Year 1 Update

1A-Mrs Zach 1B-Miss Strickland 1C-Mrs Beamish 1D-Ms Bartlett 1E-Mrs Dorman

Upcoming Learning

During the next fortnight, students will be undertaking learning in following areas:

Reading	Week 4 and 5- We will be exploring popular texts, The Bad Seed. Students will participate in a range of reading activities such as exploring vocabulary, character traits and sequencing.
Writing	Week 4 and 5- Students will be participating in a whole class learning experience and then exploring how to write a recount making sure to include who, what, where, when and why as well as sequencing events in the correct order.
Maths	Week 4 and 5 - Students will be investigating the topics of Data and Length. They will be collecting and comparing data as well as representing data in a variety of ways. When measuring length students will use different types of informal units and then compare, order and record their findings.
Inquiry	Week 4 and 5 - We will be exploring Australian Aboriginal symbols including the Aboriginal flag and the ways that cultural practices are used as symbols in different communities.
SEL	Week 4 and 5 - Students will be learning about how to understand personal space including body safety and identifying gender friendly behaviours that make everybody feel respected.

News and Reminders:

Please remember that your child needs a sun smart hat to be able to play outside.
Reader satchels need to be brought to school.
Library begins this week. Please remember to return your books on your class's assigned library day.
All items from the booklist including an art folio, headphones and a handwriting book.

Take home readers:

We have purchased hundreds of NEW decodable, take home books to support our work on increasing phonemic awareness and phonics in the junior years through Little Learners Love Literacy. These books are currently being covered and catalogued. As such, take home readers are still a couple of weeks away from starting. Stay tuned for updates. In the meantime, we encourage you to read to your child and enable opportunities for them to read for enjoyment.

English Online Interview – Year 1 students:

From 2023, the Department of Education is mandating the administration of the English Online Interview (EOI) for every Year 1 student.

While it has been mandated for Prep students for some time, this is a new requirement for Year 1 government school students to enable teachers to collect data to support them in further developing their literacy skills.

To facilitate this assessment, Year 1 teachers will be released from their classroom for two days in the coming fortnight.

Celebration of Learning

1A students having an outside learning experience to support them with their recount writing.

1B students licking lemons and limes for their whole class learning experience.

1C students and families at the Meet and Greet event.

1D students enjoying lunch with their buddy class 6D