Year One

Term One

Edendale Farm Excursion

On Friday I went to Edendale Farm.  Firstly I went on the bus and I sat next to Salena.  It was fun.

Secondly I went around the farm getting to know everything.  Then we put our bags away and got our brain food.

We learnt about water mini beasts, Eltham Copper Butterflies and how worms work hard making compost for us. Then we had snack and went around the farm to do our activities.  During lunch we watched a video on water quality.

Finally, we caught the bus and went back to school.

by Lidia A

On Friday the 18th of March we went on a Year One excursion to Edendale farm. We went on a bus and I was very excited. A nice lady talked about invertebrates. It’s a scientific word for min beasts. We did three activities.

Firstly we learnt about water mini beasts. We got a container to put the mini beast in with a magnifying glass. Then we got a sheet of paper and we had to identify them.

The second activity was about the Eltham Copper Butterfly. We hear the story of its life cycle and we answered some questions. I was very happy. Then we dressed up as the butterflies life cycle, in the correct order.

Thirdly, we learnt about worms, recycling and compost. We recycled some things in the yellow, red, green and black tubs. We washed our hands and then held some worms.  Then we had to wash our hands again. We talked about what they do and how they are important in our life.

Finally we had to hop on the bus and go back to school.

by Jun O

On Friday we went on a year one excursion to Edendale farm. Firstly we went to Tim. With Tim we had to have a magnifying glass and a little cup.  We also had a piece of paper that had all the mini beast on them. We had to get the cup and put it into the tub of water and find the mini beast. Some were back swimmers and other mini beasts.

Next we did the Eltham Copper Butterfly. We dressed up in the life cyle of the butterfly.  Then we had to get into the correct order.

Lastly we went to a lady and she talked about invertebrates. This was really good.

Then we caught the bus back to school.

by Stephanie K

Term Two

Coopers Settlement Excursion

On Friday I went to Bundoora Farm Heritage Village. I learnt about the olden day farm. I went to the olden day school then we pretended we were horses. We ate our brain food. Then we did a dance. Then we ate snack. We looked at the printing machine. We went to the old barn. We walked back to get our bags then we went back on the bus to school.

by Jack T

On Friday I went on a bust to the Herritage Village. When I got there we did four activities and the activities were throwing horse shoe and the other activity was bowling. The next activitiy was the olden day house. At the olden day house we had to find three olden day things. The three olden day things was a music player. The next things was a fridge and the next thing was a fire place. We found all the things. Then we went to the olden day school and the girls had to go in first. We had a piece of paper and it had pluses. We went to our school and we went home and I had a fun day.

by Jaydyn H

On Friday I went to Bundoora Farm Heritage Village. I saw an olden day school. When we got there I was happy. It was so much fun. At the end of the day I felt excited. My favourite part was the paper machines. 

by Sierra T

Semester One

Student Reflections

During Semester one we had our first six months of school. We love being in Grade 1 because we learnt time and more new things. In literacy I learnt how to write neat and good too. In Inquiry I learnt Past and Present at Bundoora Farm and we went to Edendale Farm. In maths I love playing on my ipad because I learnt how to play on Targeting Maths and I like it too. In Literacy I love writing stories. In Inquiry I love minibeasts. I love minibeasts because I learnt about lots of new insects.

By Dona P

During Semester one, we had our first six months of school. We loved being in Grade 1 because we learnt lots of new things. In maths I learnt measurement. I liked this because it makes me smart. In literacy I learnt writing. I liked this because it gives me energy. In inquiry I liked the past and present. I liked this because it gives me energy too.

By Milana S

Term Three

Year One Dinner 

Last Thursday night all of the Year Ones had a special event. It was the Year One dinner! Firstly our parents dropped us off and signed us in. Then we went off to find our place mat until the teachers offered us a beverage. Following that we had pizza. I had hawaiin and chicken and then we had a banana. After that we ate chocolate ice-cream. Then we played pass the parcel. There were lollipops in the parcel. Then we had a dance party. Then we went home.

by Angus H

Science day

On Wednesday morning I learnt about science and I learnt abuot natural and man made. The first activity, we went outside to look for natural and man-made materials. And then we came inside and made an animal. I made a fish.

by Lucas K

In the morning, when 1B finished the roll, the grade 6's people came. And we learned about man made and antural materials. Then we did a scavenger hunt for some materials. Then we packed them all up. After that we washed hands.

by Milana S 

Term Four

Student Reflections

"I like playing with my friends in Year One. I liked going to the swimming carnival because I like swimming. I liked going to the farm because I liked seeing the animals" Chloe

"I enjoyed going to the swimming carnival this year. I liked running at the athletics carnival because we got ribbons and I won the race (out of all the girls)"

Jaydyn H

"We got to do some things with our teachers in year one. I liked doing word searches and colouring in sheets"

Tahlia

"I learned to not be shy to people that you don’t know and say yes you can play with me. I like making recounts and stories and I like my teachers"

Sierra T

"I like doing PE like playing tiggy. I like playing the instruments in music"

Tejas

"I like writing stories in literacy. I like art when we paint"

Melissa

"I like doing art. In art I liked making the clay cups. I liked when we went to the swimming carnival. At the swimming carnival I liked going to the pool"

Angus

"I liked colouring in in Art. I liked the Mini-beast incursions when we tried to grab the water minibeast"

Cameron 

"I liked writing. I liked playing with my friends outside and dancing with my friends. I like reading to people. I liked going to the farm on excursion. We got to see animals that live in wet places. I liked the swimming carnival"

Milana

"I liked writing in Literacy. I liked going to Bundoora Farm. I liked all the animals. I like maths. I like all the different things that you learn like different numbers"

Braeden

"I liked writing recounts about the weekend and writing stories about narratives. Learning how to write neatly. I like going to the farm with the minibeasts. I liked the year one dinner with the pizza"

Shayla

"I love going to maths and learning about addition. I liked going on the excursion to the swimming carnival"

Dylan

"I like PE. I liked going on the excursions. I liked swimming in the swimming carnival because I like water. I like literacy and maths . I like doing activities and I like going to assembly and I like the fun bits of the school – the playground and stuff"

Jacob

"I liked the Year one dinner. I liked eating the pizza. I liked going to the farm. I got to see a lot of olden day things"

Vignesh

"I liked the swimming carnival and the dinner. About the swimming carnival, I really liked the activities. For the dinner, I really liked when we played pass the parcel"

Carmel

"I liked the swimming carnival. I liked when we were swimming and doing activities. I liked the farm when we saw all the animals"

Abbie

"I like when we go on excursions. I liked when we went to the farm and fed the horses. I liked the year one dinner when we were dancing"

Lidia