Grade 1 and 2 News

Key Dates & Reminders:

• Friday 20th September: End of term 3, early finish 2.15pm
• Hats: Hats will be sent home on Friday to be washed. Please ensure they are back in bags ready for term 4. Thank you for your support with this.

Term 4 Dates

• Friday 18th, October: Grandparents and Special Friends Day (11.30am - 1.30pm)
• Thursday 24th, October: Curriculum Day
• Friday 25th, October: Curriculum Day
• Wednesday, 30th October: Bendigo Cup Holiday
• Friday 1st, November: Be Awesome Day
• Wednesday 13th, November: Curriculum Day
• Thursday 14th, November: Grade 2 Sleepover, The Discovery Centre

What we have been up to...

Footy Colours Day

The grade 1/2 students did an excellent job participating in Footy Colours Day. It was wonderful to see everyone dressed up in their team colours. Thank you to families for their support of this day.

SEDA Clinics

Our grade 1/2 students have been lucky enough to participate in sports clinics run by SEDA students. They have rotated through activities including: Soccer, AFL drills and Basketball. The students have done a great job participating showing lots of great teamwork, encouragement and persistence. 

Whole - school reward - Pyjama Day

Our students all looked warm and snug whilst enjoying the chance to wear their PJs to school. We wonder which reward we will reach in term 4!

Term 4 - Learning

Reading, Writing and Spelling: 

Students will be reading and writing for a range of purposes in term 4, including letter writing, constructing procedural texts relating to our unit on Robots. They will also practise forming an opinion on different topics, then writing persuasive pieces to showcase their opinion. Our focus books will include:

• Jetty Jumping
• Market Day
• Tea and Sugar Christmas
• Ella and the Ocean
• Can you teach a fish to climb a tree?
• Bowerbird Blues
• When the Waterhole dries up
• Walk of the Whales
• Life Song
• What do you wish for?

Phonemes and spelling rules for term 4 will include: 

Week 1: revise ee/e/ea/y/ey

Spelling rule - Doubling rule (-ff, -ll, -ss, -zz) 

Week 2: revise oa/o_e/ow

Spelling rule - silent e rule/split digraph

Week 3: revise oo/ew/ue/u_e/u

Spelling rule - silent e rule/split digraph

Week 4: revise ir/ur/er/or

Spelling rule - Plural -s and -es

Week 5: schwa

Spelling rule - ck, tch, dge rule

Week 6: revise sh/ch/ti/ci

Spelling rule - soft c and g rule

Week 7: s/ss/se/ce/x/c

Spelling rule - adding suffixes to base words

Week 8:  z/zz/s/se

Spelling rule - revise

Weeks 9/10 & 11: Revise based on student need

Mathematics: During our Mathematics lessons we will focus on a range of concepts, including: addition and subtraction using efficient strategies, time (analogue - o'clock, 1/2 past, quarter to and quarter past) and place value (ones, tens, hundreds, thousands).

Topic: Our unit next term is called 'Robot Buddies'. Students will focus on the skills of design and creativity. They will investigate the use of different materials and explore the idea of designing a robot to help solve a problem.

RRRR: Next term's Respectful Relationships topic is 'Problem Solving'. Students will focus on the size of different problems they might encounter and will participate in a range of games and activities which encourage problem solving skills and co-operation.