Thank you to
those families who have donated chocolate eggs and bunnies to our Easter
raffle. If you haven’t made your donation yet, there is still time! The basket
will be out until Monday 3rd April. The more eggs we have, the more
prizes we can give away! All the money raised from the raffle goes towards
Mission fundraising. Donations of baskets for the raffle are also much
appreciated, please take them to the front office if you have any.
Stations of the Cross
A letter
went home yesterday to all Year One parents outlining the roles that the
children will be playing in the Year One presentation of the Stations at 9am on
Monday. We have discussed with the children that we need to keep the costumes
simple! The photos below might help if your child is a disciple or an
onlooker. Mrs Derickx has kindly made
the soldiers and Pontius Pilate a hat which we can leave at school until Monday
morning. Readers will stay in school uniform. If your child has been selected
for a reading part please practise with them as much as possible before Monday!
We will be doing the same at school this week. Any other questions, just ask
us!
Parent Teacher Interviews
Many thanks
to all of the parents for attending our Parent/Teacher meetings over the past
two weeks. Your input into your child’s learning is invaluable and we really
appreciate all of your support and feedback.
Below are the sounds that your children have been learning for the past 8 weeks in their spelling rotations. On Monday we will be having our term spelling review to test their knowledge of sounds. Below is a table with all the sounds that you children have been learning. They will be able to tell you what group they are in, but please email me if you need clarification.
A way you can help them is to call out a word with that particular sound for them to write down on a scrap piece of paper eg. if you child is in the blue group you can use the 'tr' sound, ask your child to write down the word trip and so on.
If you need any more information, please email me to let me know.
Science Helpers
We have designed our musical instruments and the children have put a lot of time and effort into their plan. On Friday, the children will be using their plan and construct their musical instrument but any help from parents to help glue, stick and tie would be wonderful. We would love some help from 11.20-12.45 on Friday this week so please email me if you are available.
History items
This week we are looking at things from the present so we are asking your child to bring in something that is special to them now. They can bring it in tomorrow or Thursday for our second last History lesson this term.
WOW! What a big week it has been! We have had a great week of learning in Year 1P and I feel like we haven't had a chance to stop and let you know what we have been doing!
Skip Counting
This week during Maths, we have been exploring the skill of skip counting. We started skip counting by 10’s and we had a wonderful time discovering that if we times a number by 10, all we needed to do was add a zero! (eg. 6 x 10 = 60). We then sang some songs about counting in 10’s and then we felt confident enough to have a go at ordering numbers by 10….up to 100! We got so good at doing this that we started from any point and was able to count up to 100 by 10’s. We then looked at counting in 5's and 2's and I must say I was very impressed at some children's ability to skip count past 100. We participated in a range of rotating activities this week which involved sorting 2's, 5's and 10's flash cards into order, using the application doodle buddy to write down our skip counting numbers and represent them with little pictures and finally working in a small group directly with myself to show the pattern of skip counting when looking at the hundreds chart. Below are some photos of the children during their Math rotations.
If you would like to do some practise at home, I have uploaded a google doc with flash cards of 2’s, 5’s and 10’s that you can cut out and order at home. This is a great way for your child to consolidate some of the Maths we have been doing in class and relates directly to the to the Year One Western Australian Curriculum outcome within the Number and Algebra strand:
Develop confidence with number sequences to and from 100 by ones from any starting point. Skip count by twos, fives and tens starting from zero(ACMNA012)
I have also included the song we have sung in class if you would like to be involved in the singing side of things (definitely not my forte!).
2's, 5's and 10's flashcards - Simply highlight the address and put it into your URL:
Lots of Socks day to acknowledge World Down Syndrome Day
On Tuesday the 21st of March the whole school celebrated World Down Syndrome day, it was a wonderful day which we were able to acknowledge and celebrate that everyone is unique and different. I especially love this beautiful photo of both Year One classes, having fun with their friends.
Year One and Six Buddy Mass
On Wednesday, we were lucky that the rain held out and we were able to walk down to the church with our Year Six buddies. It was a beautiful morning and we were welcomed into the Parish by Fr Ian and the parishioners. Fr Ian lead a wonderful Mass and all the children were extremely reverent and respectful throughout. See below for some pictures of the children at church.
Parent interviews
Thank you to those parents who met with me last week, I really appreciate your feedback and I am looking forward to a wonderful year ahead. If you haven't already, could you please put your name down on one of the remaining spots on Wednesday 29th March.
Friendology PD Day
On Friday the 31st of March I will be going up to Perth to represent OLC in the UR STRONG Friendology summit at Perth College. I feel very lucky and privileged to be asked to attend and I will be coming back with a sound understanding of the wonderful Social and Emotional program that OLC has taken on. Mrs. Melinda Katana will be taking my place on this day but I will still be available on my emails if you need me.
Stations of the Cross assembly
As Easter draws closer the school will be holding mini assemblies to represent the different stations of the cross. Year One has been asked to perform the first three Stations of the Cross on Monday the 3rd of April at 9am. A note will be coming home on Tuesday which explains what part your child will play, some readings which they may need to practise (if they are selected) and a costume they may need (very simple).
