Year 1 Program

 Semester 2

English

Students work with various texts to develop skills to become independent readers. They continue to develop their knowledge of high frequency words, reading strategies and comprehension skills. Students are exposed to a variety of different writing styles and their purposes. They continue to practise their handwriting skills, including correct letter formation, shape and size. Students are supported to use punctuation when writing and develop their editing skills. They participate in a variety of speaking and listening activities to build confidence when sharing their ideas with others. Students are encouraged to ask questions and reflect on their learning during share time.

Mathematics 

Students continue to work with numbers to 100 and develop a range of mathematical concepts. They build on their knowledge of number facts to develop automatic recall and number strategies to assist with solving addition and subtraction problems. Students represent and interpret a range of data using graphs and develop their understanding of chance involving everyday events. They are provided with opportunities to participate in problem solving activities, applying their knowledge to games and real life situations. The students explore measurement, including developing appropriate vocabulary, and participate in a range of hands on activities using informal measures and tell the time to the half hour.

Humanities & Science—Inquiry

The Inquiry topic Year 1s engage with in Semester 2 is ‘It’s Alive!’. Students will focus their investigations around the topic of ‘living and non-living’. Students will explore what it means to be alive and the various changes that happen during the life span of living things. Through an inquiry process, students discover new information about various mini beasts and prehistoric creatures. They explore external features, life spans and habitats. Students also build on their scientific inquiry skills by sorting, classifying and actively investigating the answers to their own questions. Students communicate their findings to their peers, through group work and collaboration. 

Health and Physical Education

Students continue to develop fundamental skills in outdoor and indoor settings. Throwing and catching remains a focus and they participate in activities focussed on a range of movements including dodging and running. They discuss the body's reaction when participating in physical activity for example, body temperature and sweat. Students explore ways to make the classroom healthy, safe and active and discuss strategies that promote inclusiveness and fair play. 

Performing Arts

Students explore the fundamental skills of music making. They respond to and create music using dance, movement, singing and playing instruments. Students develop music skills including beat, pitch, rhythm, tempo and dynamics. They explore the use of traditional and invented notations to read, play and describe the pattern of sounds in music. They learn basic performance skills and prepare for performances within our school community. 

Visual Arts 

Students focus on developing various techniques through the Visual Arts elements of line, colour, shape, texture, value and space. They observe techniques used by artists from a range of social and historical contexts and plan and create their own visual art works. Students participate in the areas of drawing, collage, painting, textiles and construction. They use ideas and concepts taken from themes and visual stimuli from a range of cultures and social contexts to explore, create and express their ideas.