June 18th

Welcome to Room 7's Clever Caterpillars blog post for Week 9. I would like to say a big thank you to Room 7 for the lovely warm welcome I've received as their new classroom teacher. I feel ever so lucky to be able to continue Miss Ryan's wonderful work and guide the students of Room 7 on their learning journeys for the remainder of the year. I believe in creating a safe and supportive learning environment for all students and I am excited to see the continued progress of our class for the rest of Term 2 and beyond.

Room 7 and Room 9 did an amazing job at today's assembly! Ms Papas and I are so proud of them. We will have photos on the blog in Week 10.

All the best,

Mrs Tindale

Here's an update from the Year 1 Team

Year 1 Blog Term 2, Week 9

Well, although it has been a long term we have seen it go by very quickly. It is encouraging to see most children progress to self-manage and self-regulate their behaviour and develop socially, emotionally and academically.

The Gradual Release of Responsibility underpins our daily work.

1                                       2                                        3                                     4

Model                          Share                               Guide                             Apply

I do                               We do                              You do                           You do

                                      as a                                                         

You watch                   team                                 I help                             I watch

Literacy

You can continue to support our daily writing by reading nine traditional fairytales to treasure forever.

Even find some big print books that you can read together.

Talk about the problem and solution.

Look at some perfect plots.

Problem                                Resolution

broken                                  broken item fixed

taken                                    object recovered

competition                        competition won or lost

object/person lost             victims helped or found

somebody trapped            escape or rescue

When writing a narrative -

Remember       

• Don’t get bogged down in detail and leave your work unfinished.

• It helps to know your ending.

• Use  adjectives, conjunctions and speech

Sentence Builder using openers, 3 adjectives, nouns, verbs, adverbs and an ending that makes sense, with correct punctuation, is encouraged.

Modelling daily is so important.

Remember to use a Timer for work to develop speed and accuracy.

Numeracy

In Numeracy there has been a focus on mixed addition and subtraction to 40 without regrouping.

To move forward the children need a solid knowledge of place value.

There are lots of different activities your child can do using a Hundreds Chart. Your child should be practising at least one activity each day. Here are some activities your child can do:

1. Count forwards by ones

2. Start counting forward from any point

3. Recognise and name numbers when pointed to randomly

4. Count backwards from 25

5. Identify the number that comes before a given number (eg. 29 comes before 30)

6. Identify the number that comes after a given number (eg. 40 comes after 39)

7. Write the number using correct formation (No reversals)

8. Count in decades (10, 20, 30 etc.)

9. Count by 2’s from 0 to 20

10. Point to a number and have your child collect that many objects

Last Friday, 11th June, we went on a “Wander out Yonder” to view the work of others on a Door Display. The children enjoyed this opportunity to learn about towns in Western Australia. You could consider reading “Are We There Yet?” by Alison Leister as the family travel around Australia.

Science

We have completed our Science experiments. We shared these with our Class and Year Level. Please continue to talk about the science behind everything we do.

Using the Inquiry Learning Approach we continue to view the things around us. We have set up an experiment to demonstrate Inquiry Learning. We are doing a Plant Experiment.

Ask your child about Gardening at School.

Some important events or dates

• All Year One classes will have completed their assembly items as at the end of Week 9.

• Rooms 10, 28, 30 did their assembly on 21st May based on Minibeasts.

Other events:

Super Scientist - Final Wednesday afternoon on 23rd June.

School Photos – 29th and 30th June.

Reports issued – 1st July, 2021

Semester break – 2nd July, 2021 

Remember to do Daily Typing for 10-15 mins. using Typing Tournament during the holidays.

Term 3:  19th July – 24th September.

Have a safe and warm July holiday!