End of term 1 2021

Happy holidays . Term one sure zoomed by in the blink of an eye!

I’m so very proud of the students progress in such a short time, I can’t wait to see what the rest of the year brings us. 

Below includes information of learning covered in class, beautiful photos of harmony day and holiday revision.  

Mathematics Resources 

Word Problems 

 

I have introduced the CUBES Strategy to the children. The children are using this strategy to solve addition and subtraction word problems.

 

The steps are:

 

 

 

At home, I would like you to remind your child to use the CUBES Strategy when completing word problems. 

 

Measurement and Geometry  

In Room 9 the Year One children have been learning to: 

• Name and order the days of the week.

• Name and order the months of the year.

• Name the seasons.

Here are some focus questions to ask your child at home.

 

Days of the week	Months of the year	Seasons
How many days are there in a week?	How many months are there in a year?	How many seasons in a year?
How many days in a fortnight?	How many days in a month?	What are the seasons in order?
How many hours in a day?	What are the months in order?
What are the days in order?

 

 

Harmony Week

Harmony Week

Buddy class 

We all looked amazing 

Buddies 

Buddies 

Our harmony day art. 

Harmony day art 

Art Installation

 

In Visual Arts, the children contributed to a beautiful art display of hearts.

Buddy class activity 

 

For Harmony day we  got together with our buddy class Room 18. We had so much fun! We learnt that harmony day celebrates the multiculturalism of Australia. Then we did a harmony day quiz , followed by decorating a paper doll person in traditional clothing. Finishing off with a lovely story of cultural diversity in Australia. 

  

Harmony Day Parade

 

On the 26th March, the children participated in a Harmony Day parade. The children wore clothing representing cultures from around the world or dressed in orange which is the celebration colour for Harmony Day. Thank you to all the parents for helping your child dress up for the parade. 

 

 

 

 

What skills to revise during the holidays? 

 

During the holidays, it would be greatly appreciated if you could revise the following:

 

Year One

Mathematics

 

Number and Algebra

• Reading, writing and ordering numbers to 100.

• Making and drawing collections to 50.

• Locating numbers 1 to 100 on the number line.

• Orally counting to 200 and from 100 from any starting point.

• Orally counting starting from 0 by 2s, 5s and 10s to 100.

• Reading the word numerals for 1 to 20.

• Reading and understanding basic facts to 20 (addition).

• Representing and solving simple addition and subtraction problems to 30 using concrete materials, illustrations and counting on.  

Measurement and Geometry

• Naming and ordering the days of the week and months of the year.

• Naming the seasons.

• Knowing the duration of an hour, day, week and month.

Statistics and Probability

• Identifying outcomes of familiar events involving chance and describing them using everyday language such as “will happen”, “won’t happen” or “might happen”.

English

 

• Identifying constant digraphs, which are two letters coming together to make one sound (sh, ch, th, wh and ck).

• Identifying trigraphs, which are three letters coming together to make one new sound (ang, ing and ong).

• Recognising the first 200 high frequency words (fast and consistent).

• Identifying and using nouns, pronouns, verbs and adjectives correctly in sentences.

• Providing examples of antonyms and synonyms.

• Spelling the first 150 high frequency words.

• Applying blends and digraphs, when writing. 

• Writing recounts, with neat writing and approximately one page in length.

• Identifying when, who, what, where and why in a sentence (underline the areas).

• Using full stops, capital letters, question marks and exclamation marks appropriately.

Pre-primary 

Literacy

In literacy we have continued to revise the single sounds, and have started focusing on blending, sounding out three letter words and blending the sounds together to say the word. Please continue to revise sight words in the ‘owl’ sight words book. Encourage your child to read the word and use it in an oral sentence. 

 

Numeracy

In numeracy we have continued to revise numbers to 20, how to write them and counting collections. We have started learning to compare quantities; which one has more or which one has less, and we have practised counting on more/less and before/after in a number sequence. The children have been busy learning the days of the week and ordering their events in a day. 

 

Science

While we continue to observe the weather and using language to describe the types of weather that we see and feel, the children have started to learn about the four seasons and each of their characteristics. We have drawn clothes to suit hot and cold climates and have discussed the different activities we can do in different types of weather.

 

Most importantly, refresh and enjoy family time. Ready for another wonderful term!