Revision for Year Two During the holidays, I will like you to reinforce the following skills with your child. Mathematics Skills Number and Algebra Orally count starting from 0 by 2s to 100. Represent and solve simple addition and subtraction problems to 40 using concrete materials, illustrations and counting on. Count collections to 100 or more by partitioning numbers using place value. · Measurement and Geometry Tell the time (hour and half hour). English Skills Use nouns, verbs, adverbs and adjectives correctly in sentences. Use basic conjunctions, contractions and similes in their writing. Write recounts,procedures and narratives, with neat writing and approximately one page in length. Apply basic proof reading and editing skills. Kind regards Miss Ryan
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Room 7 and 20 Christmas Lunch A Little Celebration! Dear Parents We are nearing the end of a fantastic year and so to celebrate we have planned a special day for the students. On the 13th December (Wednesday) , the students will be having a Christmas lunch. What to bring: Your child needs to bring a plate of food or drink to share at our lunch. Please see the list on the window and write your name next to the food or drink that your child will bring to the lunch. Morning Tea: Please bring morning tea (as usual). If you have any questions, please come and see us. Kind regards Miss Ryan and Miss Lamb
Term Four Learning Outcomes In the classroom, the students are revising: Mathematics Skills Number and Algebra Orally count to 200 and from 100 from any starting point. Represent and solve simple addition and subtraction problems to 40 using concrete materials, illustrations and counting on. Count collections to 100 or more by partitioning numbers using place value. Accurately share and group objects equally. Understand and describe the concept of one-half as part of a whole. · Measurement and Geometry Tell the time (hour and half hour). Give and follow specific directions to familiar locations (positional words, clockwise/anticlockwise). Statistics and Probability Choose simple questions and gather responses to collect data. Draw simple data displays. Represent data with objects and drawings (one to one correspondence). English Skills Use nouns, verbs, adverbs and adjectives correctly in senten
Authors at work As part of our Year One English Program, the students have been creating detailed texts for a range of purposes using simple frameworks. Recount Purpose : To retell a series of events. Swimming by Misbah On the sunny weekend, my Mum, brother, sister and I went to the Belmont Swimming Centre because I had swimming lessons. First, I got changed into my colourful swimming bathers. Then I found my friendly swimming instructor. She taught my group how to swim using our hands and feet. After my swimming lesson, I had a warm shower before coming home. I had an awesome time at swimming lessons. I can’t wait to go again! Procedure Purpose : To tell someone how to make or do something. How to pack a bag for school by Lucas Goal: To pack a school bag. Materials: 1x Bag 2x Folders 1x Library bag 1x Hat 1x Lunch box 1x Drink bottle Steps: 1. Put your bag on the clean floor. 2. Unzip the main section of your bag
Welcome to Term Four! From Miss Ryan The Clever Caterpillars have had an excellent start to Term Four. Over the last four weeks,the students have been involved in many great events... Dancing On the 9 th October, the students commenced dancing lessons. Congratulations to all the students for their outstanding effort and enthusiasm displayed during the dancing lessons. Keep up the fantastic work! Year Level Challenge Presentation On the 18 th October, the students attended a whole school assembly. At the assembly, the results for the Term Three Year Level Challenge were announced. Well done to Kyan for achieving 100% on the Year One Challenge. Top work, Kyan! Love Angel Christmas Project The students have been participating in the Love Angel Christmas Project. This project has been initiated by Dr Ros Worthington to encourage and promote compassion and philanthropic values in students. We are one of 25 schools participating in the projec
Wonderful last week of Term Three! Learning Journey Thank you to all the parents and grandparents for visiting our classroom and participating in the Learning Journey. It was lovely to see you taking a moment with your child to discuss their learning and view samples of their work. Thank you for completing the 'Two Stars and A Wish' with your child. This information will support the children in forming their English and Mathematics Goals for Term Four. Junior Assembly On the 22nd September, the students attended their last Junior Assembly for Term Three. Congratulations to Lola and Philip for receiving their well-deserved Merit Certificates. I am very impressed with your wonderful effort towards learning. Keep it up! I wish you all a happy and safe holiday. I will see you back at school on the 9th October (Monday). Kind regards Miss Ryan
