1W - Parent Information
Year 1W- Term 3 Information
Welcome We are very excited to welcome you back to school this term and we hope that you had a wonderful break. This newsletter will provide you with an overview of the subjects for Term Three, along with important dates for your diary. | Reminders
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English READING Across this term we will be continuing with the structured literacy approach in our classrooms. As previously mentioned, there are five essential and interdependent components of effective, evidence-based reading instruction that we follow at St Joseph’s in Prep, Year One and Two. Each morning between 9-9:30am we begin the day with explicit phonics and spelling instruction through MSL. Some students attend Spelling Mastery in other classrooms at this time.
These 5 components are taught consistently through the weekly lessons.
Additionally, the students work with the teacher in guided reading groups at their level to develop their decoding, fluency, and comprehension skills.
WRITING Writing begins with work related to basic sentence level and builds onto the construction of various text types. In addition, students are explicitly taught grammar and punctuation when writing sentences. This term we will continue to focus on learning how to construct a variety of genres such as narrative, procedural and information reports.
HOME READERS Your child will bring home a text to read aloud to you every night. Please enter the title and sign the diary each night and place it back into the blue book bag. The majority of the books are decodable texts and you can encourage your child to sound out each phoneme (single sounds) as they encounter more difficult words. If there is time, ask your child a couple of key questions about the text as this helps them to develop their comprehension (understanding) of the text that they are reading.
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Mathematics Throughout Term Three we will cover the following topics:
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Topic All Things Stem
Learning ideas: Technologies - Design and Technology; Digital technology
Key Questions: How can we design solutions to meet the needs of others? How does technology impact the way we live?
Curriculum Links:
Design and technology: Students will describe the purpose of familiar designed solutions and how they meet the needs of users and affect others and environments. They will identify the features and uses of some technologies for each of their contexts.
Digital technologies: Students will identify how common digital systems are used to meet specific purposes. Students will consider solutions to simple problems using a sequence of steps and decisions. They will create and organise their ideas and information using online technologies.
| Religion Knowledge and Understanding - explain key scripture stories of love and care for the environment in relation to local community issues.
Reasoning and Responding - interpret the meaning of stewardship in relation to local community actions.
Personal and Communal Engagement - reflect on how people can be stewards of creation.
Principles of Catholic Social Teaching: Dignity of the Human Person
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Term Three Dates | |
Date | Event |
| Monday 17th July | Parent Teacher interviews (1.30pm-7pm) School finishes at normal time of 3.30pm |
| Tuesday 1st August | Year 1 and Year 2 teachers at Early Numeracy conference |
| Week 6 | National Science Week |
| Saturday 19th August | School Social Event at De La Selle |
| Monday 21st August | Book Week begins - dress up parade/activities |
| Friday 1st September | Father’s/Special People Liturgy |
| Sunday 3rd September | Father’s Day |
| Monday 11th- Thursday 14th September | Class liturgies and open book morning |
| Friday15th September | Footy Colours Day End of term for students 3.30pm finish |
| Monday 2nd October | First Day Term 4 |
Teacher Contact Details St Joseph’s School Office: 9597 6300
1W: Celia Williamson | |