Kindergarten Term 1 Overview

Maths

Units taught are: time, 2D shapes, whole number and length.

Religion

Prayer spaces, Lent and Holy Week. We are learning the Sign of the Cross and Grace.

Science

Living things

Geography

School places

Creative arts

All about me

Homework will be started once we have begun reading in class. The process for this will be sent out on a compass notification when you child receives their home reading folder.

Year 1 Term 1 Overview & Homework Process

Home Readers

Return to school on Wednesday and returned home on Thursday with Talk Homework.

Library Borrowing

Library books in library bags returned to school on Thursday, borrowing and returning home on Friday.

Year 2 Term 1 Overview & Homework Process

RELIGION

During Religion lessons in Term One we will be looking at “Images of God” where students will demonstrate a growing familiarity with Scripture stories. Students will also recognise that God is present in their lives, the lives of other people, the Church and the whole of creation. Students will also become familiar with some formal prayers.

We will also be studying “Lent and Holy Week” where students will demonstrate a growing familiarity with Scripture stories and also identify the key times of the liturgical year.

ENGLISH

In English lessons this Term we will be studying imaginative texts, including writing them, the features, the purpose and examples of imaginative texts.

Every Friday we will be writing our “Big Writes” so we will be sending home “Talk Homework” every THURSDAY. Year Two also have their Home Readers changed every THURSDAY too. We also encourage you to PLEASE listen to your child read every night.

MATHEMATICS

In Mathematics we have been learning all about “Time”, including days of the week, months in the year, seasons, the duration of an event, quarter to and quarter past the hour. Next week we will be moving on to “Whole Number” and then “Two-dimensional Spatial Structure”.

SCIENCE – Weeks 2-6

“Earth’s Resources” is the unit that we are studying in Science lessons. We have been looking at the Earth’s resources and how we use and care for them.

HISTORY – Week 7

In Week 7 we will be starting the topic “Past in the Present” where we will be able to identify and describe significant people, events, places and sites in the local community over time. We will also describe the effects of changing technology on people’s lives over time.

IMPORTANT DAYS TO REMEMBER

MONDAY – Library day
WEDNESDAY – Sports clothes
THURSDAY – Home readers changed and Talk Homework sent home
FRIDAY – Coloured sports shirt

Year 3 Term 1 Overview & Homework Process

English Text Details	Types of texts Narrative Persuasive Students independently read, view and respond to familiar and challenging texts and justify interpretations of ideas, information and events using a range of skills and strategies. They recognise the representation of characters, settings and events in imaginative texts and start to evaluate point of view. They explain some ways in which authors and illustrators engage the interests of audiences and achieve a range of purposes. Students create well-structured imaginative texts in terms of topic, purpose, audience and language by drafting, proofreading and editing for familiar and unfamiliar audiences. They use simple and complex sentences, paragraphing, punctuation and grammatical features characteristic of the various texts to support meaning.
Maths	Data Whole Number Position Addition and Subtraction
Religion	3.1 - Created by God a gift to share 3.2 - Lent A time for reaching out in love
Science	Material World How do materials change when heated and cooled?
History and Geography	History: Community and Remembrance
PE / Sport	Students will have the opportunity to practise skills in fun and challenging situations and through common games and activities. Students learn about and practise using an implement to strike an object at targets, learn about and practise striking a ball to score runs against the fielding group. Batters learn about and practise striking a ball with an implement while working with others to score points. Fielders learn about and practise fielding a ball to prevent the batter from scoring points.
Health	Students will explore a range of challenges they may be presented with and will recognise how being persistent builds resilience. They will investigate a range of responses and strategies to deal with challenges and different situations in order to build their capacity to respond appropriately in the future.
Creative Arts	Visual Arts/ Dance/ Drama This unit has a strong focus on appreciating activities and offers students a range of experiences in artmaking and elements of drama. It considers how artists respond to events of significance in their own time and from other times. The focus is beauty, interest, awe, wonder and the use of perspective and composition to convey emotion. Selected artists, including Ron Brooks, Marc Chagall, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, made artworks about the people, the environment, the tools, and the experiences that had — and continue to have — symbolic meanings for audiences today. The styles and concepts associated with these artworks are also considered in terms of their relevance to practices in art. Making activities focus on students’ development of skills in a range of techniques, including observational drawings, and colour and tonal mixing, further extending their understanding of concepts that can be applied in artmaking. The unit also provides opportunities for students to engage in research about selected artists.

