Year 1 News
Welcome to Term 3!
It is hard to believe we are half way through Year One already. Last week the students enjoyed discussing their eventful school holidays with their teachers and peers. The children shared their most memorable moments of their school holidays by writing a descriptive recount.
It was refreshing to hear that a lot of our Year One families were able to travel interstate once again, a glimpse of normality returning to our lives. We also heard about lots of play dates, day trips around Victoria, significant birthdays and quality time spent with extended family. Fingers crossed for a healthier Term 3 for our cohort of students, and teachers too!
Inquiry
To complement our Unit of Inquiry - 'Transport changes over time', at the end of Term 2 the Year One students were treated to a trip on Puffing Billy. We arrived at Belgrave station nice and early, ready for a picnic recess on the platform. The train departed Belgrave and the children enjoyed an hour long journey on the old steam train. The children were then split into two groups and rotated between two activities, with one group walking to the park for a picnic lunch and play, while the other group visited the new Lakeside Station Visitor Centre.
We enjoyed watching an interactive presentation about the history of the first locomotive, followed by a hands on, educator led workshop tied to our Unit of Inquiry.
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excitement of our day.
A Special Guest
Last week the children were visited by Jetstar’s pilot, Scott Werry, (Melissa's husband). Scott was able to talk to the children about modern day aeroplanes and answer questions that the children had wonderings about.
Literacy
Well done to the children who continued their nightly reading during the school holidays and also to those students that logged into their Reading Eggs account. It was pleasing to see the majority of the cohort maintain their reading level and confidence.
We encourage the students with devices to access their Reading Eggs account from home, at least twice a week, to help cement the topics that we are covering in class.
Each week the teachers will set an assignment which we will begin, and attempt to complete, in class throughout the week. If your child has not completed their assignment during class or is absent, your child will still have access to complete this at home by logging into their account. Each student should have a copy of their login and passwords in the front of their reading journal. If your child has misplaced their logins, please ask your child to inform their teacher and we can then provide another copy.
Maths sessions have kicked off with a lot of enthusiasm. The students have been immersed in an introduction to 3D shapes, starting by completing a fun rotation of hands on activities.
This week the children have begun learning about subtraction. We started by completing a brainstorm on subtraction. The children then used Unifix blocks to solve some basic worded problems. The students last week completed a pre-test on subtraction, which gave the teachers important data, to enable us to plan to enhance the students’ current knowledge and determine point of need.
Similarly to Reading Eggs, we encourage each child to log into their Mathseeds account at least twice a week. Apart from weekly tasks set by their teacher, Mathseeds also offers various math games and activities for the children to access. These activities help to make learning maths fun!