In the year one neighbourhood, we have been participating in the Prep Postal Service! (read about it over at the Prep’s blog!) Every day students have been writing letters and excitedly putting them in the post box and waiting for the Prep postal workers to collect and deliver! We have created a book that explains […]
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Each morning the year 1 neighbourhood is buzzing with activity. Students are engaged in various project and provocations, either individually or in a small group. They are also participating in a variety of target groups and workshops. Below we have put a quick snapshot of what one of those mornings may look like.
The year one neighbourhood have been excitedly preparing for our Boxwars day by learning and exploring different facets of Ancient Roman life and culture. Some interesting facts that the students came across was about the food that was eaten at their meal times. Ancient Romans had a very small breakfast – consisting mostly of salted
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Literacy In Literacy in week 2 the students began a focus on poetry. Through whole class discussions and independent work, students interpreted and experimented with imagery in poems, such as My Country by Dorothea Mackeller and The Silent Shearer by Banjo Paterson. The students also considered how guiding questions and data charts can be used to
Students were introduced to a new editing checklist on Friday, which they will be encouraged to use when completing written work in the learning commons. Small groups were taken into our target room and students were involved in discussing how editing can be a useful tool when completing tasks. The editing checklist has
Literacy This week in Literacy the students explored how data charts and guiding questions can be used to support their research and their independent writing. They also further developed their use of vocabulary to express greater precision of meaning and how words can have different meanings in different contexts. Well done everyone on a great
Mathematics: Directions and coding Shape – make a stamp, make an envelope Distance – 100m provocation Literacy: Holiday sharing – speaking, listening and asking questions Recount writing Holiday story – an experience from the holiday broken into parts, then sequenced in order with illustration and writing Introduction to letter writing Wellbeing: We experienced many different feelings during
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This week, the grade one neighbourhood has really started to deepen our understanding of communication systems – in particular written forms of communication. We decided to go old school, and write actual paper letters! The students read the classic book The Jolly Postman to get some inspiration. The students then all got given a person in
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Developing our big understanding of systems has led us to look at so many interesting and useful concepts in our world. One of our big ideas is that systems help us make sense of the world. And that each system has it’s own purpose, but ultimately the same end goal – to make something work.
To help improve your child’s reading and writing, we are trying to build their knowledge of the letter combinations that create various sounds by becoming Word Watchers! Encouraging them to be aware of language through observation will allow them to be able to recognise and spell an abundance of new words with ease. After looking through all of