Think Mental books due

Dear Parents,

This is just a friendly reminder that the children's Think Mental Math books are due in tomorrow.

Thank you to all those people who have handed in their books early.

Please make sure your child has completed unit 3 (pages 10-12) and it has been marked with a positive comment to say how proud you are!

The children have been very excited to complete their Math 'home work' and we are looking forward to seeing how they went!

Remember if your children finish their unit early, they can go onto Mathletics to complete assigned tasks.

Unit 4 will be due on Friday week 9 (24th of June) and there will no unit to complete in week 10.

See you tomorrow

Miss Prowse

Toothbrushes needed for Thursday

Good evening parents,

In class we have been learning about procedures. On Thursday we are planning a hands on activity which is encourages cleanliness and children taking care of their wonderful teeth!

We are asking that children bring their toothbrushes in a clear snap lock bag with their name on it to school on Thursday so they can take part in this hands on procedure.

I know we will have a few experts in our midst!

Miss Prowse

Real Heathly Kids workshop coming to Year 1P!

Dear parents of Year 1P, 

On Wednesday of week 8 (June 15th) Sally Gray of Real Healthy Kids will be joining our class for a fun and informative session teaching the kids about "real" food, playing some educational games and doing some food prep and eating. 

We would love as many parents as possible to be there to help out. We need about 5 parents to help out with this wonderful activity so if you are able to help out, could you please email me at: prowse.monique@cathednet.wa.edu.au or come and see me directly. 

This is such a valuable lesson, teaching our kids skills they need for life to maintain their own health. 

Your support will be very welcome.

We are very excited to have such a wonderful resource coming in for our children! 

Many thanks Sally!

Miss Prowse 

Week 6 Merit Award Winners

Congratulations to our week 6 merit award winners Haylee and Olivia! You are both year one super stars!

Miss Prowse

Bean update!

Our beans are growing beautifully outside our classroom! Keep an eye out for when we start to plant them in our wonderful food garden!

Miss Prowse

Snail Surprises!

In Science we have been looking at the Biological Sciences outcomes of:

Living things have a variety of external features (ACSSU017)

Living things live in different places where their needs are met (ACSSU211)

We have looked at Earthworms, Slaters and Snails and how they are different and have different needs. We started by drawing what we thought a snail looked like. We then got our slimy little friends out and on the ipad, the children had a close look at the snails. We saw that they had a very slimy body and moved from place to place with their one foot. We also found out that just like caterpillars, they have a breathing hole! 

We then returned to our investigation and drew a labelled diagram of a snail. The children's drawing were very detailed! We loved learning about these slimy creatures. If you would like to watch the video we watched in class, please click on the video below :)

Miss Prowse 

Procedure Fun in Year 1P

This week in Year 1P we began exploring the text structure of Procedures. We found out that we need procedures to help us make or do something.

We found out that a procedure is made up of 3 parts:
A Goal/Title
Materials/Ingredients
Method/Steps.

What better way to start our procedures than to make something delicious! On Wednesday we made delicious Jam sandwiches (Miss Prowse's version of cooking). The children loved making the sandwiches and following a simple procedure to get this done. We split up into groups and made our sandwiches with the help of Mrs. Rann and Kate Maslin (thank you ladies!).  There were many sticky fingers but I loved seeing the children talk about the procedure and getting the steps back into order in their English books after they made them!

On Thursday we 'cooked' again with the help of Mrs. Rann and Ms. Kent. We followed the more complex procedure of how to make play dough. The children loved mixing the ingredients together and of course adding to food colouring! We even got to add some smells to our play dough (coconut, vanilla, chocolate).

The children got to take home their play dough today and were extremely proud of making it :)

We had a lot of fun learning about procedures!

Miss Prowse