24 Aug 2016

Yr1 Weekly Update – 26/8/16

 

TD Theme: How we organise ourselves

Central idea: ‘People in a community are connected through their roles and responsibilities.’

This week was the first week the Year Ones have come into school for full day classes and they have settled in exceptionally well! The students are very familiar with their classroom routines and have made many new friends.

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We have also been establishing our essential agreements that students are to follow to ensure everyone is learning, willing to make mistakes and take risks in their school work! We hope this will set a positive, growth mindset attitudes towards coming to school every day! After all, the Year One motto is “It’s not I don’t know, it’s give it a go! It’s not I can’t, it’s I can!”

The children have also started their specialist lessons and have met all their teachers they are going to work with this year in Music, PE and Mandarin.

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Maths

The students have been demonstraing their knowledge of number by practising making numbers, counting and ordering them. Some classes have also started a counting day with a special number of the day where students have the opportunity to practise tallying and finding out what the number is before and after!

Literacy

In literacy the children have started phonics on the name and sounds of SCMTGPAO and practising making words with these letters. We have also begun practising handwriting in our handwriting books!

Finally a big thank you to all the parents who attended the Year Ahead Meeting this Thursday. It is always wonderful to see so many supportive parents who are so involved in their children’s learning.

A few kind reminders to:

* Please notify the school office and the bus mother of any changes in your child’s going home schedule. It is important that both the school office and bus mother is informed. Teachers are unable to always get to their email at the end of the day, so please call as soon as you know of alternative home arrangements to be made with your child.

*Please bring your child’s named A3 folder that contains their diary and reader every day to school. This is to ensure we can check for any important notices and forms from home, as well as having your child exchange books every day.

* Please label every item of clothing and belongings with your child’s name – including shoes and their school bags.

* Please remember to pack a school hat, a waterbottle and a snack every day, labeled with your child’s name. Your child should also have a snack box and water bottle that he/she can open by his/herself.

*Please ensure that your snacks do not contain nuts, as we have quite a number of children who are severly allergic to nuts at school.

* Deli Fresh Lunch will start from September for Year One students so your child will need to bring a packed lunch to school every day until then. Please remember that cutlery will not be provided for students. These will need to be brought from home and labeled with your child’s name.

 

Important dates:

Monday 29th August – Welcome Meetings (No Classes for students)