Week 7
Harmony Day
Special
Parade of the Nations
We would like to see
all children:
- dressed in a
national dress costume
- carrying a small
flag (A4 size) from their country
Thank you for your
wonderful support ☺
Miss Mills and Mrs Bee
Mathematics
Resources
Word Problems
We 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, we would like you to remind your child to use the CUBES Strategy when completing word problems.
Measurement and Geometry
In Room 28, 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? |
Kind regards
Harmony Week
Harmony Week
Art Installation
In
Visual Arts, the children contributed to a beautiful art display of hearts.
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.
Thank you very much for your fantastic support this
term. We have really enjoyed getting
to know you and your lovely families.
We wish you all a happy and safe holiday.
Kind
regards
Miss Mills
and Mrs Bee
What skills to
revise during the holidays?
During the holidays, it would be greatly appreciated if you could revise the
following:
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.
Kind regards
Miss Mills and Mrs
Bee
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