Procedural Writing

This Term we have focused on procedural texts. Students have had fun engaging in multiple hands on activities making things and explaining how to do so using descriptive language. Afterwards, we have a go at writing it all down.


Here are some snapshots of our fun..




Fairy Bread                                                                                    

 

Hot Chocolate With Miss Payne

Sandcastle fun

Term 2 Learning

Wow! Term 2 is almost over... time certainly flies when we are all having so much fun!

This term we have welcomed Miss Courtney Payne, a second year teaching student from Notre Dame. Mrs Carol Foggerty is also now working in our room as support to students.



This term we have focused on;



PRE PRIMARY



Literacy

• consolidation of single sounds, rhyme and syllables
• recognition of blends; initial and final (2 consonant sounds said together quickly e.g. bl)
• developing reading and comprehension strategies 
• correct letter formation
• extending our bank of sight words 
• creating images and connecting with texts read
• developing our oral language (vocabulary)
• having a go at writing using our sounds

Numeracy

• measuring and comparing an objects length using informal units
• 2D shapes 
• counting on and back (simple addition and subtraction)
• 3D shapes
• positional language

YEAR 1

Literacy

• Phonics: consolidate word families, tricky 'y' rule (y as a vowel), Controlled 'R' vowels e.g. 'er', 'ir', 'or', 'ur', 'ar', and bossy 'e' rule
• Spelling - blends sounds focus
• developing reading and comprehension strategies
• correct letter formation
• extending our bank of sight words 
• creating images and connecting with texts read
• developing our oral language (vocabulary)
• Grammar: Contractions, tense (past, present, future), homophones
• Writing: Recount consolidation and procedural writing. 

Numeracy

• subtraction stories/problem solving with number bonds
• 2d shapes and patterns
• measuring and comparing length
• 3D shapes
• ordinal numbers and positional language

Fun with Miss Payne...Mystery Bags; Creating Images

Miss Payne was introducing us to a new strategy that we call creating images. Creating Images is where we take the information from a text and use our senses to help us create an image in our heads. Mis Payne told us that adults do this all the time when they read books with no pictures!

She first got us interested by creating some mystery bags. We were only allowed to feel inside and make a guess about what could be inside. Each bag had objects from the same place. We had to move around and guess each thing then use our knowledge to predict the place they were all from. Afterwards we read a story which linked to the theme, but, it had no front cover! Our job was to become the illustrators and design our own front cover for the story. We had a great time!

Creating Images is FUN!

Harmony Day 21st March 2017

Apologies for the delayed post...Term 1 got away from me towards the end. 

We celebrated Harmony Day at school on the 21st March 2017. Students were invited to come dressed in their traditional clothing or had the option to wear orange. We first went to a whole school assembly/harmony parade. Each class got up and paraded around, showing the school how great we looked in our outfits. 

After this, our celebrations continued in the classroom where we organised passports and boarding tickets. Miss Watson turned the interactive board into a flight simulator and we took a day trip to Italy! When we arrived Signora Webber was there to greet us in our own mini Italian Restaurant. With a little help, we all made ourselves a mini pizza. Once they were cooked and cooled, we sat down to a pizza feast. YUM!! 

Once our lunch was finished, it was time to collect our boarding passes and passports and jump back on the plane back to Wattle Grove where our parents would be able to collect us in the afternoon. 

    
  
 

  

Solving Word Problems

This year Year 1 students will be focusing on a new strategy for solving word problems in Numeracy. This strategy is referred to as the CUBES strategy. CUBES is an acronym for students to remember the process of which to identify the important information and eliminate the rest.

Word Problem Wednesday is to be completed using this strategy to enable students further practice and refinement of their problem solving skills.

 Here is an example of CUBES in action...

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Learning Experiences In Room 9 Weeks 1-5

OUR FIRST DAY
First Day Activities included team building and getting to know you activities. Students had a great time interacting with each other and talking about their interests and hobbies.

    Day 1 challenge was to learn the name and something special about a new friend that you have not          met before.  

AUSSIE DAY AT WATTLE GROVE PRIMARY

At Wattle Grove we celebrate Aussie Day in Early February. On this day we gathered in the undercover area for a special assembly dressed in our Aussie colours. On this day we donated money to a student chosen charity. This year our funds raised were given to the Cancer Foundation. 

In class on this day, we talked about Australia day and why we celebrate this day. We looked at the Australian Flag, decorated our own flag and have written something about it too. 

STEM Learning

STEM is a newly introduced subject to primary schools. STEM stands for Science,Technology,Engineering and Mathematics. This subject is inquiry based learning and develops students understanding of the mentioned subjects in an integrated and hands on way. STEM will now include teaching beginning coding skills in Early Childhood. In Room 9, We have introduced an early finishers activity that incorporates STEM learning. Week 4 challenge was to design and build a bridge using pop sticks and blu-tack. Students bridges were to be 3D and designed with strength in mind. Here are a few of our bridges...

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Room 9 2017

Hi and welcome to Room 9 for 2017!

This year we will be having lots of fun whilst learning lots of new things.

So far this year we have revised over our previous year level concepts and participated in lots of team building exercises to make new friends.

Students are loving going to specialist subjects and being taught by different teachers! They have demonstrated much enthusiasm and a love of learning this far which is fantastic.

Thank you to all the parents who attended the parent information evening. I hope this was informative. If you still have queries, please feel free to make an appointment to meet with me. I am available most days before and after school.

We look forward to working alongside both students and their parents to make the most out of the 2017 academic school year.

TERM 1 FOCUS: Weeks 1-5

PRE PRIMARY:                                        
Literacy

• Revision of letters and sounds
• Golden sight words (kindy)
• Oral language
• CVC words (3 letter words)
• Rhyme
• Syllables

Numeracy

• Number recognition
• Counting principles
• Patterning 
• Measurement - bigger, smaller, longer, shorter, taller

YEAR ONE

Literacy

• Phonics: sh, ch, th, wh, 
• Spelling: bl, cl, fl, gl, 
• Grammar: Synonyms and Antonyms
• Comprehension (reading): Predicting, Questioning

Numeracy

Year 1 students work through a maths program called PR1ME The focus for this 5 weeks is

• Numbers to 10 - connect quantity, numeral and number word
• comparing numbers (more and less)
• Number bonds (making 10)