommends hats and sunscreen when the UV rating is 3 or above. 

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