Arrivederci to Term 1

The Year 1/2 students have had an amazing first term. We have loved being back in the classrooms investigating, reading, writing, solving mathematical problems, exploring stories about Jesus, learning about how our bodies keep healthy and looking after our emotions.

We hope each and every child has a well deserved break.

Arrivederci

Year 1/2 Team

Celebration of Learning

Mathematics -Looking at Data

The students in Year 1/2 have been looking at collecting and interpreting data. We have chosen simple questions to gather responses, used tally marks and created simple picture and bar graphs. We then looked at our graphs to interpret and analyse the information presented. Some of the questions the students have posed are:

What is your favourite ice cream flavour?

How do you get to school in the morning?

What is your favourite animal?

Wellbeing - Developing Positive Relationships

Over the past few weeks the students have been learning about positive relationships. Positive relationships are essential for students to develop their social and emotional capacity in a healthy way. Students learn how to grow their relationships, drawing on mindfulness foundations such as empathy, kindness and gratitude. Through our guided meditation, we encourage students to practise mindfulness in a more independent way and as a foundation to build positive relationships.

Holy Week

During the season of Lent students have been listening to the stories of Holy Week and sharing their responses to the stories. They have also identified the importance of Jesus and others during these events. Students have been reflecting upon why Lent and Easter is important to us, and have looked at ways we celebrate Lent and Easter as a community.

How Can We Keep Our Bodies Healthy?

Throughout term 1, the students have been focusing on healthy bodies and minds for our inquiry unit. Below are some examples of information books the students have created with facts about keeping healthy:

Parent Helpers in the Classroom

Thank you to the parents who have volunteered to help the students in our learning space next term. We will send out the roster via SkoolBag by the end of this week.

Reminders

Just a reminder, it is an expectation that reading diaries and home spelling books are brought to school every Friday for teachers to review. We also encourage your child to complete Mathematics tasks that have been assigned as part of Essential Maths. Login details can be found in the student diaries.

Library will take place every second Friday, and students may borrow 2 books.

Important Dates

Friday 8th April - Last day of Term 1, 1pm finish

Monday 25th April- ANZAC Day, school closed.

Tuesday 26th April- Term 2 commences.

Learning Intentions & Timetables

The Year 1/2 Learning Intentions for Weeks 1 & 2 in Term 2 have not been included in this edition of the newsletter. Teachers will be working on these throughout the holidays.

Instead, Learning Intentions will be posted via Skoolbag Tuesday 26th April.

Thank you for your understanding.

Contact Details

Jackie Moloney jmoloney@srprestonwest.catholic.edu.au

Melanie Pizzonia mpizzonia@srprestonwest.catholic.edu.au

Paige Frazer pfrazer@srprestonwest.catholic.edu.au

Phoebe Tune ptune@srprestonwest.catholic.edu.au

Georgia Cavin gcavin@srprestonwest.catholic.edu.au

Please note, we will respond to emails Monday to Friday, between the hours of 8am- 5pm

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