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What’s Been Happening in 1B?

August 14, 2017
Tanya De Gooijer
· Year 1 Blue

We have been super busy!

Australian Coins

We are enjoying learning about Australian money – in particular being able to recognise, order and describe Australian coins. Some of our friends even brought in very old Australian money for us to have a look at and compare to the money we have today.

We have had fun playing ‘Celebrity Coin Heads’ where we have to guess what coin is stuck to our forehead! This is a great game to help us with one our mathematics outcomes – being able to describe coins! We even had some tricky questions like ‘do I have an animal that hops?’ and ‘do I have 12 sides on me?’ – this game sure makes us laugh!

Cultural Fair

Our Cultural Fair was a huge success! A big thank you to Mrs Hardy who so willingly shared her South African culture with us…and her many tasty treats too! We had a lovely morning walking around the cultural tables learning new facts about the clothing, food, music, plants and animals from the cultures present in our school. It was great to see Mrs O’Donnell share her Filipino culture with us too!

We are really enjoying our guided inquiry topic of celebrating cultures!

YEAR ONE PURPOSEFUL PRACTICE WEEK 4 AND 5

August 7, 2017
foong.kristy
· Year 1 · Year 1 Blue · Year 1 Gold

Please click the link below to find the next fortnight’s Purposeful Practice Grid.

A copy was sent home with your child on Monday.

Please return the completed grid to school on Friday the 18th August

Click here:

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Baboons Nest – 1B

August 5, 2017
Tanya De Gooijer
· Year 1 Blue

We have been super busy during our Literacy sessions! This is our journey so far…

Our writing focus for the first half of term three is learning how to write a report. Before we could begin writing we had to investigate what exactly a report was! We looked at examples of reports, on the lookout for the title, classification, description and conclusion – all elements found in a report.

Our first big book this term was Baboon’s Nest by Jill Eggleton. One of the main characters in the story is a Baboon – we were so interested in this animal that we used this as our inspiration for our report writing…now that we know what a report is…it’s time to start planning!

We have been working hard planning and writing our good copies of our Baboon reports! We also created artwork to go with our reports – we had to concentrate very carefully when drawing our Baboon face! We found it easier to break it down into shapes and are impressed with our final drawings!

We learnt that Baboons live in Africa – a great link too to our guided inquiry topic of celebrating cultures! We have listened to African music, located Africa on our class map and have been busy creating our African Hands artwork that you will see very soon at our next three way interview!

Amazing how one book can lead to many learning experiences! Baboon’s Nest has now become a class favourite!

Cultural Fair – Years One and Two – Calling for Volunteers!

July 23, 2017
Tanya De Gooijer
· Year 1 · Year 1 Blue · Year 1 Gold · Year 2 · Year 2 Blue · Year 2 Gold

Calling for more volunteers!

Cultural Fair – Year One and Two
Thursday 10th August – 9-10am School Hall

Our guided inquiry topic this term is Social Justice. As a part of our exploration into the concept of Social Justice, we are focusing on multiculturalism and the development of empathy, understanding and interest in those from different cultures.

In order to explore the cultures that exist in our school, we are organising a ‘Cultural Fair’ for the Year One and Two classes on Thursday 10th August. We are inviting all parents, grandparents and friends to be presenters at our fair.

Presenters will be asked to share their knowledge and experiences of a particular culture to small groups of children. During the fair, the children will be rotating around to the various ‘stalls’ to learn as much as they can about the various cultural backgrounds that exist in our school community.

You are more than welcome to team up with another parent and present information on your culture together!

Examples of what you may present are;

– cooking demonstration / foods from other cultures
– traditional dance, instruments or music
– traditional games
– items of cultural significance
– traditional clothing or costumes
– photographs of significant buildings / places
– books or songs in another language

Please return the attached form by Friday 28^th July to your class teacher if you are able to attend.

We are looking forward to having many of our families represented at our Cultural Fair and just know that the children will REALLY appreciate your efforts … if you are feeling nervous or unsure please do not hesitate to let us know and we will reassure you!

Thank you to those parents who have already signed up – we can’t wait to learn about your cultural heritage!

Many thanks

Mrs Lauren White, Miss Candice Agustsson, Miss Tanya de Gooijer and Miss Kristy Foong

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Year One Purposeful Practice Grid Weeks 2 and 3

July 23, 2017
Tanya De Gooijer
· Year 1 · Year 1 Blue · Year 1 Gold

Dear Families

Please find our first Purposeful Practice Grid for Term 3 attached below.

Completed grids are due 4th August.

Have a lovely week!

Miss Tanya de Gooijer and Miss Kristy Foong

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Year One – Term 3 Newsletter

July 18, 2017
Tanya De Gooijer
· Year 1 · Year 1 Blue · Year 1 Gold

Welcome back to another busy, and exciting term, in Year One.

Please click the link below to view our Term 3 Newsletter.