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to email me.
This is just a reminder to let you know that we will (weather permitting) be attending church at Our Lady of the Southern Cross Parish tomorrow at 9.30 am. You are more then welcome to attend mass with us, however, as we are walking, we will not go if it is raining.
Thank you to everyone who has brought in Science items this week! We are looking at creating some wonderful instruments!
As we are still investigating the science of light and sound we won't be constructing our instruments until Week 9 ( 31st March). Thank you to all those parents who offered to come in tomorrow (you were so keen you were two weeks early!)
Looking forward to lots of helping hands on the 31st March from 11.20-12.45 but I will put out a blog post closer to the date.
Math Pencil Cases
A big thank you to all those parents (and grandparents) who helped make up the Math pencil cases on Thursday. I can imagine that they were a very tedious task and both Amy, the children and myself greatly appreciate you taking the time to help with this wonderful resource! I will be sending each of the pencil cases home this week to ask you to label each item. I have found that if you place your child's initials on each of the cards, the counters and the tape measure it is easy to find it's owner when it goes missing. I will send the pencil cases home with a permanent marker and would appreciate if you were able to label them as soon as possible.
Parent interviews
In week 8 and 9 I will be holding parent interviews, I would realistically like to see everyone to discuss their child's progress so far this term and to have a chat about the rest of the year. I will be putting a parent interview roster up outside the classroom with options of some later times on Wednesday 22nd and Thursday the 23rd March until 6.30pm. If you cannot make it into class to put your name down, please let me know and I can make a time for you.
Science and History unit
Please read the previous blog posts about some of the things that your child needs to bring for History every Thursday for the next four weeks and some items for our Science experiments to help create our musical instruments.
Don't forget there is no school tomorrow as the staff will be attending a PD about the wonderful program URstrong - Friendology. If you are available, there will be a parent information session tomorrow from 3.30-5.30pm.
Have a lovely day tomorrow and see you on Tuesday.
In Science this term, the Year One students have been learning about sound and light are produced by a range of sources and can be sensed.
Over the next few weeks, we will be designing a musical instrument out of recyclable materials. We are asking you to bring in any recyclable materials such as:
If you could start bringing in items from Tuesday week 7, in a plastic bag marked 'SCIENCE' that would be greatly appreciated. We may also require some parent help on the Friday we have Science (between 11.20-12.45) to help construct the musical instruments so please keep an eye on the blog for what week it might be.
In our Science lessons, we have been exploring different ways sound can be made. We have looked at sound waves how they are invisible waves that travel through the air and to show our understanding, we made string phones and found out that the vibrations travel along the string so the other person can hear on the other side.
Below are some pictures of the children experimenting with sound using the string phones.
We also went for a look around the school for places that are light and places that are dark. We found the oval and the grassed area outside the classroom was very light and the hall behind the curtains was a very dark place. We looked at the different parts of the eye and what happens when light enters our eyes. The children loved seeing their pupils dilate and contract when exposed to light.
Below are some pictures of our findings around the school.
Our History Unit – We Need You to Start
Collecting Items!
As a part of
our History program this term, we are exploring the terms ‘past’, ‘present’ and
‘future’. In this week’s history lesson, we have created a plan to collect some
special items or photographs from our life, starting from:
-When I
was a Baby (bring something in for week 7): Items may include a baby photo,
a special item of clothing, a favourite toy, a baby item such as a
bottle/dummy, etc.
-When I
was young (bring something in for week 8): Items may include a favourite
book, a special toy, something that you made, a photo of you hitting a
milestone, a certificate or medal.
-Now/In
the Present (bring something in for week 9):Items
might include a current family photo, a favourite toy or sports item, an item
from the house, a photo of a current pet.
-In the Future
(bring something in for week 10): What do you see in your future? Is there
something you would like to learn to do? Is there an achievement or a goal that
you would like to reach? You could draw a picture or print out a picture of
something that you would like to see in your future.
Please bring in only one item from
each category. We will need our special items at school by each Thursday in
time for our History lesson.
On Thursday 9th of March, we are seeking assistance in assembling some Maths resources for each of the Year 1 students. Both Miss Rundle and myself would like to create a "Maths pencil case" for each student that includes tactile maths equipment that will greatly assist in the students learning.
This should only take an hour to an hour and a half and you will have an area set up in the hall with all the resources you need. There will of course be coffee and morning tea to keep you going through the morning.
If you can help on Thursday 9th of March from 8.45am (after gathering time)
please email me at: prowse.monique@cathednet.wa.edu.au
In our Math sessions over the last two weeks, we have been learning a variety of strategies such as doubles, friends of 10 and counting on from the bigger number.
The concept of 'counting on' is that we always count on from the bigger number when we are adding two numbers together. We use the term - think big, count small. The children loved playing a game from Dr Paul Swan which encouraged children to look at two numbers and choose the bigger number to count on from eg. 8 + 6 = 14.
Below are some photos of them playing the game
If you wish to play the game at home, please click on the link to download and print the game and your child can show you how to play.
