Welcome to Week 5! We are halfway through Term 2 already.

This week we celebrated Reconciliation Week. Reconciliation Week is a time for all Australians to learn about our shared histories, cultures, and achievements, and to explore how each of us can contribute to achieving reconciliation in Australia. This year’s National Reconciliation Week theme, Bridging Now to Next, encourages all Australians to come together, look to the future, and keep moving forward, using the lessons of the past to guide us.

Each student created a handprint and decorated it with words and images that represented what reconciliation means to them. We then planted the handprints along the garden beds near Kiss and Drop, forming a vibrant and meaningful ‘Sea of Hands’.

 

In English, we practised reading and writing CVCC and CCVC words (consonant-vowel patterns). The students also continued developing their information books, focusing specifically on describing their chosen animal’s appearance. They began adding labels to their illustrations, identifying and naming different parts of the animal.

 

In Maths, we continued working on our addition strategies to solve problems using numbers within 20.

 

In Religion, we listened to the Gospel story, ‘The Poor Widow’s Offering’ and discussed how we too can be generous without necessary offering money to others. We can be generous be showing kindness, caring for others and helping others.

In Technologies, we explored the concept of a bird’s eye view and examined examples of simple maps. Students then applied their understanding by creating their own maps from a bird’s eye perspective.

In Science, we are learning about how a bean plant grows and changes. We discussed the different stages in its life cycle and the students arranged these using pictures and words.

In HASS, students are exploring how people communicated in the past compared to today. They are learning to explain what communication is, give examples, and show how it has changed over time using pictures and sentences.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Welcome to a look at Week 4!

In Literacy, we have been reviewing the digraph sounds ‘wh’, ‘th’, ‘oo’ and ‘ay’. We are identifying, spelling and using words with these digraphs in our reading and writing.

We visited the the MUDLA this week so that students can choose an animal to research and write up an information text. The students were so excited to visit the MUDLA and view the many animals that reside there. We are looking forward to working on these information books in the coming weeks.

In Maths, the children have been exploring addition to 10, using helpful strategies like drawing pictures, counting on from the larger number, and learning rainbow facts to ten.

In Health, we have been describing strategies requires to develop respectful relationships. The children drew a picture to represent a positive relationship demonstrating at least one right and responsibility.

 

In Religion, the students viewed and discussed the story of Mary. They drew a picture of her and then wrote everything they know about her.

 

In Technologies, the children created the masks they designed last week of their favourite character or animal, using their designs to help guide their creations.

Visiting the MUDLA– for our Information Text writing.

National Simultaneous Story Time

National Simultaneous Storytime (NSS) is an annual event in Australia and New Zealand where a children’s book is read simultaneously in various locations around the country. This year, marks the 25th year that this event is happening. This Wednesday we celebrated by reading “The Truck Cat” by Deborah Frenkel and illustrated by Danny Snell.

In Science, the children planted their own broad bean plant after discussing what plants need to survive. We will look after them and document their growth in a plant diary over the next few weeks.

Congratulations to Isabel for reading 25 nights!

In HASS, we are learning to identify the differences between the past and the present. This week, we explored how toys have changed over time. We learned that toys in the past were often handmade from materials like wood or metal. They were usually operated by hand, with wind-up or turn mechanisms. In contrast, toys today are generally made from plastic and are often electronic. This allows for mass production, making toys more widely available and less expensive.

In Art, the children created their own artwork using what they have learnt about Line Elements of Art. Their photo was was stuck on a piece of paper and they used black and coloured markers to draw ‘crazy’ hair using curly, wavy or zig-zaggy lines. They then filled in teh swirls and curls with different Line and pattern combinations.

Welcome to Week 3! We started off the week with a special Liturgy dedicated to our amazing mothers in our lives.

In English, we explored the ‘ng’ and ‘ay’ sounds and the children identified, spelled and used words with ‘ng’ and ‘ay’ in their reading and writing. In Bookmaking, we continued our learning in information texts; exploring the differences between imaginative stories and informative texts. We also compared different types of real and imaginary images and discussed when we would use each type when creating different texts.

This week in Maths, we introduced a new topic: addition and subtraction. We explored what both operations mean, what they look like, and practiced drawing their symbols (e.g., plus (+) and minus (–)).

We also learned an important concept — that a number stays the same when you add or subtract 0 (zero).

In addition, we began using bar models to help us explore the concept of number bonds to ten (also known as friends of ten — pairs of numbers that add up to 10). The children had a go at identifying different combinations, using the bar model to visualize how two parts come together to make a whole.

 

 

 

In Arts, we explored and experimented with the visual art elements of shape, colour, line, space and texture. The students filled each circle with different types of lines, using a fine black texta to draw the lines. They also drew line patterns on leaf shapes.

In Religion, we viewed The Visitation (Luke 1:39-56) and then discussed who Mary visited and what happened when Mary spoke. The students then drew a picture of what happened in the story together with some words to describe the experience.

