Year 1/2
Year 1/2 Cluster News
Year 1 sleepover
The note for Year 1 sleepover will be coming home next week. Please return this by Wednesday 9th September. We are looking for volunteers for the Year 1 sleepover. If you are willing and able to stay overnight or help during the Thursday afternoon/evening with preparations, can you please contact your class teacher. The sleepover is on Thursday 24th September to Friday 25th September.
Library News Book Swap
Bring a used book in good condition this week to be sorted, ready for the Great Book Swap next week.
Next week, bring a gold coin donation to school and take a book home. Money goes to gift culturally relevant books, including books in First Languages, to children in remote Communities across Australia. Every $10 raised helps put one book into a child’s hands. Check the newsletter for further details.
Kimochis
On Monday August 31 our F-2 students will be involved in the Kimochis seminar talking about anger and how to deal with it.
The session is titled 'Cranky Cat and the Redo'.
Join Cat and our Kimochis team as they tell the story of the time Cat felt really cranky, and what she did to help with this hard-to-have feeling.
Cat learns to Name, Shrink, and Share her feelings; the importance of saying sorry when you make a mistake; how good it is when someone accepts an apology; and the power of a redo.
Parents and Friends – Next meeting We have our upcoming meeting on Monday 31st August. We would love it if you can please join us for this in the staffroom at 7pm.
Chapel/Assembly swap in Week 7
The 1/2 Classes are presenting at Assembly on Thursday 3rd September. This will begin at 8:50am.
Upcoming Events:
Thursday 3rd September (Week 7) @ 8:50am: 1/2s Assembly
Tuesday 22nd September: Yr 2 Camp @AFL Max
Thursday 24th September: Yr 1 Sleepover
Shoelaces
If your child has shoes with laces, they must be independent with tying the laces when they come undone. They are also required to remove their shoes for activities such as Tri-Skills and Movement Skills lessons.
Home Inquiry
Have a discussion and investigation about things that use ‘push and pull’ in your home. Write a list to share with the class.
Reading: We encourage your child to read every night for 10-15 minutes. Please listen to your child read the decodable books and ask the ‘check for understanding’ questions at the back. Once you have read the ‘decodable book’ 2 or 3 times, please send it back with the recording sheet.
The ‘Interest books' with coloured round stickers on the front may need to be read together.
Weekly Timetable
| Monday | Take home books: swap 2.30pm Assembly Canteen: Qkr orders before 9am |
| Tuesday | Japanese specialist lesson Library Borrowing using Take Home Bags (change from term 2) |
| Wednesday | PE & Dance/Drama specialist lessons Canteen: Qkr orders before 9am |
| Thursday | 8.45am STEM 1/2AK odd weeks, 1/2HB even weeks Fundamental Motor Skills program (beginning week 2) |
| Friday | 8.50am Chapel Music specialist lesson Canteen: Qkr orders before 9am Golden Time |
Learning for Weeks 6 and 7
Word Study
Year 1
Revision: wh, th, ng, ay/ai
ow for long o e.g. slow https://youtu.be/5nBuSyTOM90?si=_IGcEmKECwOLfHlT
Year 2
Revision: wh, soft g, wa, long and short vowels
ear e.g. year https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWmYldoPzLA
Grammar Focus
Year 1: prepositions, conjunctions (and, so, but, because)
Year 2: prepositions, conjunctions (and, because, when)
Christian Studies
Students are using role play and puppets to investigate the stories of The Lost Sheep, The Wise and Foolish Man, The Good Samaritan and Zaccheus, with a focus on how God looks after us and then how we can look after others. Students will then inquire into the UN rights of the child and what they can do to help children who don’t have access to rights such as schooling, which links to the Pong-a-thon.
Writer’s and Reader’s Workshop
Students will take part in whole school and class activities for Book Week. We will also be moving into procedural writing.
The classes are undertaking the Premier’s Reading Challenge and the Premier’s Be Active Challenge together. Once completed, students will receive a certificate or medal at Assembly next term.
Mathematics:
Students continue to practice addition, subtraction, grouping, and sharing. They inquire into length and mass, which links to the new Unit of Inquiry.
Unit of Inquiry: How the World Works
Students will begin this unit investigating push and pull (Year 1) and sound and properties of materials (Year 2), as well as inquiring into how scientists conduct experiments and record observations.
Other Notes
Volunteers
During the year we have excursions, a Year 1 Sleepover and a Year 2 Camp. If you are interested in volunteering, you must have the following checks up to date. Contact the office if you have any questions.
- 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/
God bless your week,
Melanie, Lauren, Tim and Melissa
Arnold.melanie@goldengrove.sa.edu.au
hall.lauren@goldengrove.sa.edu.au