Year One

Dear Year One Families,

What an engaging week we have had in the classroom! As you may know by now, we have just introduced our next Unit of Inquiry. The Transdisciplinary theme is ‘How We Express Ourselves.’ We provoked the students’ thoughts and ideas by viewing the fun and educational movie, Inside Out.

In Literacy, students are exploring how to connect their experiences to a text, identifying nouns, and retelling a story. It has been great to see students thinking about their past experiences and relating them to some of their favourite books. We have also started to look at poetry, which the students are really excited for!

In Numeracy, students are showing their knowledge of addition through using concrete materials to model their understandings. We have also been looking at collecting data through asking yes/no and simple questions as well as recording responses. The students’ risk taking and open mindedness has really shone through in their experimentation with addition, data collection, and representation.

Weekly Reminders:

• Our school day starts promptly at 8:30am, the doors are opened at 8:20am for the children to come in and get themselves ready for the day. If your child arrives after 8:40am, they must get a late pass from the office.
• Please remember to bring fully charged iPads every day. We use these for different purposes, such as accessing Reading Eggs, Epic, assessments and learning tasks on Essential Assessment, as well as uploading work to Schoolbox for you to enjoy. There are only a small number of school iPads which are borrowed on a 'first come, first served' basis. If your child has their own iPad, please ensure that it is fully charged and in their school bag.
• Please remind students that take home readers are taken home on Mondays and returned on Fridays. Please also ensure that your child brings their reading log to school each day. 
• Spelling homework books will be commencing next week (Week 10).
• We are a SunSmart school so hats must be worn in Terms One and Four, please make sure your child’s hat is clearly labelled with their name. If your child has lost their hat, check with their classroom teacher and/or lost property, located in the office area.

Please speak with your child’s classroom teacher if you have any concerns, questions, or queries.

Thanking you for your ongoing support. Have a fantastic weekend,

Regards,

The Year One Team