In Technologies, we revisited the design process and the students were asked to design their own mask. They drew their mask design and labelled and listed materials needed to create their mask. They will make their mask next week.

In HASS this week, we continued exploring the differences between the past and the present. We focused on how life was different in the past and how people completed everyday tasks without modern technology.

To bring this concept to life, we made our own butter in class — just like people did in the past! The children enjoyed tasting their homemade butter.

In Art, we explored lines. We experimented with a variety of lines – using broken, jagged, dashed, vertical and horizontal.

Welcome to Week 2!

Happy Mother’s Day to all of our mothers. We hope you enjoy a relaxing day!

Next Monday, 12^th May, our school community will be celebrating Mother’s Day with a liturgy to be held in House teams. Our Year 6 House and Mission Leaders will host each liturgy, which begins at 9am. The liturgy locations include:

• St Pope John-Paul II House (Red) – Hall 
• St Vincent De Paul House (Cream) – Curiosity 
• St Mary MacKillop House (Black) – Mass Centre

From 8:00am until 9:00am on the Monday morning, a coffee cart will be supplying complimentary coffee, tea and other hot drinks for staff and families. We would love to see as many mothers, grandmothers, big sisters, aunts and cousins as possible.

In Literacy, we looked at reading and spelling words with ‘th’ and ‘oo’ as in ‘moon’. The students practised finding the sounds in words, reading and writing words that make that sound. In Bookmaking, we continued our learning around information texts, specifically around the use of facts versus opinions. We watched a video on ‘whales’, discussed the facts that we learnt about and the students needed to think about three facts that they could include on their information report.

Congratulations to Jason for reading 50 nights!

In Numeracy, the children continued their learning on skip counting by 2s. They practiced their counting skills in various ways and also worked on grouping collections by 2s to count more efficiently.

Next week we will start a new topic in Mathematics!

In Religion, we explored the Annunciation of Mary. The children listened to a story and song about the special moment when the Angel announced to Mary that she would be expecting Baby Jesus. They were then invited to draw their interpretation of the story.

In Technology, the children used their designs from last week to create their Emoji masks. We discussed the importance of using our design plans to guide us through the creation process, while also recognising that making changes or additions is a valuable part of being a great designer. Take a look at how they turned out!

 

Mother’s Day Craft

 

 

 

Welcome to Week 11! What a wonderful and busy week we have had to finish off our term.

In Literacy, we introduced /v/ (Vera Vulture), linking to letter ‘v’; /ks/ (Flexible Max), linking to letter ‘x’; and new sound /y/ (Yawning Yak), linking to letter ‘y’. We then consolidated our understanding through text reading and writing.

The children edited and finished off their narrative storybooks.

 

In Maths, the students consolidated their understanding of skip counting by 5’s. They continued to count, read and write the multiples of 5 and ensured each number ended in the correct pattern of 5 then 0. Next Term, we will begin our Maths learning around counting by 2’s.

 

SPORTS DAY!

 

 

Thankyou for a wonderful start to the year! We wish all the children and families a safe and Happy Easter!

 

Kind Regards,

Emily

Hi all,

Just a reminder that this Thursday is a whole school casual day. We ask that students who wear casual clothes bring a donation of either a bag of chocolates or lollies. These donations will be used to support the schools Market Day. Students are still more than welcome to wear their school uniform on this day.

 

 

Thankyou,

Emily and Irene

Welcome back to another busy week in Year 1!

 

This week in Literacy we revised our letter sounds and names. We learnt how to spell some more tricky words ( was, you, very) and we added sounds to the beginning of words to make new words. We also introduced the digraphs – ll, ss, ff and zz. When we see two letters that are the same at the end of a word, the two letters together say just one sound. We also revisited our vowels again and revised the digraphs ‘ck’, ‘sh’ and ‘wh’ in words.

The take home learning books have been placed in your child’s library bag. Please ensure this is kept in the library bag and returned to school daily. On Thursdays, we will put in extra sheets for the children to complete in the following week. A designated basket labelled ‘Home Learning Books’ has been placed in the classroom for the children to put their home learning books in on Thursday. Please encourage your child to do this.

In Numeracy, we explored using the correct formation and accurate spelling of the numbers 5, 6, 7 and 8. The children also explored concepts like subsisting, adding smaller numbers and counting collections of objects.

 

 

In Science, we have been investigating Weather. This week we watched a weather report and had a go at drawing the different weather symbols. The children enjoyed talking about the hot weather we had this week!

 

 

Have a wonderful weekend! We look forward to seeing the children on Monday

Dear families and caregivers,

Welcome to the 2024 school year.

It has been a great start! We have had the pleasure of meeting some of you throughout the week so far. We have also loved meeting and getting to know your children too. We look forward to working with you all across the year to support your children. Here are some pictures of a few things we got up too through the week.

 

My First Day of Year 1

Morning Activities

 

Being a Bucket Filler

 

 

 

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