IMPORTANT DAYS TO REMEMBER

MONDAY/TUESDAY – Talk Homework sent home
WEDNESDAY – Sports clothes
THURSDAY - Big Write
FRIDAY – Coloured sports shirt, Reading Logs checked and Library day

Year 4 Term 1 Overview & Homework Process

Religion	This unit explores "the law of love". It begins by recalling with students the purpose of rules in groups and communities. It then examines the Ten Commandments, focussing on their purpose and principles for living in relationship with God and each other. This forms the basis for introducing and exploring Jesus' 'new commandment' with reference back to the Commandments. The unit leads to a deeper understanding of how the Commandments and Jesus' 'new commandment' guide us in living in relationship with God and others. This unit focuses on the Liturgical Season of Lent as a time to reflect on how we live our lives. It explores choices and their impact on our growth and conversion. It teaches about the sacrament of Penance. The unit then reviews the events of Holy Week through the Scriptural Stations of the Cross.
English	The text types for reading and writing this term are Narratives weeks 1-6, and Persuasive Texts weeks 7-11. Spelling activities such as LSCWC, dictionary definitions, writing compound and complex sentences including list words and a VCOP strategy are used each week. Handwriting and Grammar are modeled and taught explicitly throughout the week. Reading strategies such as Making Connections, Visualising, Inferring, Monitoring, Questioning, Summarising and Paraphrasing will be taught and used throughout the term.
Maths	Chance and Data, Whole Number, Position, Length and Addition and Subtraction
HSIE	History - Learning how to describe people, events and actions related to world exploration and its effects Learning how to describe and explains effects of British colonisation in Australia Learning how to apply the skills of historical inquiry and communication
Science	Students identify the physical properties of materials They investigate the suitability of natural and manufactured materials for specific purposes Students will create a package that is designed to keep an Easter egg safe in the post, choosing protective materials to wrap the package in.
PDH/PE	PE - Net and Court games: Tennis focus PDH - Students will identify roles, rights and responsibilities in different relationships, exploring how they can influence theirs and others emotional and social wellbeing. They will recognise types of abuse and bullying behaviours and will practise strategies they can employ when they themselves feel unsafe or they see others in need of assistance or help.
Visual Arts	A combined Year 4 Artwork for the Armidale Show Two individual artworks for the School Art Show which is early Term 2. One focus will be on Vincent Van Gogh - Starry Night and Jackie French’s Fire and Flood.

Year 5 Term 1 Overview & Homework Process

English Writing Week 2 - 5:

Imaginative Texts

Students will write a range of imaginative texts from their own ideas and from stimulus.

Students will identify and construct narratives using the correct structure.

English Writing Week 6 - 11:

Persuasive Texts

Students will write a range of persuasive texts from their own ideas and from stimulus.

Students will identify and construct persuasive texts using the correct structure.

English Reading

Week 2 - 5 Reading Strategy :

Making Connections

Students will read, and be read, a range of different texts and make text to self, text to world and text to text connections.

Week 6 - 8 Reading Strategy :

Questioning

Students will read, and be read, a range of different texts and asked a range of comprehension questions. They will also examine texts to understand how to find the answers.

Week 9 - 11 Reading Strategy : Sumarising

Students will read, and be read, a range of different texts and be asked to write and verbally provide a summary of the text.

Mathematics

Week 2 - 3: Time

Students will use 24-hour time and am and pm notation in real life situations, identify the time using digital and analog clocks, compare 12- and 24-hour time systems and convert between them, determine and compare the duration of events, read, interpret and use a timetable and solve problems relating to time zones in Australia.

Week 4 - 5:

Place Value

Students will recognise, represent and order numbers to at least tens of millions.

Week 5 - 6:

Addition & Subtraction

Students select and apply appropriate strategies for addition and subtraction with counting numbers of any size.

Week 7 - 9 :

Decimals

Students will compare, order and calculate with fractions and decimals.

Week 10 - 11 :

Mass

Students will measure, record, compare and estimate the masses of objects using kilograms and grams .

Religion

Week 2 - 6 : The Reign of God: Reaching out in Justice.

This unit explores the Church’s mission to build a just world. Students will explore examples of injustice and how the Church continues the mission of Jesus by working for justice.

Week 7 - 11 : Lent a time for Growth

This unit explores the season of Lent as a time of conversion and growth. It presents Jesus’ passion as an experience of suffering and rejection. It also looks at Jesus’ response to a person suffering rejection.The Church’s celebration of the events of Holy Week will be presented and explored.

Science

Week 3 - 8: Space

Inquiry Question: How does the Earth compare to other planets in the solar system?

History

Week 9 - 11 (continued in Term 2) : Colonies

Students describe and explain the significance of colonial people and events to the development of Australia.

Homework

Every Thursday we will be writing our “Big Writes” so we will be sending home “Talk Homework” every Tuesday. Year Five have a reading log that we encourage the children to fill in each night with the current book they are reading. We also encourage you to PLEASE listen to your child read every night and sign off their reading log. On the student's Google Classroom we have also added in links to NAPLAN resources for you to access with your child to utilize for practice before the upcoming tests later in term 1.

Year 6 Term 1 Overview & Homework Process

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