Year One excursion to Wonnerup House!

On Friday the 16th of September, the Year One class set off on an excursion to Wonnerup house, just outside of Busselton.

The children we very excited to be on the bus and going to visit 'the old place' was also a very exciting concept for them.

We started the excursion with a 15 minute video about the history of Wonnerup House to which we found out that the whole community burnt down and had to be rebuilt!

We then set off in our groups with our wonderful parent helpers and started to explore the amazing grounds. We visited The Main House, The Black Smith shop, The Stables, The Dairy Kitchen and finally (and a personal) favourite The old School House. The children loved learning about all the olden day things like the wash board, the chamber pot, the Grandfather clock and many more!

The children absolutely loved looking at all the different things that the children in the past had encounter. The cane was one of the more fascinating features and the simple teachers house just metres away from the school was also an interesting facet to look at. One of the children commented 'Wow the teacher must have gotten bored here' was a priceless moment during the excursion. I'm sure that that would have been the least of her worries :)

We then had our lunch and participated in a variety of olden day games including cricket, quoits, hoola hooping, skipping and good old fashioned hide and seek. The sun came out throughout the day and some of the Mum's loved sun baking and catching a glimpse of that Spring sun.

It was an absolutely wonderful day and it wouldn't have been possible without the help of our wonderful parents: Carolyn, Michelle, Sally, Sean, Julian and Suthawan.

The children had a wonderful time learning about children in the 'Olden Days'.

Miss Prowse

Term 3 Spelling Review

Dear Parents,

On Tuesday 19th of September, the children will be assessed on their spelling sounds they have been learning this term. The children have learnt the sound according to their spelling groups and have been using their spelling journal in class to  monitor their sound acquisition.

The sound groups are as follows:

Blue Group	Red Group	Yellow Group	Light Green Group
sn	all	spl	oa
fr	ing	str	ew
sm	ay	spr	ea
gr	ai	shr	ou
sw	or	i-e	aw
Final ‘ld’	ar	a-e	ue
Final ‘nt’	er	o-e	ur
Final ‘ft’	oy	ir	y
Final ‘mp’	oi	ow	ir

Please feel free to go through these sounds with your children by calling out words that have the sound in them eg. the 'all' sound - call, ball, tall etc. for them to write down.

If you have any questions or queries, please feel free to contact me.

Many thanks

Miss Prowse 

A few reminders...

Good afternoon Parents,

Just a few reminders for the next two weeks: 

Think Mentals

Thank you to all those people who handed in their Think Mentals books on Friday. I have loved seeing all learning occurring at home! Thank you to all those parents that are giving their children instant feedback. 

The next fortnight we will be working through Unit 13 and 14 but as the school holidays begin at the end of next week, we ask that the children hand them in next Thursday 22nd September (which is the day of the sports carnival)  

Math Books and Feedback forms

Please ensure Mathematics books are returned tomorrow with the feedback form completed. Thank you to all the parents that returned their child's book today. It's been lovely to read all the positive feedback and comments so far. 

Learning Journeys

Next Monday afternoon we have our Learning Journey, please ensure you have written your name down in a time slot on the timetable outside the classroom. The children are very excited to show you their learning!

Excursion

This Friday the 16th Sept we have our excursion to Wonnerup house. Children come as normal in their sports uniform and please send their lunch separately in a clearly labelled plastic bag. We will be having crunch and sip and recess before we leave school. 

Sports Carnival

Next Thursday the 22nd of Sept we have our OLC sports carnival. The children are encouraged to bring teddies, mascots and are allowed to spray their hair to support their faction. If you wish to take your child home at the conclusion of the carnival, an email has been sent out with a permission slip. Please fill this in and return to me ASAP.

PUPIL FREE DAY ON FRIDAY 23rd September. 

2 weeks to go! 

Miss Prowse 

Help for the Excursion

Good afternoon parents,

Thank you to all the parents who have offered to help on the excursion! We had 13 parents that have offered which is wonderful!

As there were so many offers, I popped the names into a hat so if the following parents are able to help, that would be great!

Mr. Matthews
Mrs. Kerr
Ms. Moylan
Mrs. Gray
Mr. Greening

Please let me know if you can't make it and I will draw the next lucky name (I feel like a lotto girl).

Thank you again for your ongoing support

Miss Prowse

Learning Journeys Week 10

Good evening parents,

On Monday the 19th of September (week 10) we will be having our Year One Learning Journey afternoon. This will run from 3.30pm - 5.20pm in 20 minutes blocks. We ask that you place your name into a time slot on the Learning Journey time table outside our classroom. Please be aware that there are only 8 families per time slot as we want this time with your child to be special.

At the end of the 20 minutes, a bell will ring so we are able to prepare for the next group. We ask that you be prompt to your session as we would like you to see as much of your child's Learning Journey as possible.

We are looking forward to sharing this special time with you and your child.

Thank you Miss Prowse

Week 7 Merit Award winners

Congratulations to our week 7 Merit award winners Holly K, Nina and Jaz. You are all Year One super stars! 

Miss Prowse 

3D object CRAZY!

Good morning parents,

Over the last week the Year ones have been learning about 3D objects. We have learnt the features of a variety of shapes including a sphere, a cube, a pyramid, a cone and even square based pyramids and triangular prisms!

I have said to the children that I would put the songs and games that we have played as a class on the blog (I'm sorry if the song gets in your head) as they would love to share their learning with you!

Here is the song we have learnt about 3D objects being everyday things:

Here is a poem that we learnt that the children absolutely loved making up some actions to: 

Finally the game that ALL the boys (and most of the girls) love is a game on BBC bitesize called Mission 2110 3D shapes 

Mission 2110 3D shape game

I hope you have fun listening to the song and poem and playing the games with your children :)

Miss Prowse