Congratulations to Yuona for completing 25 nights of reading (3 weeks ago)! Well done!

Congratulations to Owen for completing 25 nights of reading (3 weeks ago)! Well done!

Congratulations to Rehmat for completing 25 nights of reading (2 weeks ago) ! Well done!

Congratulations to Cayden for completing 25 nights of reading (last week)! Well done!

Congratulations to Anina for completing 25 nights of reading! Well done!

Mathematics: This week, we have been learning how to skip count by tens, up to 120. On Monday, the students worked in pairs to partition collections into equal groups of ten. Once the groups were made, they skip counted to 120 or beyond, showcasing their understanding of skip counting. Below are photos of the students working together in their pairs, actively participating in this hands-on activity, which helped reinforce their skip counting skills.

Science- This week for science, we spoke about the wind in our weather unit. The students made their very own pinwheel to test out, using the wind.

Congratulations to Rynell for completing 25 nights of reading! Well done!

Congratulations to Hieu for completing 25 nights of reading! Well done!

Today we celebrated Harmony Day, and it was wonderful to see our students wearing their cultural and orange attire! The day was a beautiful reminder of the importance of diversity, respect, and inclusion. Thank you for your support in making this celebration special. Enjoy some beautiful photos of us all dressed up.

InitiaLit- This week, we’ve been learning new digraphs, including “ff,” “ss,” “ll,” and “ck.” Today, we introduced five new tricky words: all, ball, call, tall, and little. As a class, we wrote sentences using these words, and then, independently, the students completed a tricky word task and wrote their own sentences using one of the new words:

Religion- We watched the story about Irene, which is part of the Project Compassion campaign.

https://www.caritas.org.au/project-compassion/primary-student-zone

The students then wrote about the things that they are grateful for in their lives:

Art – Drama:

We have been exploring contemporary stories, such as Wombat Stew and Possum Magic, and acting out scenes from these narratives. Our focus has now shifted to Indigenous storytelling traditions known as The Dreaming. As a group, we read The Rainbow Serpent and performed it. Here is the story of The Rainbow Serpent:

Students showcased their acting skills by embodying various characters from the story. We then worked together as a class to act out the snake, forming a long chain with our bodies and moving around the room to the rhythm of the didgeridoo.

Technologies-

We presented some of the food choices available in the canteen to the class. We then had a discussion about which foods are considered “everyday foods” and which are “sometimes foods.” Afterwards,  we asked the students to suggest some foods they would like to see added to the canteen menu that aren’t there already.

A busy week in 1PN and 1ST this week with our assembly. Thank you so much to the parents and families for coming and supporting the students. They did a fantastic job! Here are some photos of the performance:

Have a great long weekend and we will see you on Tuesday.

In HASS, we have been focusing on the concept of history. So far, we have explored the past, present, and future, and have referred to these concepts throughout the week. Last week, the students created their own detailed timelines, reflecting events from age 1 through to age 6/7. They connected these events to the ideas of past, present, and future. This week, we shifted our focus to the months of the year and created a year-long timeline. This task required students to sequence events from the beginning to the end of the year. We also marked our current position on the number line by placing a star. The students appeared to enjoy this activity, and it’s exciting we get to share the timelines with you all.

Technologies- For technologies this term, we have been learning about different food types. The students had to show what food products can turn into other food products.

E.g. potatoes ➡️ chips, apples ➡️ apple pie

Have a great weekend and we will see you on Monday.

Show what food products can make other food products.

In science we have been exploring weather and in particular this week seasons. We watched a video about why there are seasons (attached below) and played a guess the season game.

Students drew what the environment and weather looks like in each season and possible activities they would do during the season. Enjoy some photos of their work (sorry not sure why some of the photos flipped).

English- The students have been getting into the swing of things with the InitiaLit program. 3 weeks in, they are getting used to how it is run and are doing well with the activities. Here are photos of the students completing a worksheet that corresponds with the teaching of the concept of what they learnt about that day:

Week 3 has been busy with lots of learning.

This week in Science we watched a news report on the weather. We then explored the different weather symbols and what they mean. The students became weather detectives and described the weather from yesterday (Wednesday), today (Thursday) and tomorrow (Friday) using weather symbols and describing words.

Religion- In religion this week, we watched the story, ‘Jesus Blesses the Little Children’.

The students had to think about other people in the class, and write about what makes them special:

A big welcome to all the families of 1PN and 1ST. We were very excited to meet all the children and had a wonderful first week together!

Here are the photos of the students on their very first day of year 1.

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Have a wonderful weekend and we will see you on Monday. 🙂

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