Term Four Super Science Challenge Research Projects In Term Four, the Super Scientist challenge will be in the form of a research project. All students have been invited to research any scientific topic and present their information to the class in a short two minute presentation. Students are allowed to use posters, charts and ICT resources such as MS PowerPoint to support their presentation. The Year One class presentations will take place in Week 1 of Term 4 , starting from Tuesday the 10th October. Timetable Day Group MONDAY 9 th October TUESDAY 10 th October Koalas WEDNESDAY 11 th October Wombats THURSDAY 12 th October Kookaburras FRIDAY 13 th October Kangaroos Each Year One class will select their top two 'Super Scientists' and they will move forward to the Year Level Super Scientist challenge. The Year One Super Sc
What skills to revise during the holidays? During the holidays, I will like you to reinforce the following skills with your child. Mathematics Skills Number and Algebra Orally count to 200 and from 100 from any starting point. Orally count starting from 0 by 2s to 100. Identify odd and even numbers to 20. Read and understand basic facts to 40 (addition and subtraction) Represent and solve simple addition and subtraction problems to 40 using concrete materials, illustrations and counting on. Count collections to 100 or more by partitioning numbers using place value. Accurately share and group objects equally. Understand and describe the concept of one-half as part of a whole. Recognise, describe and order Australian coins and notes according to value. · Measurement and Geometry Measure and compare capacity using uniform informal units. Tell the time (hour and half hour). Give and follow specific directions to familiar
Junior Assembly Award Winners On the 15th September , the students attended a Junior Assembly presented by Room 1 and Room 6. Congratulations to Alexander W, Samuel and Alyssa for receiving their well-deserved Merit Certificates. Keep up the good effort, Caterpillars. You are all amazing! Kind regards Miss Ryan
Physical Education Program As part of the school's Physical Education Program, the students participated in the Cross Country and Sports Carnival during Term Three. Cross Country This year fifteen students from Room 7 participated in the Junior Cross Country. Congratulations to Willow, Lola, Misbah, Amelia, Monet, Laylah, Isabella, Alyssa, Jacob, Alexander LB, Joshua, Bryce, Samuel, Kyan and Lucas on a wonderful effort. Thank you to all the students for their great cheering. You were an awesome cheering squad! Sports Carnival Congratulations to all the students for their outstanding effort and enthusiasm displayed at the sports carnival. A big congratulations to PURPLE for being the winning faction for 2017. Interschool Athletics Carnival Well done to Monet and Kyan for being selected to participate in the running races and team games at the Interschool Athletics Carnival. Kind regards Miss Ryan
National Wattle Day On the 31st August, the students celebrated National Wattle Day . We celebrated it a day earlier because of the Faction Carnival taking place on the 1st September. Facts Wattle is our school emblem. Wattle is our national floral emblem. Wattle is Australian and represents us all. Like all people, wattle has great diversity. Wattle welcomes in the spring. Wattle is a unifying symbol for all Australians . Throughout the day, the students created flags, decorated badges and designed their own Wattle Day art work. Kinds regards Miss Ryan
Book Week! Reading books is a FUN adventure! Last week, the Clever Caterpillars participated in a range of integrated activities to celebrate Book Week. The activities included: Drawing a portrait of their favourite book character. Delivering a 5 minute presentation about their favourite book character to their peers. Planning, designing and creating a picture of their favourite place to escape to. Writing about their favourite place to escape to. Reading with their buddies in class. On the 23rd of August, the students dressed up as their favourite book character and participated in a whole school parade . Congratulations to all the students on their fantastic costumes! I am very proud of you all☺☺☺ Queen of Hearts with the Super Heroes Queen of Hearts with the Football Players Queen of Hearts with the Princesses Queen of Hearts with Alice Queen of Hearts with Dory Queen of Hearts wit
A Wonderful Science Week! It's fun, it's awesome and it's cool. It's Science! Throughout Week Five, the Clever Caterpillars participated in a range of exciting science activities to celebrate Science Week. I hope you enjoy the Science PowerPoint made by Room 7. This is an embedded Microsoft Office presentation, powered by Office Online . Kind regards Miss Ryan
Term Three Learning Outcomes In the classroom, the students are learning to: Mathematics Skills Number and Algebra Orally count to 200 and from 100 from any starting point. Orally count starting from 0 by 2s to 100. Identify odd and even numbers to 20. Read and understand basic facts to 20 (addition and subtraction) Represent and solve simple addition and subtraction problems to 40 using concrete materials, illustrations and counting on. Count collections to 100 or more by partitioning numbers using place value. Accurately share and group objects equally. Understand and describe the concept of one-half as part of a whole. · Measurement and Geometry Measure and compare capacity using uniform informal units. Tell the time (hour and half hour). Give and follow specific directions to familiar locations (positional words, clockwise/anticlockwise). Statistics and Probability Choose simple questions and gather responses to