What has been happening in Room 7? 

Introduction

The Pre Primary and Year One children have had a wonderful start to the school year. They have settled into the class routines and enjoyed visiting the specialist classes.

In our classroom, the children are learning how to work together in groups. Each week, they participate in a team building activity. 

We have six home teams called...

 Team One: Squid Family

 Team Two: Grey Sharks

Team Three: Turtles

 Team Four: Dolphins

Team Five: Whales

Team Six: Blue Whales

Parent Information Session

Thank you to all the parents for attending the Parent Information Evening. I hope you gained a better understanding of our routines, classroom management, my expectations and school policies. 

Term One Learning Outcomes 

In the classroom, the children are learning to:

Pre Primary 

English 

• Write their first and last name accurately. 
• Recognise upper and lower case sounds.
• Blend and segment sounds orally.
• Identify title, author, word, letter, space and page.

Mathematics 

• Counts forward in sequence to 100.
• Count backwards from 20.
• Count collections in a variety of ways i.e. placing objects into a bag.
• Subitise collections to 6 both regular and irregular. 
• Compare collections according to quantity i.e 'more', 'less', 'same as' and 'not the same as'. 
• Read numerals, identifies numerals and matches to quantities 0-20.
• Copy and continue a pattern with objects, drawings, sounds and movement.

History

• Identify places people live in and belong to (e.g. neighbourhood, suburb, town, rural locality), the familiar features in the local area and why places are important to people. 

Science

• Identify that materials have different properties.
• Makes connections between materials and the local environment.

Health 

• Hold and adult's hand when walking near traffic and while crossing the road.
• Identify the steps for crossing the road. 1-  STOP at least one step back from the kerb or edge of the road. 2- LOOK in all directions for approaching traffic (left, right, front and back). 3- LISTEN in all directions for sounds of approaching traffic. 4- THINK before deciding if it is safe to cross.
• Recognise safe places to cross the road (straight stretches of road, away from corners and roundabouts, not on a hill, and at a crosswalk or traffic signals with pedestrian lights)

Technology 

• Identify how to safely hold the Ipad and turn on the Ipad.
• Identify how to find the icons for Youtube and the camera.
• Take photos and delete photos from the gallery. 

Year One

English

• Identify digraphs (Two letters coming together to make one sound).
• Identify nouns and pronouns.
• Use full stops, capital letters and question marks appropriately.
• Recognise words beginning with sh, ch, th and wh.
• Understand the meaning of words in sentences.
• Write letters with the correct formation and size. 

Mathematics 

• Accurately use the five counting principles. 
• Read, write and order numbers to 100.
• Subitise collections up to 15.
• Orally count starting from 0 by 2’s, 5’s, 10’s to 100.
• Read the word numerals for 1 to 20.
• Read and understand basic facts to 20 (addition and subtraction).
• Represent and solve simple addition and subtraction problems to 30 using concrete materials, illustrations, counting on and counting back, partitioning and rearranging parts.  

History

• Identify the differences in family structures and roles, and how these have changed or remained the same over time.  
  

Science

• Predict and compare how the shapes of objects made from different materials can be physically changed through actions such as bending, stretching and twisting.
• Describe how different materials change when warmed or cooled. 

Health 

• Hold and adult's hand when walking near traffic and while crossing the road.
• Identify the steps for crossing the road. 1-  STOP at least one step back from the kerb or edge of the road. 2- LOOK in all directions for approaching traffic (left, right, front and back). 3- LISTEN in all directions for sounds of approaching traffic. 4- THINK before deciding if it is safe to cross.
• Recognise safe places to cross the road (straight stretches of road, away from corners and roundabouts, not on a hill, and at a crosswalk or traffic signals with pedestrian lights)

Technology 

• Identify the different components of computers/ laptops and their uses.
• Identify how to turn on the computer/ laptop and log in.
• Recognise software such as Microsoft Office and internet explorer.
• Develop Word Processing skills (Use shift key to captialise, use shift key to insert symbols, change font colour, make text bold, underline text and insert clip art).

Great Resources

To support the children in counting, I have been incorporating some entertaining songs into our daily Mathematics Warm Ups. The songs focus on counting from 1 to 100, counting by 2s, counting by 5s and 

counting by 10s. I have saved the songs into the Resources Section of our blog. At home, I encourage you to provide opportunities for your child to orally count from 0 by 2s, 5s and 10s to 100.

Special Events

Student Councillors

Congratulations to Charles and Olivia for being voted by their peers as the Student Councillors for Room 7.

Fortnightly Tests

Congratulations to Charles, Olivia and Jeremy for achieving 100% on their first Year One Fortnightly Test. 

Merit Certificates 

Congratulations to Alison, Gracie and Olivia for receiving their well- deserved Merit Certificates. Keep up the outstanding effort. 

Class Awards

Congratulations to the children for winning the School Uniform and Art Awards. You are all Superstars! 

Australian Day

On the 14th February, the children participated in a 'Australian Day' celebration. The children looked stunning in their costumes. Thank you for your time and effort in helping your child with their costumes, and for your donations. 

Thank you

Thank you very much for your wonderful support over the last few weeks. If you have any questions or would like to chat, please come and see me. 

Kind regards

Miss Ryan