Week 9

 

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

                                                                                             

 

Literacy

 

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

 

Tips for shared reading.

 

1.      Talk about the setting (where is the story held)

2.      Who are the characters?

3.      Talk about the problem and solution.

 

These shared reading experiences will help your child when they are writing a narrative.

 

This term we are focusing on improving sentences. The children are learning to use exciting openers. We are identifying nouns and verbs and using adjectives and adverbs to make our writing more interesting.  Room 28 has been working really hard this term and Mrs Bee and I are very excited by the progress that is being made.

 

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

 

Around our School

 

Last Friday, 11^th 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 21^st May based on Minibeasts.

·        Rooms 7 and 9 have their assembly later this week on the 18^th June, 2021. The item will cover a ‘Trip Around Australia’ and the special places discovered.

 

Other events

 

Super Scientist - Final Wednesday afternoon on 23^rd June.

 

School Photos – 29^th and 30^th June.

 

Reports issued – 1^st July, 2021

 

Semester break – 2^nd July, 2021

 

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

 

Term 3:  19^th July – 24^th September.

 

Have a safe and warm July holiday!