Year 1 Neighbourhood
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To broaden our learning about biomes, bees and seeds we looked toward the expert farmers and educators at CERES environmental park and last week on Thursday the year 1 neighbourhood went for a visit. During the visit, we had the opportunity to learn about many aspects of sustainable living and farming, including the impact we …
This year has proved huge for the development of our personal and social capabilities, the part of the curriculum that supports students learning, collaboration, regulation and competencies for learning. Over the last couple of weeks the children in year 1 have taken our thinking about this more deeply as we have been exploring and building …
This term we have been exploring the natural world, prompted by our learning of non-fiction texts. As the children in year 1 used non-fiction texts to learn more about the parts of the world which fascinated them. We have loved seeing the children share their knowledge and also deepen their scientific understanding of the vital …
Term Four here we come! We have been off to a great start. I hope everyone has had a wonderful break and we can tell by the buzz in the Year One neighbourhood that the children are ready to go for the final time this year. The focus for the first few weeks is student …
Term 3 has been a big term of learning and exploration. kicked off with our visit to the Melbourne Museum as we explored how stories can be shared through objects and how these teach us about changes over time. This gave us some great insights into story telling that has driven our collective inquiry going. …
Book Week is a wonderful tradition of celebrating Australian authors and illustrators. Since 1945, The Children’s Book Council of Australia have been showcasing authors and illustrators and present annual awards to books of literary merit, for outstanding contribution to Australian children’s literature. Categories such as Book of the Year, Picture Book of the Year and …
This term we have been exploring the features of libraries! This week we included mapping and through a workshop explored how maps can show us places by using shapes and directions. The children created maps of our library, documenting the important features and thinking about the shapes that the key parts of the library take …
I get my ideas from my brain, they start out small and then I try and draw them before turning them into a story. Lucy In year 1 we are full of ideas for our writing, inspiration can come from anywhere. Particularly through collaboration and experiences. A big focus for our writing over the last …
With NAIDOC week as an initial focus for our learning, this term the children in year 1 have been exploring ways to integrate indigenous perspectives and ways of learning, thinking and documenting into our learning. We have been doing this by exploring texts written by indigenous authors, creating collaborative artwork using powerful symbols and images, …
We know systems all have a purpose. Elena This week we have been thinking about how our knowledge of communication systems helps us to more deeply understand the systems of the world around us. This past Thursday we gathered as a neighbourhood to reflect and discussed our current understand and develop some share ‘we know …