YEAR 1

FROM THE CLASSROOM

Welcome back! It has been wonderful to see our Year 1 students return to school with such enthusiasm. They have settled into classroom routines quickly and have made a fantastic start to the term, showing a positive attitude towards their learning.

In Mathematics, students have been investigating 2D shapes and learning to identify and name them by their features, including the number of sides and corners. Through a range of hands-on activities, they have been sorting, describing and comparing shapes.

In Writing, we have begun our new 'Talk for Writing' narrative, 'Hansel and Gretel'. Students were excited to launch the unit by decorating and colouring lollies and sweets to transform our classrooms into the Gingerbread Cottage. We have also been learning the story through fun imitation games and actions before beginning our first writing toolkit, where students are learning how we can include the time of day and weather to create detailed and engaging setting descriptions.

In Inquiry, we have started our new unit, 'Schools Then and Now'. Students explored a collection of artefacts from the past, carefully observing each item, making predictions about its purpose and discussing how it may have been used. They then recorded their own wonderings, which will help guide our investigations as we discover how school life has changed over time and what has remained the same.

FROM THE STUDENTS

What have you enjoyed this week at school?

“Drawing and writing” – Ayaansh

“Maths – the shape hunt around the school” – Arleen

“Wellbeing – playing the raft game” – Huxley

“Maths – learning about shapes” - Freya

LEARNING INTENTIONS FOR NEXT WEEK

READING

I can find interesting words in books.
I can find the main idea from a story.
I can retell the story in my own words.

WRITING

I can use the time of day and the weather to describe the setting.
I can choose a name for the setting.
I can pile up 2 or 3 adjectives to describe a setting.
I can use commas and the conjunction ‘and’ to separate words with similar ideas/meanings.

PHONICS

I can identify the oo / u / oul digraph.
I can read and write words with the oo / u / oul digraph.

MATHS

I can use positional and directional language.
I can follow positional and directional language.

REMINDERS

Coal Creek Excursion - Wednesday 29th July

Permission and payment due on Compass by Friday 24th July.

Take Home Readers

We are missing a large number of our levelled take home readers. Please have a look around your homes for any hiding books to return to school.

Student Led Conferences

Please book a time on Compass for a student led conference. Students will be preparing to present work they are proud of with you and we would love to celebrate their achievements with you.