Stage 1

Welcome to Term 3. This term we are looking forward to showcasing our learning during Education Week, participating in gymnastics at the gym centre and dressing up for Book Week. Please look for notifications on School Stream.

Home reading is an important part of supporting what happens in the classroom, please find some time each day to listen to your child read. For students reading decodable readers, discuss new sounds and words. You can check your child's understanding of more challenging texts by asking some questions about the text, storyline and characters. Please note that for Term 3, library day and return of home readers to your class teacher has changed for S1B and S1M. 

S1B – Friday

S1M – Wednesday

English

InitiaLit will continue this term. InitiaLit provides Stage 1 students with essential core knowledge and strong foundations to become successful readers and writers. Students will also be focusing on persuasive writing this term. 

We are learning to:

• read and write new tricky words
• listen to long and short vowels
• use new vocabulary
• use comprehension strategies to understand texts

Mathematics

Mathematics groups continue this term. Students are grouped according to their current level of achievement and need. During maths groups, students are given the opportunity to consolidate their skills through maths games and hands-on activities, as well as being challenged by new concepts of increasing complexity. A major focus for this term is forming groups (multiplication and division).

We are learning to: 

• skip count
• identify and describe number patterns
• use repeated addition to solve multiplication problems
• partition collections of objects into equal groups

PDH

We are learning to:

• understand what it means to be respectful of others
• cooperate and observe rules in class activities
• identify groups people belong to and why they are important
• describe our unique strengths