Miss Kristy Foong and Miss Tanya de Gooijer

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Week 10 in 1B!

June 30, 2017
Tanya De Gooijer
· Year 1 Blue

It might be the last week of Term Two but we are sill busy in Year One Blue!

Mathematics

We have been learning in to skip count in 2’s. It can be a little tricky to remember the pattern as the numbers get higher. We used real shoes to help us count in 2’s! We lined up the pairs of shoes and put our counting skills to the test!

We have also been learning about Friends of Ten. These are two numbers that equal ten when added together. Being able to recall our friends of ten is a skill that will help us solve addition sums without using our fingers! Using ten frames can help us see the friends of ten sums easier. We used coloured plates as our jumbo counters and worked together to show all the ways of making ten as well as writing the sums to match.

Religious Education

Our last Religious Education unit this term has been ‘Friends Together’. We have read stories about friendship and have discussed the qualities of a good friend. Our discussions also focused on being able to share friends – we can be friends with many people! We created lovely portraits of our friends and read a special story from the Bible about a man called Zacchaeus. Jesus showed love to Zacchaeus and helped him to become a better friend.

We have had another busy term and can’t wait to learn more!

Have a safe and happy holiday!

1B – Fit for a King or Queen!

June 22, 2017
Tanya De Gooijer
· Year 1 Blue

Our writing focus for the second half of the term has been on procedures. After reading the story Windy Day by Jill Eggleton, we used a variety of materials to create a crown similar to the crown worn by the King in the story.

This fun and creative activity also helped us with our procedure writing. We have learnt that procedures follow a particular structure – they have a title, a goal, a list of materials and steps. We have been really focusing on using these steps, in the correct order. We have also tried to remember to use a verb at the beginning of each step.

We are on our way to becoming really clever writers – and great crown makers too!

Our finished masterpieces were definitely fit for a Queen or King! They were very colourful and well thought out!

Our procedures were pretty good too!

Sustainability Assembly Year One

May 31, 2017
Tanya De Gooijer
· Year 1 · Year 1 Blue · Year 1 Gold

SAVING OUR PLANET IS THE THING TO DO!

On Friday 26^th May the Year One’s celebrated their first Assembly by sharing their knowledge about ‘sustainability’.

I think sustainability means to keep our world healthy, clean and smelling nice. Maxwell
I think sustainability means to keep the world healthy and the air clean. Jermaine
I think sustainability means to plant more trees so the air can be clean and fresh. Thomas M
I think sustainability means to take care of the world and to always keep it clean so we can be happy. Mitchell

We were inspired by the children’s book ‘George Saves the World by Lunchtime’ by Jo Readman. The main character is a little boy called George who, with the help of his sister Flora and Grandpa, tries to think of all the things he can do to help save the world. We had fun acting out some of the story as well as sharing helpful tips on how we can help save the world.

Here are some of our ideas…

Don’t just chuck all your rubbish around -use the right bins. Mia
If we don’t save our water we won’t have any to drink. Oliver
If you walk places your car won’t make fumes and the air will be very good. Evan
Turn off the switches in your room when you are not in it. Trent
Take your own bag to the shops so you don’t have to get a plastic bag. Landen
Turn off the lights when you leave the room. Ivy
Always turn the tap off when you brush your teeth. Conor
Try and have a short shower and not a bath because that can waste water. Ella

We have learnt that there are four R’s that can help us in our quest to save the world!

Reduce – Use less of everything.
Re-use – Clean it up and use it again.
Repair – Fix it and use it again.
Recycle – Turn it into something useful.

The power is yours!

We would like to thank all our families for helping us learn our ‘talking parts’ and find costumes!
We couldn’t have done it without you!

The Worm Shed Incursion Year One Blue

May 31, 2017
Tanya De Gooijer
· Year 1 Blue

Worms are very good recyclers!

We have been learning about ‘sustainability’ and the things we can do to look after our world.

On Tuesday 23^rd May we had a visit from Kevin and Sam who work at The Worm Shed. Not only did we learn many interesting facts about Red Tiger Worms we also learnt why worms are the best recyclers!

Sam shared some information with us then it was time to have a look a real worms! We enjoyed hunting for the worms and the touch of them wiggling on our skin!

Sam showed us lots of information about Red Tiger Worms.

What we have learnt…

Worms have no legs but they can wriggle. Landen
They have five hearts but we have only one. Abby
Worms don’t have eyes. They feel and see by moving their body. Oliver
They breathe through their body and they can’t swim. Jermaine
They have a lump called a saddle on their back. Alexia
They eat things that aren’t growing anymore. Ava
Their saddle is closest to their head. Maxwell
Grown up worms only have a saddle. Trent
They can eat through boxes. Abby
They slurp in the food. Alexia
They don’t like the sun. Kara
Their food has to be mushy. Ava
Their poo doesn’t smell! Laura