Fun in Year One!

This term in Health we are focusing on Resilience . Resilience is a very important skill to have and it means bouncing back when things are tough and don’t quite go our way. A very wise Year 1 told me when we started this topic that resilience is very important because life is not fair sometimes! My friend, Mr Bounce Back Bear, has come to stay in our class for the term. Each week he teaches us a different strategy about how we can be resilient and bounce back. We put these strategies in our invisible backpack and when we need them we can pull one out to help us. So far he has taught us: - To be grateful for what we have. Here are a few examples: Lachie is grateful for his health. Tiana is grateful for her family. Manan is grateful for god. Kai is grateful for his friends. - That it is okay to make mistakes. Everyone makes mistakes and that is fine. - Be the boss of your anger and know that it is okay to be angry, we just need to deal with it correctly. In the n

A huge congratulations to Chase, Aydan and Saoirse for receiving Merit Certificates today. Your hard work has been a pleasure to witness and your awards are so well deserved! Our class also won the Music Award. Well done everyone, keep it up!

Thank you so much to Zander and Sophie who did an outstanding job throughout Term 1 representing our class as student councillors! We are so proud of you both. Introducing our new student councillors for Term 2........ Aydan and Tiana! Congratulations Aydan and Tiana for being chosen to represent our class this term. You both show maturity, leadership and have a kind nature. We believe it is these qualities that will make you both brilliant representatives for our class. Well done Aydan and Tiana!

Dear Parents,   First of all, we would like to send out a heartfelt thank you for your support over the past few months. It has been an uncertain time with COVID-19, but your support and willingness to be flexible and understanding has been greatly appreciated! We saw that many of you accessed the Online Learning Packages we sent out and completed these at home. As working parents ourselves, we understand this was probably not an easy task and we are very thankful that you put your child’s learning and education at the forefront of your daily life.   With the above said, we couldn’t be happier to welcome you all back to Term 2! It is so nice to have our class back and to get stuck back into learning.   Below we have outlined the concepts to be covered this term.   Literacy  - Recount writing using all the components of vocabulary, connectives, openers and punctuation. We have a particular focus on using the coprrect structure and adding detail to our work. - Reading