Welcome back to school everyone! We hope that you all had a wonderful Easter and a restful break. We are looking forward to an exciting term full of rich learning experiences.
This term in writing we will be continuing with our Writer’s Workshop. This approach to writing will allow students to become more confident to have a go and provide them with more choice as to where they take their writing. We will be scheduling more time to conference with the students in small groups to provide the opportunity to set goals and receive individual feedback. We will be encouraging the students to bring in some seeds from home to use as an inspiration for writing – more information to come on this.
We will continue to focus on spelling, phonics and handwriting daily. Students will be explicitly taught phonemes, graphemes and spelling strategies, turning them into amazing literary legends!
We are very impressed with the progress the students have demonstrated in Reading and Viewing. We have been using decodable readers in the classroom as an aid to assist with the strategy to decode new and unfamiliar words. Our take-home books are a good fit and are intended to promote fluency and comprehension while nurturing a genuine love for reading. For this reason, books will be slightly below their current instructional level. A friendly reminder to record reading and tally up nights of reading in daily in their yellow logbooks to ensure we can celebrate these achievements. Please remember to bring in reader bags and logbooks everyday.
In maths this term we will be focussing heavily on addition and subtraction. Addition strategies that we will cover are counting on, partitioning and friends of ten. We will explore the physical process of taking away and will extend this by exploring one/two less. Throughout the term we will be looking closely at time duration including calendars, days of the week and morning/afternoon etc.
We will incorporate Mathletics into our sessions. Please feel free to use this program as an aid for learning at home should you wish to.
This term, our Grade 1 students are diving into the world of Design and Technologies with an exciting unit called Little Geppetto’s! They will explore how everyday products are designed and created to meet our needs. Through hands-on activities, students will experiment with different materials, tools, and techniques to bring their own designs to life. To enhance their learning, students will also participate in two fantastic incursions—Little Woodworkers, where they will build their own wooden creations, and Task Works, a designing and building experience. This unit encourages creativity, problem-solving, and teamwork, and we can’t wait to see their amazing designs in action!
Lights! Cameras! Action! The production is happening and is fast approaching!
The production this year is ‘Villainous Voices – The Ultimate Showdown’. The students are buzzing with excitement as practises are well underway to make it a show to remember! We kindly ask that you promptly organise your child’s requirements for costumes.
1E – Plain black bottoms (shorts, pants or a skirt) no shoes required
1T – Plain black pants or leggings, plain white t-shirt and no shoes
1S – black singlet, black shorts (bike shorts are fine) and no shoes
We are looking forward to an amazing production!
As part of our school’s effort to improve our overall student attendance, we are implementing some rewards and awards for students who come to school everyday! There is a Statewide and Regional focus on improved school attendance, as the impacts on missing high numbers of days are far-reaching.
We understand that illness is unavoidable and students should stay home to recover when they are unwell.
