Grade 1 Term 2 Curriculum News 2022
Grade 1 Term 2 Curriculum News 2021
This Term Newsletter will provide you with information about your children’s upcoming teaching and learning experiences in the new term in Grade One. To find out what other year levels are doing, please refer to the school’s website. There is also plenty of additional information provided via Compass throughout the school year, so please make a point of touching base regularly.
General
Welcome back to Term 2 to the Grade 1 Department of 2021! The students have made a great start to Grade 1 and have settled into their classes well. We have now set up classroom routines and expectations. Together with the classroom teacher, students are developing an understanding of the different ways that they like to learn through completing a range of activities. They have also begun to recognise and respect differences within their classroom as students build relationships with one another and understand themselves as learners. Throughout the term we will incorporate Play is The Way games and Community Circles to immerse students in team building and problem solving activities to encourage a safe, productive and harmonious community.
This year we have 5 Grade 1 classes. The classroom teachers in Term 2 are Mrs Samantha Boyd grade sharing with Mrs Jess Millard (1KM). We wish Mrs Kelson all the best for the arrival of her new little one. Mrs Boyd is returning from Family Leave and will take Mrs Kelson’s Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday teaching days. Mrs Boyd is known to our students as she has taught here for four years, including 2020 in Preps. Other staff are Mrs Chelsea Bevan (1CB), Mr Gregory Quirk (1GQ), Ms Allison Scrivener (1AS), Mr Stephen Hargreaves (1SH) who is our Team Leader for 2021. Mrs Tripolino will be working in Grade 1SH for some part of each day. We look forward to another term engaging and teaching with your child.
Literacy
This term we rotate our texts for our classroom libraries and continue our independent reading. Each classroom has a stylish, student created library for your children to select the books of their choice for their learning.
An important part of the literacy success of your child is to be supported at home and this can be done through weekly home reading. Reading aloud to your child can be one of your best parenting experiences! We hope that you and your child create many loving memories as you explore children's books together over the coming year.
The reading patterns you establish at home directly influence your child’s ability to do well in school. One of our major goals this year in Grade 1 is to help your child grow further as a reader. You have a big role to play in achieving this. The best way for your children to grow as readers is for them to read daily. At Lara Lake Primary School, we are very proud of the progress that our children make with their Literacy learning. With the support that we as teachers give in the classroom and the support that you provide at home, each child progresses at their own rate and we celebrate each achievement that is made.
This year there will be a strong focus on the Writing Workshop. Student choice and ownership of their own writing is often foregrounded in the Writing Workshop. Responsibility lies with the students as they plan, draft, revise and publish. The teacher scaffolds and models the writing process. The students keep a Writer’s Notebook to record their ideas and thoughts as they progress through the stages of writing. The application of the genres would depend on what the students chooses to write about.
Numeracy
In Numeracy this term, students will be focusing on addition and subtraction including money. We will also look at addition in the use of the commutative laws which say we can swap numbers over and still get the same answer. The students will explore doubles and near doubles and location. They will work giving directions. The students will engage in open tasks around 2D shapes using hands on materials and also length. There will also be a focus on chance to identify outcomes of familiar events involving chance and describe them using everyday language such as ‘will happen’, ‘won’t happen’ or ‘might happen’. Families can support at home by playing games involving counting and number facts, and providing opportunities for your children to explore real life mathematics.
Inquiry
The integrated Inquiry topic this term is ‘My Place in Australia’. Throughout this unit, students will embrace themselves as individuals by sharing their interests. They will also learn more about Australia and the different communities that they belong to. Students will spend time exploring our Indigenous culture, Dreamtime stories and Indigenous art. There will be an excursion this term to fit in with our Inquiry unit of work.
Reminders
A reminder that Department of Education policy stipulates that phones, watches or other devices with communicative ability cannot be carried by students while on the school premises during school hours, without Principal approval. For further details please refer to the policy documents on Compass and the Lara Lake PS website.
Parent Helpers on Excursions
Just a reminder that if you are wishing to volunteer to assist on Grade 1 excursions, parents are now required to have a Working with Children Check. If unsure, check with the office to see what this entails.
Book Pouches/satchels
Please support your child to bring their Book Pouch and reading material to school.
Drink Bottles
Please ensure your child has a water bottle each day with their name clearly labelled.
Hats, Hats, Hats!
The weather remains warm and our No Hat No Play! Policy is in force. Please ensure your child brings their school hat, with their name clearly labelled, to school each day to protect them from the harsh UV rays.
Label all Clothes and Belongings
Please ensure that all items belonging to your child are clearly labelled with their full name and grade.
Class donations
We would appreciate any donations of tissues, paper towel and hand sanitiser.
Attendance
Please write a note via Compass, to your child’s teacher to explain your child’s absence.
The Year One Team